The Grove Park

Grove Park is a medium-​sized Victorian park in Harborne with a nice little lake, playground, fields, and plenty of trees and flowers.
It is absolutely beautiful year round and one of my favourite places to go toss a frisbee, or sit and watch the ducks. I pretty much always detour through the park on my way to Harborne High Street.
It’s never overrun with people, even in the summer months, and has fields that are great for dog walking, picnics, and playing sports. Grove Park has a few wide paved paths that leave plenty of room for pedestrians and cyclists, as well as some small hidden dirt paths. There are plenty of benches.
Absolutely stunning foliage year round, buzzing with wildlife, and lots of little nooks to be explored.

Grove Park is situated in the South of the city just off Harborne Park Road — it’s about a 5 minute walk from the top end of the High Street, one of two parks in the area and very close to the well regarded St Peter’s junior and infant schools. As well as having a rather nice lake, several large fields that are ideal for dog walking (and at weekends often double up as football fields — jumpers for goalposts and all that) it hosts a popular children’s play area, several nice benches where you can sit and admire the view and a recently restored lodge. The latter is a nod to ‘The Grove’ — previously the home of social reformer and Birmingham’s first Member of Parliament, Thomas Attwood which stood in the grounds of what is now the park but was sadly demolished in the 60s.