Victoria Park in Tipton is located between the Birmingham Canal Navigations New and Old Mainline canals.

Victoria Park, Tipton (November 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Surrounded by the roads Victoria Road (formerly called Randalls Lane), Mayfair Gardens, Boscobel Avenue, Park Lane West, Hill Street, Manor Road and Queens Road.

Welcome to Victoria Park, Tipton (November 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

The park includes a large lake, tennis courts, children's play areas.

The lake at Victoria Park, Tipton (November 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Children's Play Area in the park.

Play Area at Victoria Park, Tipton (November 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

The park also includes a Skate Park.

Skate Park at Victoria Park, Tipton (November 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

There is a Basketball Court near one of the Children's Play Area's, which is located close to the lake.

Basketball Court at Victoria Park, Tipton (November 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

History of Victoria Park, Tipton

When the park opened in July 1901, Tipton was in Staffordshire (now the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands). The park was named after Queen Victoria, who had died some 7 months earlier in January 1901. There had been plans for a park in the area since the 1890s. There's also a Cenotaph which was installed in 1921, for the Tipton men who fell in WW1. Later the names of the fallen in WW2 were added after 1945. There was a park keepers bungalow which was built in the 1930s, but was derelict by the 1990s and demolished in 2005.

Victoria Park, Tipton (November 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Tipton War Memorial

The War Memorial Obelisk / Cenotaph is Grade II listed. Made in 1921. Inscribed on both sides with names from the First World War and Second World War.

War Memorial at Victoria Park, Tipton (November 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown