Active Outdoors in Walsall Summer 2018 Welcome to the New Active Outdoors in Walsall booklet. Walsall is recognised as being a particularly full of activities and events taking place in green borough and its green spaces are our borough. an asset that the borough residents can be justifiably proud of. If you require further information regarding the activities or events, you Parks and green spaces offer some of the should contact the organiser directly. most valued leisure and cultural facilities Activities and events are subject to change in Walsall which offer a green refuge and or can be cancelled, so please check in provide opportunities where people can advance. relax or take part in active and healthy lifestyles. A number of green spaces have All children under the age of 16 must be successfully achieved national recognition accompanied by a responsible adult. through the Green Flag Award, which Should you have any queries please don’t celebrates the highest standards in parks hesitate to contact Clean and Green, and open spaces. Walsall Council on 01922 653344. There is an abundance of greenspaces We hope you will get out and about to our in Walsall to enjoy and we can offer green spaces this summer, and enjoy some everything from sports to walking and of the wonderful activities and events music to relaxation. This booklet is packed offered by Walsall Council and partners. Useful contact information: Clean and Green Services Walsall Arboretum Telephone: 01922 653344 Telephone: 01922 650466 Email: [email protected] Facebook: @WalsallArboretum Environmental Improvement Team Sports and Leisure Development Email: [email protected] Walsall Leisure Facebook: @WMBCGreenspaces Telephone: 01922 658080 Email: [email protected] Facebook: @sportandleisuredevelopment Contents Page Strategic Parks 4 Parks and Greenspaces 6 Walsall’s Countryside Sites and Nature Reserves 10 Walsall Allotments and Community Gardens 12 Outdoor fitness 14 Fishing 15 Outdoor Basketball 17 Cycling 18 Walsall Arboretum Community Cycle Club 19 Jogging and running 21 Touch Rugby 22 Tennis 23 Junior Cricket 24 Walking 26 Volunteering Opportunities 29 Crown Green Bowling 30 Multi Sports Activities 31 Countryside Activities & Events 34 Community Activities and Events 36 Walsall’s Strategic Parks Key Beacon way King George V Playing Fields Canal Toilet facilities available on site. Rood Motorway Railway Parking Onsite facilities Children’s play area Willenhall Memorial Park. Splash pad Pavilion, parks café and toilet facilities onsite Tennis courts Bowling greens Table tennis unit Trim trail Concrete skate park Cricket wickets Reedswood Park Fishing lake Outdoor gym BMX track Rugby pitches Football pitches Kings Hill Park MUGA – multi games area Pavilions and toilet (football, basketball & cricket) facilities onsite. Holland Park Pelsall Common Aldridge Airport Blackwood Park Pavilion & toilet facilities onsite. Reedswood Park Arboretum Visitors centre, café and toilet facilities available onsite Pleck Park Pavilion & toilet facilities Doe Bank Park available onsite Palfrey Park Pavilion, changing rooms & toilet facilities onsite. Pavilion & toilet facilities available onsite Sports Facilities within the Sports Facilities within the Arboretum Walsall North Area Visitors centre, café and toilet facilities available onsite Palfrey Park, Dale Street, Walsall. WS1 4AN - Pavilion & toilet facilities available onsite Sports Facilities within the Pleck Park, Montford Road, Walsall. WS2 9AF - Willenhall Area Pavilion & toilet facilities available onsite Willenhall Memorial Park. Pinson Road, Willenhall. WV13 2PW Pavilion, parks café and toilet facilities onsite Highgate Drive Play Area, Highgate Drive, Walsall. WS1 3JW Shortheath Park. Camden Street Play Area, Hawthorne Road, Willenhall. WV12 5LU Walsall. WS1 4HF Hartill Street Play Area, Wood End Road Play Area, Willenhall. WV13 2JG Walsall. WS5 3BG Harlech Road Play Area, Newquay Road Play Area, Willenhall. WV12 5SQ Walsall. WS5 3EL Coppice Farm Play Area, Bescot Crescent Play Area, Allwater Road, Willenhall. WV12 5FH Walsall. WS1 4DH Littleton Road Play Area, Silverdale Play area, Willenhall. WV12 5JT Segundo Close, Delves, Walsall. WS5 4PZ Primley Avenue Play Area, Walsall. WS2 9UW Walsingham Street Play Area, Walsall. WS1 2JY Sports Facilities within the Sports Facilities within the Brownhills Area Bloxwich Area Holland Park, King George V Playing Fields, The Parade, Brownhills. WS8 7JW Stafford Road, Bloxwich. WS3 3NJ: - Toilet facilities available on site. Rushall Playing Fields, Rowley Place, Rushall, Walsall. WS4 1LW Leamore Park, Blakenhall Lane, Bloxwich. WS3 3DU – Pavilion & toilet facilities available on site. Bradbury Park, Furst Street, Brownhills. WS8 6AW Reedswood