Perry Park

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Perry Park
The scene at the end of the Birmingham International Carnival, 7 August 2005, looking SE towards the Aldridge Road entrance.
Location	Birmingham, England
Coordinates	52°31′49″N 1°54′20″W / 52.53033°N 1.90561°W / 52.53033; -1.90561Coordinates: 52°31′49″N 1°54′20″W / 52.53033°N 1.90561°W / 52.53033; -1.90561
Operated by	Birmingham City Council

Perry Park is a park in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England, at grid reference SP065925.

The park houses Alexander Stadium and Perry Reservoir (52°31′55″N 1°54′09″W / 52.5320°N 1.9024°W / 52.5320; -1.9024), a small canal feeder reservoir for the Tame Valley Canal, and is bounded by the canal, the M6 motorway, the A34 and local roads.

It is the venue for the end of the Birmingham International Carnival and in 2004, hosted Radio 1's final One Big Weekend under that name, with performers including Chris Moyles, Natasha Bedingfield, Lostprophets, Joss Stone and Mylo.

It is separate from the similarly named Perry Hall Park, also in Perry Barr.

External links

Perry Park reservoir is locally known as Wesleys Lake named as a memorial to Wesley Patrick Bye, who died on March 27, 2012.

• Birmingham City Council page on the park via archive.org

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