Hartshill Park

Hartshill Park Local Nature Reserve is situated between Hartshill Road and North Street. It stretches from Stoke Old Road in the west to St Dominic’s Court in the east.

In the Domesday period Hartshill Park was part of a large deer park. Today the park is formed from the remains of two 19th century estates – Cliffe Vale and Hartshill Farm. In the early 20th Century the area was used for dumping industrial waste. In the 1970s reclamation began and in 1999 the Friends of Hartshill Park formed. Today the area is a beautiful, accessible Local Nature Reserve.

How to get to Hartshill Park
Hartshill Park lies just off Hartshill Road. The park can be easily reached on foot or by one of the many buses that run along Hartshill Road.
There are small car parks on Vicarage Road, North Street and opposite St Dominic’s school.

Habitats and Wildlife 
Hartshill Park is a habitat mosaic of rough grassland and tall herb vegetation, ponds, woodland and scrub. Many of the ponds support a diverse range of species. During the day, kestrels are a common sight as they hunt over the grassland for voles and other small mammals. At night pipistrelle bats forage for moths and midges over the grasslands and ponds.

Friends of Hartshill Park
The Friends of Hartshill Park work with the city council to manage the park for people and wildlife. The group is very active and have been successful in getting a number of grants for improvements. They also run lots of events in the park. Please see the quick link to the Friends of Hartshill Park's own website.