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With hundreds of parks and green spaces across the city, Birmingham is often described as one of Europe’s greenest cities. We asked local people which park they love most and why it keeps them coming back.

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00:00Cathedral close I would have said because it's just a nice space to be and the
00:05cathedral's nice to visit to yeah I don't kind of know bar I'd say edge
00:09baston reservoir oh that's nice it is no I grew up going picnics in
00:13Cannon Hill Park uh I only like edge baston because of the water um yeah yeah
00:17I normally use the canal but I've anywhere along the canal I like it it's
00:22peaceful it's tranquil tranquil you know I mean I've always liked water and the
00:27wilderness and it's just one of them so anywhere along the canal for me the
00:32favorite one is Cannon Hill Park it's quite a nice park with boating
00:35facilities and a lot of like family areas where you can hang out do barbecues as
00:41well as the Sutton Park which is more towards the north east of Birmingham and
00:46that is famous for its big lakes and it's one of the biggest park in Europe if
00:50there's no trees and no grass anywhere then how are we gonna survive they yeah
00:54that's how we breathe air and it's like it's just nice to get out just especially
00:57when it's sunny like this go sit on the grass have a picnic join with your
01:00friends have a couple drinks and I think the generation has changed quite a lot
01:03like our generation growing up we would go out to the park and stuff like this
01:06generation just sits in town and yeah I think they're very important I mean I
01:10think Covid showed that when lockdown was there the amount of people that use the
01:14green spaces around and they're very important they are very important for
01:18peace escaping from our daily routines from our day-to-day lives and the green
01:23spaces basically provide like a form of peace in our mind when we go there and
01:27hang out with our friends and families and loved ones
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