FIELDS WE PROTECT

Willenhall Memorial Park is a well-used green space with a range of facilities including a bandstand, bowling green, children’s play area, fishing pool, and community pavilion. The park offers a programme of events and activities throughout the year with the volunteer led cafe, social and activity sessions, family fun days and summer bandstand concerts being especially popular. There is an active ‘Friends of’ group who work closely with Walsall Council.

The park was formally opened in 1923 to commemorate those from the area who fell during World War I. It was created out of derelict former mining land with afforestation of the pit mounds carried out by unemployed servicemen returning from the war.