Babbs Mill Local Nature Reserve

A Green Flag Park located in Kingshurst, Babbs Mill Local Nature Reserve (LNR) offers a varied and wild landscape, family play area and many other great facilities.

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Babbs Mill Park - the essentials

A wonderful space for friends and family to gather and have fun, Babbs Mill Park is packed with fun things to do, with:

• a basketball court
• fishing (licence required)
• football pitch
• free car parking
• lake and river
• park events
• play facilities for children of all ages and abilities
• skate park for older children seeking a touch of speed and trickery
• table tennis
• walking trails
• weekly park run

You can also apply to hold your event at Babbs Mill park.

Babbs Mill Park - accessibility

Offering a great outdoor space for everyone in the borough, there is:

• a complete AccessAble guide for Babbs Mill Park
• a number of local bus routes stopping near the park
• Lea Hall and Marston Green train stations just a short walk away
• free parking available off Fordbridge Road

There are also two excellent Babbs Mill walking trails organised with Solihull Active to help you get fit.

Babbs Mill Park - address and opening times

Babbs Mill Local Nature Reserve
Fordbridge Road
Kingshurst
B37 6LN

Monday to Sunday 24 hour access for pedestrians.

The car park by the lake opens by 8.00am.

The car park by the lake gates close at:

• 9.00pm from April to October
• 5.00pm from November to March

Any vehicle left in the car park after the gates close cannot be removed until the gates reopen the following day at 8.00am.

The car park is closed all day on 25 December and 1 January.

Babbs Mill Park - a little more information

Babbs Mill Park was created in 1977 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II. A haven for wildlife, it was recognised as a Local Nature Reserve in 2002.

Complete with lake, the meandering River Cole, wildflower grasslands and woodland, Babbs Mill LNR is a wonderful space for us all to get in touch with nature. A natural habitat for owls and a protected area for bats, it is a diverse habitat well deserving of its Local Nature Reserve status.

Host to a number of Park Events through the year too, it is a great space for the whole community.

For even more outdoor fun, Yorks Wood Local Nature Reserve is close by too.