Information on parks, opening times and events. Our award-winning Green Flag parks and public open spaces create a good impression for both residents and visitors.
Parks
Bantock Park

It is one of Wolverhampton's district parks and has a rich history. Bequeathed to its present-day custodians in 1938 on the death of Alderman Albert Bantock, this former farm has undergone restoration works, partly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The park is approximately 16 hectares (39.53 acres). The west of the park is mostly open space, which still retains its 'rural' character, with gently undulating ground, hedgerows and a variety of trees with a nature trail.  The eastern side of the park changes near the house, becoming more formal, consisting of a series of recently restored gardens, reminiscent of the detail emerging around the late nineteenth/twentieth century.

Location

Bantock Park
Finchfield Road
Wolverhampton
WV3 9LQ

Things to do

Bantock Park is a great venue for a range of activities at low or no cost. A picnic in the park is something the whole family can enjoy, from toddlers to grandparents. The children's play area has many challenges for young children, for example, traditional monkey bars and swings to multi-play units. A range of other facilities to enjoy across the age ranges include:

  • Re-built changing rooms
  • tea room
  • Bantock House Museum
  • Georgian farm buildings (home to a range of nature, educational, dance, music and theatrical events, activities and exhibitions)

Improvements to Bantock Park

View improvements to Bantock Park.

East Park

It is one of Wolverhampton's district parks and has a proud history, going back to 1896. The park is approximately 18 hectares in size. East Park is a focus of great pride for the people living nearby.

Location

East Park
Hickman Avenue
Wolverhampton
WV1 2BS

Facilities

  • Football pitches
  • Tennis courts
  • Ranger events
  • Splash Pad
    • The Splash Pad is currently open:
      • Monday to Saturday: 11am-1pm and 2pm-5pm
      • Sunday: 11am-2pm and 3pm-5pm
    • Please follow general safety guidance at the Splash Pad. Thank you for your cooperation
  • Large play area, catering for toddlers, juniors and older children.
    • The facility includes; cradle swings, a small trampoline, springy animals, see-saws, a roundabout, climbing walls, multi-play units, as well as giant slides and pendulum swings etc.
West Park

It is a fine example of a Victorian municipal park and was one of the best in the country to set a trend for the provision of areas for specific sporting activities (originally bowls, archery and cricket). The park is considered to be one of the best, unspoilt examples of a Victorian park left in England and is Wolverhampton's premier open space.

The park is 17 hectares (roughly 43 acres) in area (including its lake) and provides a beautifully landscaped green space within a ten-minute walk of Wolverhampton city centre. 

Location

West Park
Park Road West
Wolverhampton
WV1 4PH

Facilities and attractions

  • picnics
  • tennis courts
  • chalet tearooms
  • children's play area
  • bowling green (located in Park Crescent)
  • disabled access
  • heated Victorian Conservatory - closed until further notice.

Prior to COVID, West Park Conservatory was run and maintained by the Friends of West Park, made up of local park users. The group maintained and propagated plants, as well as using their volunteers to staff the Conservatory, so it could be opened to the public. Unfortunately, this group has now dissolved which has meant that the Conservatory has now been temporarily closed. The Parks Team are currently looking into the potential of a joint venture with a local volunteer organisation who, along with maintaining and opening it, wish to use the Conservatory as a training facility. In addition to this, the team are also maintaining details of potential volunteers who may wish to be involved in the Conservatory in the future. Please email MyParkVisit@wolverhampton.gov.uk if you would like your contact details to be recorded as a potential volunteer.

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Northycote Farm

There are many informal walks through the woodland and opportunities to view or photograph a wide variety of wildlife in their natural habitats.

Northycote Farm has on its site a Tudor farmhouse which is steeped in history. The farmhouse itself is not always open to the public, but throughout the year, it is opened to the public for tours and other events.

At the farm

There are many informal walks through the woodland. These offer opportunities to view or photograph a wide variety of wildlife in their natural habitats. Animals at the farm include:

  • Norfolk Black Turkeys
  • Geese, chickens, ducks and guinea fowl
  • Shropshire sheep
  • Pigs

Other things to do include regular events held throughout the year, such as:

  • Easter Egg Trails
  • May Day Celebrations
  • Music
  • Town and Country Show
  • Harvest Festival
  • House tours run by the Friend's Group
  • Halloween Events
  • Christmas Events; log dressing, wreath making, star dedication and traditional Christmas Fayre's with Father Christmas

Also open for all of the farm's events are the tea rooms and picnic area and on-site there are facilities for baby changing and disabled toilets.

