Tag: Edgbaston
Edgbaston awarded leading fixtures in ICC Champions Trophy 2017
Birmingham’s Edgbaston Stadium has today been allocated five of the biggest fixtures in one of cricket’s most prestigious global tournaments, the ICC Champions Trophy 2017.
Go-ahead for Surface Water Management Plan
A document highlighting areas of Birmingham at risk of flooding and setting out how these issues should be managed is due to be approved by cabinet. The Surface Water Management Plan, developed by Birmingham City Council in partnership with the Environment Agency and Severn Trent Water, focuses on 15 priority areas of the city considered […]
Wider Selly Oak SPD set for approval
Cabinet is being asked to approve a revised document setting out how the wider Selly Oak, including parts of Bournville and south Edgbaston will be developed. The Wider Selly Oak Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), which replaces the Selly Oak Local Action Plan, sets out the vision and strategy for development in the area. Key projects […]
Baby Lemurs born at Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park
There have been more new arrivals at Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park (formerly the Nature Centre) this week with the birth of four Ring-tailed Lemurs - two on Monday 20 April and two yesterday (Thursday 23 April)*. (*Sadly the two that were born to Annie on Thursday 23 April didn’t make it and died late on […]
Join us for Cycle to the Park Day
Brummies are being urged to get on their bikes and head to the park on Sunday 28 September for a fun-filled day of activities aimed at the whole family. The Cycle to the Park initiative will be held at five sites across the city, linking-up with the hugely successful Coca-Cola Zero ParkLives to offer a […]
Future vision for urban conservation area
A vision for the future of part of one of the UK's largest urban conservation areas has today gone out for public consultation. The draft framework for Edgbaston has been produced jointly by Birmingham City Council and Calthorpe Estates, the managers of The Calthorpe Estate which has been owned by the same family for almost […]
