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| Overview: Ackers Adventure Park |
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Ackers is an outdoor adventure activity centre off Golden Hillock
Road in the Sparkbrook area of south-east Birmingham. It is set in 70 acres of parkland and contains an events tower, two climbing walls, a 100-metre dry-ski slope, an obstacle course and an archery course. The River Cole and the Birmingham and Warwick Canal run through the park, which was formerly a test area for Birmingham Small Arms. Ackers is a registered charity; many of its activities are subsidised. |
| Golden Hillock Road B10 0DQ - 0121 772 5111 - Map |
| Archery @ Ackers (Top) |
| Ackers contains a dedicated archery area. |
| Canoeing/Kayaking @ Ackers (Top) |
| Ackers offers double-bladed paddle-kayaking and open-Canadian canoeing on the Birmingham and Warwick Canal. |
| Climbing @ Ackers (Top) |
| Ackers contains 3 outdoor climbing and abseiling walls, 2 of which are floodlit. |
| Obstacle Courses @ Ackers (Top) |
| Ackers contains an obstacle course with trees, tunnels, undergrowth, hurdles, wire-and-over-seesaws and suspension bridges. |
| Orienteering @ Ackers (Top) |
| Ackers contains a permanent orienteering course with 1.7 and 3.2 kilometre routes. |
| Skiing and Tobogganing @ Ackers (Top) |
| Ackers contains one 25-metre toboggan slope and one 100-metre and two 30-metre floodlit synthetic-bristle-matting slopes. |
| Crime @ Ackers (Top) |
| A 21-year-old man from Anglesey Street in Lozells, who mugged children at Ackers Adventure Park, was jailed for 40 months in May 2010 (News Archive 01/05/10). |
| Ackers By Bus (Top) |
| The following bus routes pass near Ackers Adventure Park: 8A/C, 957 |
| Ackers By Train (Top) |
| The nearest railway station is Small Heath (approx. 300 metres) on the Leamington-Worcester Line and the Birmingham-Stratford Line. |
| Ackers By Car (Top) |
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From Birmingham City Centre:
Take the A45 at Bordesley Circus on the A4540 Inner Circle and then turn right at the Golden Hillock Roundabout by Small Heath Railway Station. The entrance to Ackers is on your left. From M42: Join the A45 at Junction 6 of the M42 and travel towards Birmingham city centre. Turn left at the Golden Hillock Roundabout by Small Heath Station. The entrance to Ackers is on your left. |
| Map: Ackers Adventure Park (Top) |
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