Location and contact details

Northycote Farm
Underhill Lane
Bushbury
Wolverhampton
WV10 7JF

Opening hours

Northycote Farm operates different open hours to the rest of the city's parks:

  • The animal enclosures are open 9am to 4pm
  • The car park is open 8am to 5pm
  • Christmas Day: closed 

Entry

There is free entry to the farm and woodland, car park and tea rooms. However, some events may charge a small fee.

Hickman Park

The park is located half a mile from Bilston Town Centre. The park opened in 1911 as a memorial to Sir Alfred Hickman, a local industrialist and former MP.

Hickman Park is currently undergoing restoration, in a project funded by the Heritage Lottery.  The park will be returned to its original splendour, with the benefits of modern facilities.

There is now a new building to house the park rangers; a meeting room, toilet and baby changing facilities.

There is also an open-air theatre which has been restored, alongside the Park Shelter, after funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.  The theatre has, in the past, held many events and once again is starting to gain attention by being used regularly.

Location

Hickman Park
Wolverhampton Street
Bilston
Wolverhampton
WV14 0LZ

Things to do

As well as the theatre, there is a sports arena with terracing. The arena is an ideal place for both playing sports and for spectators. In addition to all of the usual things to enjoy in parks, walking, exercising well-behaved and controlled dogs etc. there is also:

  • mini football pitches
  • toddler/children's play area
  • urban sports court (multi-ball)
  • rangers events
  • wildflower meadow
  • Sons of Rest group
Phoenix Park

Location

Dudley Road
Blakenhall
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV2 3JU

Facilities

Visitors to the park can enjoy:

  • Children's play area
  • Seated amphitheatre
  • Two ball courts
  • Lighting
  • Network of paths
  • Outdoor fitness equipment
  • Playing fields
  • Horticultural improvements
  • Wildflower meadow areas
  • Revamped entrance area, signage
  • Car Park
  • Toilet
  • Parks clock
  • Play facilities for all ages
  • BMX track through the woods
  • Woodland area

These have improved visitor numbers - use of park facilities and community use of the park (including Walking for Health etc.).

If you would like to tell us about your visit to Phoenix Park, or if you are interested in becoming a ‘Friend of Phoenix Park’, please email us at MyParkVisit@wolverhampton.gov.uk.

St Peter's Gardens

St Peter's Collegiate Church and Lich Gate War Memorial Gardens

Occupying a site of great historical importance; the settlement of Wolverhampton became a centre of local religious, political and economic importance during the 10th Century, although the original church had its origins in the 7th Century.

Since the decline of the gardens from the 1940s onward; various restoration phases have been undertaken, including the many heritage structures.

  • Horsman Fountain (also listed)
  • Harris Memorial (known locally as the 'sailor statue')
  • Saxon Pillar
  • Bargaining Stone. 

The Horsman Fountain dates from 1896, and commemorates Philip Horsman, a local businessman who founded Wolverhampton Art Gallery, and the Wolverhampton & Staffordshire Eye Infirmary; whilst the Harris Memorial commemorates a wireless operator in World War I who, whilst posted to an Italian ship, continued to send messages whilst under heavy fire until he was killed by shrapnel on 15 May 1917.

Representing one of the few areas of green space located in the Wolverhampton City Centre Conservation Area (designated in 1972). The gardens form the setting for St Peter's Collegiate Church, which is one of two Grade I Listed Buildings in the City.  Providing the setting for other important buildings such as the nearby Wolverhampton Art Gallery.

The gardens were originally part of the church's graveyard. They were handed over to the town at the end of the 19th century and turned into gardens.

Awards

The gardens successfully achieved Green Flag status again this year, following a successful first bid in 2010.  

Access

The gardens are located on a hill in the centre of the city and can present difficulties for those with impaired mobility.

Opportunities to improve site accessibility are limited due to the historic sensitivity and the gradients involved.

Wheelchair/pushchair users access via lower south/east gardens and to the south porch of the church.

Park opening and closing times

All Parks are open daily, including Bank Holidays.  

The parks open daily at 7.30 am (some sites may be open earlier) and close at the following times:

  • 1 January - 31 January 2025,  5pm
  • 1 February - 28 February 2025, 5.30pm
  • 1 March - 31 March 2025, 6.30pm
  • 1 April - 30 April 2025, 8pm
  • 1 May - 31 May 2025, 8.30pm
  • 1 June - 31 August 2025, 9pm
  • 1 September - 30 September 2025, 7.30pm
  • 1 October - 31 October 2025, 6.30pm
  • 1 November - 31 December 2025, 5pm

Please note: it takes time to lock all our parks, please do not enter after the official closing time - even if the gates are still open.

