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Overdale Park

Nestled between homes in Astwood Bank, Overdale Park is a park of two halves.

Its formal half features mown expanses of grass, footpaths and play equipment, and its nature habitat half includes a natural pond with viewing platform.

The whole park is complemented by a remnant orchard and a variety of trees, shrub beds and mature hedgerows – all in an open environment with great visibility.

It’s one part of Redditch’s over 750 hectares of freely accessible parks, open spaces, allotments, nature reserves, woodlands and landscaped amenity areas - that’s over 1850 acres, or more than a thousand football pitches!

As a local community park, Overdale does not have its own car park.

Car Park Location (2.1m) Height Barrier for both parks is off Sambourne Lane, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6EP. 

Barbecues are restricted. Here's our barbecue restriction information.

Astwood Bank in Bloom are a socially active group that do so much more than plant up troughs around the village!

Throughout the year they carry out many outdoor projects including some volunteer days at Overdale Park helping with benches and improving biodiversity in the park and the surrounding area.

See their Astwood Bank Community Group website for information on how you can get involved.

Redditch Ramblers and Redditch Council have worked together to offer self-guided walks in and around Redditch, starting from our parks. 

Find out more here. 

We have a Water Safety Policy in collaboration with key partners such as Rospa, the Emergency Services and Local Schools.

This policy helps support the National Water Safety Forum’s ‘UK Drowning Prevention Strategy 2016 – 2026’ to prevent accidental drowning fatalities in the UK by working in partnership to ensure consistent guidance for the safe enjoyment and management of activities in, on and around water.

More details are available here.

You can refer to our full Overdale Park Management Plan here. 

There are lots of outdoor volunteering opportunities if you want to help care for the countryside, wildlife and your community environment. 

Find out more here. 

Redditch Citizen Science

Biodiversity Project

Help us discover and record the plants and wildlife living in your local parks. From the largest trees to the smallest insects, join us in a project to monitor local biodiversity

Find out more here

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