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The Calthorpe Estate stretches through Edgbaston and into Harborne and Quinton. Careful stewardship has ensured that it retains the charm of earlier days when architects designed large houses in treelined roads, horses were stabled in coach houses and large landscaped gardens lay alongside fields and orchards.
Today the area has adapted to contemporary life and boasts a healthy mixture of old and new – with modern houses and appartments often standing side by side with large Victorian and Georgian properties. This unique “garden suburb”, only a few minutes from the centre, is an enormous asset to the City of Birmingham, but its character could easily be lost without the interest and support of the residents.
Calthorpe Park is a public park in Birmingham, England, created in 1857 and managed by Birmingham City Council. The park lies in the Sparkbrook Ward of Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. It lies adjacent to and east of the A441 Pershore Road and a short distance south of Five Ways junction and north of Edgbaston Cricket Ground.The River Rea bisects the park, following south-west to north-east and crossed by two bridges.
Features
A lodge-house sits at the north-western corner of the park. A bandstand formerly stood near to it.
An 1855 statue of Robert Peel which formerly stood in the park is now outside the nearby Tally Ho! police training centre, although the original plinth is still in the park. The park has a wide recreational offer including, Muga, walking route, cricket, football and table tennis.
Today the area has adapted to contemporary life and boasts a healthy mixture of old and new – with modern houses and appartments often standing side by side with large Victorian and Georgian properties. This unique “garden suburb”, only a few minutes from the centre, is an enormous asset to the City of Birmingham, but its character could easily be lost without the interest and support of the residents.
Calthorpe Park is a public park in Birmingham, England, created in 1857 and managed by Birmingham City Council. The park lies in the Sparkbrook Ward of Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. It lies adjacent to and east of the A441 Pershore Road and a short distance south of Five Ways junction and north of Edgbaston Cricket Ground.The River Rea bisects the park, following south-west to north-east and crossed by two bridges.
Features
A lodge-house sits at the north-western corner of the park. A bandstand formerly stood near to it.
An 1855 statue of Robert Peel which formerly stood in the park is now outside the nearby Tally Ho! police training centre, although the original plinth is still in the park. The park has a wide recreational offer including, Muga, walking route, cricket, football and table tennis.