These tree trails have been created by local friends of the parks groups for the respective green spaces in the community. We’ve plotted these original trails using our TreePlotter software so you click through to find out more details. As part of the University of Birmingham’s 125th anniversary event we compiled seven of these trails into an A6 booklet with species list and easy to use illustrated maps which you can download below. If you have any questions about the existing trails or would like to talk about creating a tree trail for your local area please email us.
DOWNLOAD THE PDF TREE TRAILS BOOKLET HERE (Opens a new window)
WARD END PARK, Ward End
Click here for the TreePlotter map and visit the Ward End Park friends’ page for more information about the park.
HIGHBURY PARK, Moseley (short route)
This is the shorter of the two Highbury Park routes. Start at the Eastern edge of the park and follow this single pathway with 11 trees. Click here for the TreePlotter map and visit the Highbury Park friends’ page for more information about the park.
HIGHBURY PARK, Moseley (long route)
This is the longer of the two Highbury Park routes which were devised by the Friends of Highbury Park group. Again, it begins at the eastern edge of the park, but takes in a lot more of the space with more trees too. some you’ll need to work hard to find. Click here for the TreePlotter map and visit the Highbury Park friends’ page for more information about the park.
CANNON HILL PARK, Moseley
This route was originally created by the Cannon Hill Friends’ group in partnership with Birmingham Trees for Life. Click here for the TreePlotter map of the route and visit the Cannon Hill Park friends’ page for more information about the park. You can also download the original PDF leaflet for the walk here (opens in a new window). as well as an illustrated guide to some of the park’s trees created by the original Tree People: the Tree Lover’s League (opens in a new window).
LEY HILL RECREATION GROUND, Edgbaston
This route features 25 trees of different species/varieties. Click here for TreePlotter map and visit the Ley Hill Park friends’ page for more information about the park.
HANDSWORTH PARK, Handsworth
A walk with 30 different species/variety of trees and some incredible examples of rarer trees in Birmingham. Click here for the TreePlotter map and visit the Handsworth Park friends’ page for more information about the park.
BOURNVILLE PARK, Bournville & Cotteridge
This route was created by the Bournville Tree Wardens. You can access the TreePlotter map here. For more information about the park, visit the Bournville Park Friends’ page
BURBURY PARK, Newtown
Welcome to The Zephaniah Forest‘s Poetree Trail! There are 65 trees and 65 poems, dedicated to the 65 years of Benjamin Zephaniah’s life. The trees were planted in 2024-2025. The walk is approximately 500 steps over flat ground with pathways.
Click here for the TreePlotter map of Burbury Park, Newtown.
There is no particular order to take the trail, but this is the suggested beginning, following roughly the planting of the trees from the first one by Qian Zephaniah, to the last ones with her and Benjamin’s siblings with the Benjamin Zephaniah Family Legacy Group. Farm Street is one of the places where Benjamin used to live with his family in Birmingham.
When using TreePlotter on a mobile device on the go, click on the ‘current location’ icon (left of the screen), and use this to help navigate to the next tree. Click on the dot next to each number to find out more information on the tree. Click on the word ‘Photo’ to see images, to check you are at the right tree, and to see the tree in different seasons.