Toilets: Parks toilets are only open when there is a Ranger present to open them, except for West Park, where they are coin-operated and Bantock Park, where the toilets are managed by the Bantock Café.

Keep up to date with the latest government guidance when visiting parks.

Park events

Regular Activities

Jolly Joggers
Jolly Joggers is a beginner’s couch to 5k running programme for people who want to improve their mental health by being more active. It is led by friendly, qualified run leaders who have personal experience of mental health problems on behalf of Black Country Mental Health.

Where: West Park
When: Saturdays 10:15am 
Further info: All bookings are to be made via BCMH website www.blackcountrymentalhealth.org.uk

Park Run (East Park)
Come along and join in the 5K run. Its FREE but you must register.

Where: East Park
When: Every Saturday 9am – 10am
Further info: For more information please visit: www.parkrun.org.uk

Park Run (West Park)
Come along and join in the 5K run. Its FREE but you must register.

Where: West Park
When: Every Saturday 9am – 10am
Further info: For more information please visit: www.parkrun.org.uk

Coopers Troopers Fitness
Coopers Troopers Bootcamp is an outdoor, 60- minute session. Sessions are designed and delivered by current or ex-military instructors and aim to target a certain heart rate to enable members to achieve the best workout that will leave you burning calories even after the session ends.

Where: Bantock Park
When:
Tuesdays
MetaFit 5:10pm- 5:40pm
MetaPWR 5:50pm – 6:20pm
Group Sessions
6:30pm – 7:30pm
7:35pm – 8:35pm

Thursdays
MetaFit
7am – 7:30am
6pm – 6:30pm
MetaPWR 08:50am-9:20am 
Group Sessions
7:40am-0:40am 
9:30am-10:30am 
5:00pm-05:55pm
6:30pm-7:30pm 
CTF RunClub - 7:35pm-8:35pm 
MetaPWR - 8:50am-9:20am

Saturdays
Group Sessions - 9:30am-10:30am

Further info: For more information please visit: Large Group Personal Training | Coopers Troopers Fitness

WVSC – Social Prescribing Offer for Younger People
Free outdoor activities for younger people to include walking, team building activities such as orienteering.

Where: West Park
When: Saturdays 11:00am – 11:45am 
Further info: For more information please email: ben@benmescamfitness.com

Park Yoga
Low intensity group physical activity delivered for free by a qualified Yoga instructor, every Sunday between May and September.

Where: East Park
When: Sundays (4th May – 14th September) 09:30am – 10:30am 
Further info: Look out for the Park Yoga flag at East Park – no need to book. Bring a mat or towel with you. For more information please email: hello@parkyoga.co

Events

Jollies Inflatables
Giant slides, bouncy castles and fun centres provide hours of fun for the kids with food and drink kiosks too for refreshments.

Where: Bantock Park 
When: Saturday 24 May – Sunday 1st June 11am – 5pm daily
Further info: For more information please visit: Jollies Inflatable - Fun in the sun | Wolverhampton | Facebook

Wolves Play Café – Play In The Park
Stay and Play sessions for under 7s and their caregivers. Drop-in Play in the Park with play activities for children and caregivers having their own stations with individual resource kits to promote physical activity, and activity stations situated nearby such as
stepping stones and activity mats. There will be opportunity for caregivers to talk safely and share peer support stories whilst playing with their little ones.

Where and When::
Pheonix Park
Tue 27 May
Tue 22 July
Tue 29 July
Tue 5 Aug
Tue 12 Aug

Ward Street Park
Thu 29 May
Thu 24 July
Thu 31 July
Thu 7 Aug
Thu 14 Aug

West Park
Friday 30 May
Friday 25 July Friday 1 Aug
Friday 8 Aug
Friday 15 Aug 
When: 10am – 2pm
Further info: For more information please email: info@wolvesplaycafe.org

Kidical Mass
Kidical Mass a free fun afternoon of cycling fun and games, even better than last year, with learn to ride, pump action cyclng fun, learning to ride a racing bike on the track, face painting etc etc! There is still time to for people to sign up to join the Kidical Mass bike ride to the Molineux and back which will also take place starting from East Park at 12 noon.

Where: East Park
When: 14th June 11am – 3pm
Further info: www.nolimitstohealth.com/kidicalmasswolverhampton

Eid – Prayers In The Park - Prayers, faith & community event
Where: West Park 
When: Friday 6th June - 9:30am – 12pm
Further info: For more information, please contact eventsenquiry@wolverhampton.gov.uk

Wolverhampton Pride
Wolverhampton Pride is the celebration of the city’s LGBT+. The events aims to bring alive the festival for everyone to celebrate, educate and demonstrate LGBT+ inclusion in our city.

