It is named after a moated mediaeval manor granted to the Earl of Kent by Henry VII in 1489. The manor has completely disappeared although traces of the moat remain.

The recreation ground contains playgrounds, meadows, hard-courts and 5 residential towers.

The landscape mainly consists of scrub, ponds, wetland, coarse grassland and ancient woodland.

The park includes Shard End Lake, Babbs Mill Nature Reserve, Yorks Wood, Bachelors Farm Park and the Cole Hall Recreation Ground; it is named after the kingfishers that feed on the Cole; heron, mink, otter and water voles are also seen on the river.

Ponds have been dug in wetland at Shard End to provide habitats for toads, frogs, newts, dragonflies & water boatmen; skylarks breed in the surrounding grassland and teals & widgeons are regular winter visitors.

The Park Ranger Service is based at the Sports Pavilion on Kenrick Avenue in Shard End.

It is flanked to the south by King Edward Camp Hill School, to the west by the Camp Hill Freight Railway and to the north by Avenue Road.  The main entrance is on Vicarage Road on the east boundary.

The park was formerly the grounds of a mansion once owned by John Cartland, a wealthy industrialist and the grandfather of romantic novelist Dame Barbara Cartland. This mansion now contains a horticultural training school and Victorian-style tearoom.

The park contains formal & demonstration gardens, a bowling green, lake, multi-use games area, tennis courts, children's & toddlers playgrounds and public toilets.

There are car parks at the Vicarage Road & Avenue Road entrances.

In April 2010, vandals painted swastikas on trees and signposts in Kings Heath Park (News Archive 27/04/10).

It is located on high ground with panoramic views of Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield and features pathways, lawns and wooded areas.

The park contains meadows, tree clusters, landscaped pathways, formal gardens, hard courts and children's playgrounds.

A convoy of travellers camped in Kings Norton Park in September 2011 (News Headlines 03/09/11).

The park was created by the Birmingham Society for the Preservation of Open Spaces whose members included a local landowner, the Earl of Plymouth, and George Cadbury who donated Rose Hill.

The park contains woodlands, wetlands, meadows, a pond, sculpture trail, golf course, bowling green, putting green, tennis courts and an obelisk folly off Monument Lane dedicated to the 6th Earl of Plymouth.

The trees are mainly spruce and pine with a deciduous patchwork on the lower slopes. They provide a habitat for woodland insects, wood pigeons, adders, lizards and grey squirrels.

Rabbits are abundant on the hills and coot, moorhen, swans, mallard and Canadian geese populate the open water.

The park contains over 400 species of flowering plants, 30 types of mosses and 17 fern varieties. It is visited by numerous bird species including blue tits, great tits, chaffinches, fieldfare, redwing, robins, willow warblers and tree pipits.

The hills command spectacular views of Birmingham and the surrounding countryside. There is a viewing platform and toposcope on the summit of Beacon Hill.

The main entrance, car park and visitor centre are on Warren Lane. There is a second car park at Monument Lane on Beacon Hill and a third on Rose Hill, next to the golf course, bowling green and Old Rose and Crown Hotel.

The park contains meadows, woodlands, wetlands, nature trails, play areas, a wildlife corridor, a lake created by damming Griffins Brook, and a wooden barn that was built as a picnic area for visiting schoolchildren in 1894.

The park was bequeathed to the city of Birmingham by Dame Elizabeth Cadbury in 1951.

A traveller convoy of around 25 caravans established an illegal encampment in Manor Farm Park on Tuesday 23rd August 2011 (News Headlines 25/08/11).

The 2.5 acre gardens are owned by a registered charity and mainly staffed by volunteers. They feature formal beds, glasshouses, vegetable plots, woodlands, orchards, wildflower meadows and a play area.

The Martineau Gardens won a Green Flag Award in July 2010 (News Archive 25/07/10).

Taylor employed Humphrey Repton to landscape the grounds whose natural contours slope downwards from Moseley Hall towards the Rea Valley and Cannon Hill Park.

Part of the grounds were developed as housing when Salisbury Road was laid out in the late 19th century. However, the area on the north side of the road was purchased by a consortium and transferred to a trust company as a private park.

The park, which features an 18th century ice house and 3.5 acre pool, is still privately owned and its gates are kept locked. However, a key can be obtained on payment of a deposit and an annual membership fee of around £35.

The bog, which is now a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation, contains prehistoric burnt mounds and is flanked by a 9 acre remnant of ancient woodland known as Joys Wood.

Coldbath Brook drains through the site as an open stream but is culverted on either side of the bog which forms part of the linear Shire Country Park that straddles the Cole Valley from Yardley Wood to Small Heath.

Muntz Park is a 5 acre urban park in the Selly Oak area of south Birmingham with formal gardens, landscaped pathways, copses, meadows and a playground.

The park is named after Frederic Muntz: a Lithuanian immigrant who sponsored the production of the first perforated stamps, invented a metal alloy that reinforced wooden ship hulls, and became an MP for Birmingham in 1840.

His grandson donated the land, then open countryside, for use as a public park in 1905.

The park contains two playgrounds, a picnic area, a network of cycle and walking paths and a working 18th century water mill. It forms part of a green corridor that runs almost continuously from Streetly to Castle Vale.

Many areas of the park, which is rich in plant and wildlife, are listed as Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation. Plants Brook, for example, contains trout and water voles and kingfishers and grey heron are often seen on its banks.

Birds of prey, including buzzards & sparrow hawks, visit the valley and the meadows & wetlands feature wildflowers such as Black Knapweed, Ragged Robin & Yellow Rattle.

The main entrance and car park are on Wylde Green Road.

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