Park, Reedswood Gardens, Walsall. WS2 8SR Pelsall Common, Church Road, Pelsall. WS3 4EN Mallory Crescent Play Area, Mallory Crescent, Bloxwich. WS3 3DD Shelfield Park. Parkstone Close, Walsall. WS4 1QW Essex Street Play Area/Walker Bequest open spaceWS2 7AR Nest Common Play Area & OpenSpace, Highfield Road North, Pelsall. WS3 5DA Bloxwich Park Play Area, High Street, Bloxwich. WS3 3LA Clayhanger Playing Fields, Church Street, Clayhanger. WS87EG Ross Farm Play Area & Open Space Ryders Hayes Play Area, St. Andrews Avenue, Pelsall. WS3 4EN High Heath Park, Windsor Grove, Shelfield. WS4 1BM Radley play area, Bickley Road, Rushall. WS41JF Westgate Play Area, Westgate, Rushall. WS9 8BS Cherwell Drive Play Area, Shannon Estate, Brownhills. WS8 7LG Whitehorse Road Play Area, Brownhills. WS8 7PD Sports Facilities within the Aldridge Area Doe Bank Park, Coppice Road Play Area, Doe Bank Lane, Pheasey B43 7LN Walsall Wood. WS9 9BL Pavilion, changing rooms & toilet facilities onsite. Goodwood Drive Play Area, Blackwood Park, Darley Way, Streetly. B74 2JG Cedar Drive, Streetly.B74 3RJ Pavilion & toilet facilities onsite. Coppy Hall Play Area, Greenwood Road, Aldridge. WS9 8XW Aldridge Airport, Bosty Lane, Aldridge. WS9 0QQ Redhouse Play Area, Berryfields, Aldridge. WS9 0EW Leighswood Play Area, Hereford Close. WS9 8MX Vigo Play Area & Open Space, Vigo Road. WS9 9LG Anchor Meadow Playing Fields, Middlemore Lane, Aldridge. WS9 8AN Changing room & toilet facilities Oak Park Open Space, Lichfield Road. WS9 9NT The Croft Play Area, Rookery Lane, Aldridge. WS9 8NN Druids Walk Play Area, New Wood Grove, Walsall Wood. WS9 9HQ Sports Facilities within the Darlaston Area George Rose Park, Curtain Drive Play Area, Wolverhampton Street. Darlaston. WS10 8UE Queen Street, Moxley. WS10 8JF Kings Hill Park, Poplar Avenue, Forge Street, Darlaston. WS10 7TP – Bentley Play Area, WS2 0DM Pavilions and toilet facilities onsite. Anson Road Play Area, Victoria Park Play Area, Bentley. WS2 0DH Victoria Road, Darlaston. WS10 8AD Broadwaters Road Play Area, Broadwaters Play Area, Darlaston. WS10 7QS Broadwaters Road, Darlaston. WS10 7QS Great Bridge Road Playing Fields, Whitton Street Play Area, Belmont Street, Darlaston. WV14 8LB Darlaston. WS10 8BA Bentley West Playing Fields, Churchill Road, Bentley. WS2 0AW – Porta-kabin with toilet facilities Walsall’s Countryside Sites and Nature Reserves Key Bentley Haye (in Rough Wood Chase LNR) Oily Gough’s Beacon way (in Rough Wood Chase LNR) Canal The Piggeries (in Rough Wood Chase LNR) Rood Motorway Wood Farm (in Rough Wood Chase LNR) Railway Parking Sneyd Reservoir Habitat type Woodland Rough Wood Heathland (in Rough Wood Wetland Chase LNR) Meadow / Grassland Pool Sandy banks Key wildlife to see Birds Fibbersley LNR Invertebrates Amphibians Bats Fungi Best season to visit this site Moorcroft Wood LNR Spring Summer Autumn Winter Other site features Way marked walking route Information panels/notice boards Green Flag Award Brownhills Common SSSI Pelsall North Common Clayhanger Common Shire Oak Park LNR Swan Pool & The Swag Leigh’s Wood Park Lime Pits LNR & Lime Pits Farm Hay Head Wood LNR & Lodge Wood Cuckoos’ Nook & The Dingle Barr Beacon Beacon Spinney & Quarry Mill Lane LNR Merrions Wood LNR Walsall Allotments and Community Gardens Walsall offers lots of opportunities for “green corridors” for wildlife. Just 1 square communities to lead a healthy and active meter of land can support hundreds of lifestyle in our allotments and community different species. gardens. Being active in a green space can contribute to a healthy lifestyle and just 30 If you fancy taking part in gardening or minutes of gardening on your allotment having a go at growing your own fruit and can burn around 150 calories, the same as vegetables, see the map for allotments doing low impact aerobics. and Community Garden locations near you. Visit the Clean and Green website to Many of Walsall’s allotments and find council managed allotments, or those community gardens are in urban now managed by Community Allotments communities, making them essential Associations. Clean and Green Services habitats for wildlife. By cultivating an T: 01922 653344 allotment you are helping to keep [email protected] biodiversity levels buoyant and provide Community Gardens Bringing people together through gardening Walsall has a growing number of Goscote Greenacres Community Garden, community gardens, in various settings and Goscote Lane, Walsall WS3 1SJ locations around the borough. Most contain Goscote Greenacres community garden growing and recreational space, but all have was launched in 2012 following a £250,000 the common theme of being developed makeover of the Goscote Lane Grounds with and managed by the local community. which houses the