Daisy Farm Park near the Maypole

A short walk away from the Maypole down Maypole Lane is Daisy Farm Park. It is quite small. It is also known as Daisy Farm Recreation Ground. Surrounded by houses on Highters Heath Lane, Gorleston Road and Prince of Wales Lane. The main path in the middle leads to Daisy Farm Road. Close to the Highters Heath and Warstock areas of south Birmingham. And not far from Yardley Wood and Shirley.

Daisy Farm Park

If you pop down to the Maypole for a coffee (back when it was OK to go to coffee shops), if you go to the Starbucks Drive Thru or Sainsbury's Cafe at the Maypole, when you leave and you want to walk somewhere, head along Maypole Lane until you get to Daisy Farm Park. It's quite small, so you may either walk past it, continuing on towards Solihull Lodge. If you head in up the path, and stick to the path, you will only be in there for a few minutes. Unless you have a walk around the fields here.

Daisy Farm Park, also known as Daisy Farm Recreation Ground is on the edge of the Billesley Ward in south Birmingham. There is a playground to the right of the main entrance. The car park is to the left.

2016

I first walked past Daisy Farm Park in December 2016, from Maypole Lane. I was walking towards Solihull Lodge.

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The trees line down Maypole Lane just in front of the fence.

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And old Birmingham City Council sign for Daisy Farm Park from the Department of Recreation and Community Services.

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A brief look at the Daisy Farm Park Play Area.

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The pavement on Maypole Lane that goes straight past Daisy Farm Park.

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A gap in the fence before I passed the park, then went past the houses in Maypole Lane.

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2019

In August 2019, after another one of my Maypole coffee stops (Starbucks), I walked down Maypole Lane, and this time headed through the gate into Daisy Farm Park.

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The Daisy Farm Park Play Area on the right.

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One of the elephant signs that all the parks in Birmingham has for their play areas. Such as here at Daisy Farm Park.

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The entrance to the play area has this nice blue and orange gate with the Daisy Farm Park name at the top.

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The car park and the field beyond to the left.

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A basketball court and an area for teenagers to hang about.

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So are teenage boys and girls just supposed to sit in this thing?

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The path continues onto Daisy Farm Road and Gorleston Road.

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There is another gate to the right which leads towards the estate at Prince of Wales Lane. Also near Maypole Grove.

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Big open field to the left.

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Some long grass, almost like hay to the right.

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Was the odd blue bench along the path.

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Looking back along the path towards Maypole Lane.

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The gate at Daisy Farm Road.

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After this I walked around the area until I caught a bus to Highgate Park. Some of my photos from that visit to Highgate Park are in this post here: Highgate Park: inner city park where the statue of Edward VII used to be.

I probably walked along Warstock Lane back to Alcester Road South and caught the no 50 bus at the time to Highgate.

Photos taken by Elliott Brown.

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