Where:
Bell Square (Parade)
Old Market Square (Event)
When: Saturday 7th June
1pm – Parade
2pm – 8pm – Main Event
Further info: For more information and to purchase tickets visit: Wolverhampton Pride

Pride Picnic
Wolverhampton Pride Weekender. Pack your blanket, bring your favourite snacks, and get ready for a fabulous day of fun, family, and pride! We're hosting a Pride Picnic for all the family – a relaxed and welcoming space to celebrate together. Expect live entertainment, great company, and the chance to connect with other LGBTQ+ families, community groups, and local services.

Where: West Park 
When: Sunday 8th June - 11am – 3pm
Further info: For more information please email: Bethany.coey- archer2@wolverhampton.gov.uk

Extreme Wheels
The event is a free to attend exciting display of professional demonstrations and have-a-go activities, such as drift bikes, mobile skate ramp and KMX bikes, along with inflatable games, fair rides and competitions.

Where: Old Market Square
When: Saturday 14th June & Sunday 15th June - 10am – 4pm
Further info: For more information, please email eventsenquiry@wolverhampton.gov.uk

Digbeth Dining Club
Wolverhampton Dining Club is a food and drink festival, showcasing a variety of world cuisines from pan-Asian to Jamaican, Italian to Middle Eastern. Around 20 local food vendors will be serving up the goods with several bars serving a selection of craft beers, wine, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages.

Where: Bantock Park
When: Saturday 14th June - 12 noon – 7pm
Further info: For more information and to get your tickets visit: Street Food Events | Digbeth Dining Club

Aberdovey Bike Ride
Annual charity bike ride which starts at West park with riders registering and then leaving in small groups from the park and out of the city on public roads. Expected numbers – approx. 550 riders.

Where: West Park Bandstand
When: Friday 20th June - 6:30am – 08:00am
Further info: For more information, please visit: https://aberdoveybikeride.org.uk/

Armed Forces Day
The City of Wolverhampton, along with communities across the country, will show its support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community.
The event aims to bring the community together in a fantastic celebration of our Armed Forces past and present.

Where: West Park
When: Saturday 28th June - 12noon - 4pm
Further info: For more information, please contact EventsEnquiry@wolverhampton.gov.uk

Hope in The Park
Annual open-air service and a free event for all the family featuring school performances,live music, inflatables, face painting, stall and lots more. Bring a picnic!

Where: Hickman Park
When: Sunday 29th June - 11am – 3pm
Further info: For more information, please contact Mark.bircher@blueyonder.co.uk

ComeUnity Festival
Community Fun Day with activities comprising Christian worship- including Gospel Music, testimonials, Children games, Art and Crafts, face paintings, quizzes, dancing and competitions- The aim to bring to bring the community together in one place to celebrate common interest.

Where: Hickman Park
When: Saturday 12th July - 1pm– 6pm
Further info: For more information, please contact Albert.watson@ntcg.org.uk

Jollies Inflatables
Giant slides, bouncy castles and fun centres provide hours of fun for the kids with food and drink kiosks too for refreshments.

Where: King George Playing Fields
When: Thu 24 July – Mon 29 July - 11am – 5pm daily
Further info: For more information please visit: Jollies Inflatable - Fun in the sun

Jollies Inflatables Giant slides, bouncy castles and fun centres provide hours of fun for the kids with food and drink kiosks too for refreshments.

Where: Bantock Park
When: Fri 1 August – Sun 10 August - 11am – 5pm daily
Further info: For more information please visit: Jollies Inflatable - Fun in the sun

Same Difference Festival
Wolverhampton Cultural Education Partnership are working with the #YES young people to co-produce a youth festival as part of the Wolverhampton City of Youth Culture program for 11-18 years olds in
Wolverhampton. Members of Wolverhampton CEP will be offering a range of creative workshops for young people for free. All welcome to come along.

Where: West Park 
When: Sat 2nd August - 10:30am – 6pm
Further info: To book your FREE place please visit, https://wolverhamptonartscentre.co.uk/eve nts/same-difference-2025/

Contact the parks department

If you have a query about one of the city's parks or green spaces please complete our general enquiry form providing as much information as you can to enable us to respond as quickly as possible.

If you would like to hire one of Wolverhampton's Park spaces, please complete the application form in the downloads section on the Outdoor Events page.

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