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Cannon Hill Park () is a Park located in south Birmingham , England . Its main vehicular entrance is in Edgbaston , opposite the Edgbaston Cricket Ground , but the park and the Midlands Arts Centre are across the river in Moseley . In April 1873 a local benefactor, Miss Louisa Ann Ryland (1814-89) of Barford Hill House, Warwickshire, gave 57 acres of meadow land to the Corporation and paid for the draining of the site to create a public park. It opened to the public in September of that year. A further seven acres were given by Sir John Holder-Bart in 1897, and in 1898 five acres were acquired to straighten the River Rea , which is now Culvert ed and runs along the western edge. In 1911 a 16th century timbered house was moved from Deritend and re-erected in the park by the Birmingham Archaeological Society, to serve as a refreshment room and cricket pavilion. Named the ''Golden Lion Inn'' it is a Grade II Listed Building but is now in a very poor state of repair and fenced-off. The bandstand, the bridge over the lake, and Cannon Hill House are also Grade II Listed. The park contains the '' Mac '' (Midlands Arts Centre), Birmingham Nature Centre , tennis courts, two children's playgrounds and two lakes. It plays host BRMB's Party In The Park . Across the road from the park is Edgbaston Cricket Ground, home of the Warwickshire County Cricket Club . A scale model of the Elan Valley Reservoirs , in the form of ornamental ponds, is located near the ''mac''. It was built in the 1960s. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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