Where is the Valley Parkway?
The Valley Parkway is in Bournville near Bournville Lane and Woodbrooke Road, Bournville, Birmingham, B30 1QS. The location of Bournville Lake.
In brief
Bournville Lake at the Valley Parkway is used by the Bournville Radio Sailing and Model Boat Club who play with their remote controlled model boats on the lake. There is also paths for walking. The Bourn passes through the parkland here.
The Valley Parkway, Bournville (March 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown
The Valley Parkway, Bournville - history
The Bournville Model Yachting Club was founded in the early 1900s at Rowheath Park. By 1926 George Cadbury Jr (it couldn't have been George Cadbury Sr as he died in 1922) commissioned an area of marshland on the now famous Bournville Village Trust, to be reclaimed and a concrete pool of even depth was created.
Model Boat on the Bournville Lake at The Valley Parkway, Bournville (March 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown
Model Yacht on Bournville Lake at The Valley Parkway, Bournville (October 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown
Beast from the East: Frozen Bournville Lake at The Valley Parkway, Bournville (March 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown
Walking the dog at The Valley Parkway, Bournville (February 2020). Photography by Elliott Brown
Bournville Model Yacht Club at Bournville Lake (August 2021). Photography by Elliott Brown
Model boating at Bournville Lake (October 2022). Photography by Elliott Brown
Boat House on Bournville Lake
A Boat House was constructed near Bournville Lake, and this is now the home of the Bournville Radio Sailing and Model Boat Club. They regularly meet on Sunday mornings, Wednesday mornings and sometimes Tuesday afternoon.
Boat House at The Valley Parkway, Bournville (October 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown
The Bourn
A stream flows through The Valley Parkway, this is The Bourn. It is on Merritt's Brook Greenway, and it continues towards Bournville Park, and the Cadbury Factory.
Late Winter: The Bourn at The Valley Parkway, Bournville (March 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown
Autumn: The Bourn at The Valley Parkway, Bournville (October 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown
Transport
Parking is available at the sides of the service road leading to the Boat House. The Valley Parkway is also in walking distance of the no 11 Outer Cicle bus routes at Linden Road (the 11A or 11C). As well as from the Bristol Road (61 or 63). The 27 is the closest bus route.
Contact details
Bournville Radio Sailing and Model Boat Club
Main contacts