Finding the perfect picnic hotspot in the West Midlands

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Birmingham and the West Midlands is home to some of the most beautiful spots in the country. And as it's picnic season, I am out here today to speak to people here in Birmingham City Centre to find out their favourite places across the region for a good outdoor meal.

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00:00 I think the best place to have a picnic is Edgebaston Reservoir. You've obviously got

00:04 the water there, I think if you go down to the Mack Centre there's a little lake where

00:08 you can take a pedalo and it's just a nice area to sit and have a nice little picnic.

00:12 So yes, that would be my best place to recommend.

00:16 For me it would be West Bromwich Sandwell Park. You've got a nice picnic area down there,

00:21 you can go see the animals and plus there's a kids play area as well. So that's where

00:25 I normally take my dog out to. So it's just a nice weather, take her around the corner,

00:30 it's not far from my house, five minute walk, take the picnic to the park, have something

00:34 to eat, they go on the swings, slides and also they've got a little water park over

00:37 there for the kids to enjoy. So that's where I would recommend people to go, they'll enjoy

00:41 it. Plus you get to see animals at the same time and there's a car park there as well.

00:46 A place for me that I've been well recently is Sutton Park. They've got nice lakes and

00:51 a nice woodland area and a really nice place to have a picnic there also. But I've got

00:56 another place, it's Birmingham Airport. It's a location where you can see the paints go

01:03 over and a nice grass area there as well. Definitely a nice place to have a picnic.

01:12 We normally go to Sutton Park for a walk. It's very scenic. Yeah, it's nice because

01:17 there's lots of open space so it's never really that busy. And there's lots of different places

01:22 to walk around, cycle, run and things. Mary Stevens, which is in Stoutbridge. Absolutely

01:29 stunning park. It's got a playground for the kids, splash area as well, little gym and

01:35 then it's got a cafe up the top but it's just a massive, massive field. Beautiful place,

01:39 really well looked after. And Stevens Park as well in Quarry Bank, they've done a lot

01:44 of work to that. So that would probably be the two that I'd go. You've got like Clenton

01:48 and all those sorts of areas but for local, for me, it's always going to be Mary Stevens.

01:51 It's nice and quiet and there's lots of kids and it's fun.

01:55 Well I'm biased because I live in Warwick and we've got a great park there, St Nick's

01:59 Park and that's where I'll always go for a picnic and go with the family and there's

02:03 lots of stuff to do there, lots of space and it's just a generally nice place. But then

02:08 I don't know the city of Birmingham that well so I can't comment on the city. I know you've

02:13 picked on a couple of tourists here because I'm from Royal Enfield Spa and we have lovely

02:18 parks there so we tend to enjoy those. The reason we're here today is just to enjoy the

02:22 city landscape and all the constructions and buildings etc. As far as picnic areas, I'm

02:28 sure there are parks around the outskirts. I don't believe there's any in the city. But

02:34 you know, the urban conurbation itself has loads of different venues where you can enjoy

02:40 its own charm.

02:44 Go on, do you go to Hangle Hill?

02:47 Err...

02:48 What's Centenary Square?

02:51 Yeah.

02:52 That's quite nice. Waterfalls, marriages.

02:55 Yeah, Centenary Square, waterfalls, watch people.

03:00 Nice sunny day.

03:02 And if not that, Licky Hills.

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