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Your Place Your Space People & community
04 Dec 2018 - Your Place Your Space
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Introducing Jonathan Jaffa - a great Champion of Community in Kings Heath

An initiative to honour people within the community who go that extra mile to help out has been launched in Kings Heath -  We feature Jonathan Jaffa, a life long resident and proprietor of the oldest business (York Supplies established in 1947) in Kings Heath.

Take the YouTube link above for the interview with Jon who does some great work in the community.

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Your Place Your Space People & community
04 Dec 2018 - Your Place Your Space
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Nominate your Community Champion in Kings Heath

Kings Heath is a neighbourhood full of great people and great organisations that go that extra mile to help out in the Community. Whether it's a person, a team or an organisation, take the link and make your community nomination and in a few words tell us why you feel they are worthy of such an honour.

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Christine Wright Environment & green action
30 Nov 2018 - Christine Wright
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A Sunday morning snapshot of Kings Heath.

I'd just bought a new lens for my camera, and was dying to try it out before the autumn colours faded! Sunday 18th November dawned bright and sunny, giving the perfect opportunity for a photo-walk around Kings Heath.

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A Sunday morning snapshot of Kings Heath.





I'd just bought a new lens for my camera, and was dying to try it out before the autumn colours faded! Sunday 18th November dawned bright and sunny, giving the perfect opportunity for a photo-walk around Kings Heath.


Many of the trees had already dropped their leaves, but the magnificent oak trees are always the last to put on a golden display. Wheelers Lane looked particularly splendid.

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'Welcome to Kings Heath' says the sign. The cropped view through the 85mm lens was just right for capturing the line up of two of Kings Heath's vertical features: Sainsbury's multistorey car park and the elegant tower of All Saints Church.

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Kings Heath High Street - shops and traffic.

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Sunday morning, and many worshippers were at the services in 'All Saints' Victorian Anglican church and 'St Dunstan's'  1960s Roman Catholic Church 

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Look up to see the interesting features of the Kings Heath shops and pubs.

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Look up to see unexpected people standing out above the crowd!

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The sun picks out a row of very handsome houses, and an independent hairdresser and foam shop in Heathfield Road.

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Looking across the High Street from Heathfield to York Road. The Hare and Hounds pub plays a central role in Kings Heath life and entertainment, and is a central feature of the high street.

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The sun lights up the pretty entrance to the Kitchen Garden Cafe in York Road.

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Walking on down Waterloo Road, the telegraph poles with their tangle of wires catch my eye.

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The Stained glass studio is an attractive feature on the corner of South Road and Grange Road.

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The row of Edwardian villas in Grange Road, leading up to Kings Heath Park. I've not thought about the road name before, but I guess that 'The Grange' must have been the original name for the house and grounds in what is now Kings Heath Park. 

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Into the park, to be met by this sunlit blaze of autumn colour, autumn leaves on trailing branches hanging over the pond, and pretty collections of autumn leaves in the tree roots.

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My new lens is particularly good for these dreamy close up shots.

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It was lovely to see the number of parents in the park, helping their children to learn to ride bikes, or playing football together.

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Don't forget the dog walkers too!

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A final look across the park to the big Park House, before I set off home along Howard Road.

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Back to Howard Road East, and more glorious oak trees.

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The last stretch home, walking along the path that was a field boundary long before 'the King's Heath' was engulfed by the city.

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Elliott Brown Environment & green action
29 Nov 2018 - Elliott Brown
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Raining at Kings Heath Park in late November 2018

It's late November 2018 and we have a few days of wind and rain, probably due to Storm Diana. On a day when the rain wasn't too bad, I popped along for a walk around the wet Kings Heath Park. This time headed down to the bottom, then out via the Avenue Road exit. Started off from Vicarage Road.

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Raining at Kings Heath Park in late November 2018





It's late November 2018 and we have a few days of wind and rain, probably due to Storm Diana. On a day when the rain wasn't too bad, I popped along for a walk around the wet Kings Heath Park. This time headed down to the bottom, then out via the Avenue Road exit. Started off from Vicarage Road.


On a day with dull weather a quick walk around a wet Kings Heath Park. These walks normally take me around 10 minutes (am a fast walker). Weather was bad so after I finished the walk, walked back up the Vicarage Road towards the High Street and Alcester Road South. On a dry day, I might walk down Avenue Road and into Highbury Park, or towards Selly Park.

For me Kings Heath is easy to get to. On the 11C, or the 11A back home (the park is on the Outer Circle). The no 35 bus route also passes the park, as does the 27 and 76.

The path on the left from Vicarage Road heading towards the School of Horticulture Training. King Edward VI Camp Hill Schools are on the other side of the fence to the left. Trees have mostly shed their leaves here.

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Approaching Kings Heath House. Now the School of Horticulture Training. With the bad weather, wasn't anybody sitting or standing outside of the building. It's Grade II listed and dates to the early 19th century. A previous building was burnt down in 1791 during riots in Birmingham. In the late 18th century the house and grounds belonged to John Harwood. The Birmingham Horticultural Training School opened here in 1952.

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Main entrance to the house. Now a ramp for those with wheelchairs or pushchairs. The tea room is over to the right. Palm trees outside remind you of the summer gone and the summer to come.

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Kings Heath Park Nursery. These look like palm trees to me outside (they are probably not - am not sure on tree species).

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Christmas decorations inside. Plants for sale. An open greenhouse.

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Heading down to the bottom end of the park close to the Camp Hill line, past this field. Lots of trees around, mostly leave-less now.

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Saw this robin on the path. Zoomed in on it. If you get to close they tend to fly away!

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Some steps down to the field at the bottom of the park. Trees still in leaf must be evergreen!

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The leaves on this tree have gone blood red and has left a pile of leaves below it!

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Field at the bottom of the park.

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Up the path from the bottom of the park as the rain came down. The branches of the trees forming a canopy, but that wouldn't stop you getting wet in the rain! Leaves on the lawn remind you that it is still autumn as winter approaches.

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More trees with leaves still to be shed. Quite yellowy brown now. Heading up to the Avenue Road exit.

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Saw this empty basketball court. Normally if someone was playing in here, or in one of the tennis courts, I wouldn't take a photo. Puddles all over the court. Would probably get splashed if you jumped up to throw a basketball into the hoop!

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Photos taken by Elliott Brown

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Christine Wright Environment & green action
11 Nov 2018 - Christine Wright
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Enjoying the Autumn in Kings Heath Park.

Take the full post to view the lovely Autumn colours captured at Kings Heath Park, Birmingham.

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Enjoying the Autumn in Kings Heath Park.





Take the full post to view the lovely Autumn colours captured at Kings Heath Park, Birmingham.


The glorious autumn colours in Kings Heath Park this year have been enjoyed by young and old, in sunshine and in rain. We are so lucky to have such a beautiful greenspace in Kings Heath!

Enjoy this gallery of photography taken in Autumn 2018 in the park.

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Photography by Christine Wright

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