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Beautiful recreational area with numerous opportunities to spend the day

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Great for playing poo sticks

Can get busy when park run events are on so slow down on main paths

Lots of open and forest paths to explore with a couple of cafes for nibbles

It's easily accessible for all. There are tarmac, gravel,grass, and dirt paths that you can choose from. Great place for dog walking, too. There are cattle, deer, rabbits, etc, as well as the donkey sanctuary.

Four Oaks Gate - Access to Bracebridge Pool, Boat House Restaurant, Blackroot Pool and Blackroot Bistro. Hartopp Gate - As for Four Oaks Gate. Town Gate - Main entrance: access to the Visitor Centre, Park House Restaurant, the Donkey Sanctuary, Holly Knoll and car parking for Keeper's Pool. Postcode for satnav users: B73 6BU. Wyndley Gate - Closed. Boldmere Gate - Access to the Miller & Carter, Hill Hurst crossroads and the Flying Field. Banner's Gate - Access to the car park at the entrance for Longmoor Valley and Longmoor Pool. Streetly Gate - Access to car parking at various points along the road, and from there to the Jamboree Stone.

Maxstoke Hill Challenge The Maxstoke Hill Challenge is a cycling time trial measured from the bottom of Maxstoke Hill (where the road does a 90-degree turn) to the very top of the hill (past the water works – first lay by on the left). The long-standing record held by Mr N Wiggin was beaten by Mr J House on his return to the United Kingdom in April 2012. The record now stands at 4 minutes 37 seconds. From Wikipedia

The old priory was established in 1331 it was expanded several times over the next 100 or so years and then disbanded in 1536. Since then the buildings have fallen into ruin except what was once the inner gate house and is now a B&B. The village church is the same age as the priory.

Shustoke Reservoir is managed by Severn Trent. The reservoir was completed in 1884 to provide water for Birmingham. Nowerdays the reservoir supplies Nuneaton and the surrounding area.

A nice little hill ,stay on it for a challenge or turn right at the nice little church.

Great place for walks for all skill levels; you'll have a great day out, bring plenty of water!

The history of Shustoke Why were the reservoirs created here?  In 1870 the Industrial Revolution was in full swing, as was the birthrate and the need for clean water was becoming more pressing.  The Birmingham Water Works Company therefore applied to Parliament for  permission for water to be taken from the Rivers Bourne and Blythe, whose gathering grounds in rural areas to the East of Birmingham were declared to be away from pollution, and to impound the water from the Bourne in a reservoir which was built at Shustoke.   A pumping station, filter beds and another small reservoir was also constructed at Whitacre. What was here before? Before the reservoir was built, the land was occupied by Whitacre Lodge which was part of the Hams Estate. This was sold by Lord Norton in 1879, for the building of Shustoke Reservoir.       How long did it take to build the Reservoirs? The time-scale granted for this work was 10 years and although most of the work at Whitacre was completed in the time scheduled, an extension of five years was applied for in 1879 as the reservoir at Shustoke had hardly been started; the eventual completion was around 1884.         What is the Reservoirs role in the water supply network? When the reservoirs were built they were to supply water to the nearby Whitacre Treatment Works, which was to provide 28 million litres of water daily to Birmingham. As the city grew this soon became inadequate and with the completion of the Elan Valley scheme in 1904 Whitacre was relegated to standby duty. In 1908 Whitacre was recommissioned to supply water to Coventry to supplement the local borehole supplies. In the 1050’s Whitacre also started to supply Nuneaton and now about 10% of the water from Shustoke supplies Coventry with the rest going to Nuneaton and the surrounding districts of Bedworth and Atherstone. Where does the water come from? The water is gravity fed by the nearby River Bourne which runs along the north of the two reservoirs. How deep and big are the reservoirs? The reservoirs consist of a settling pool of 7.8 acres and a storage reservoir of 92 acres.  Combined they have a capacity of around 460,000,000  gallons.

Along with the viewing and pond dipping platforms and willow sculptures, new benches and interpretation panels have been installed. A sand martin bank has also been constructed in order to provide a vital safe nesting site for this species of bird, and can be viewed safely from the viewing platform. This project is part of the Tame Valley Wetlands – a landscape partnership scheme supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, aiming to create a wetland landscape, rich in wildlife and accessible to all. The Tame Valley Wetlands Landscape Partnership is led by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust in partnership with a wide variety of organisations including charities, local groups, statutory bodies and councils.

The Community Wetland project itself cost £110,000 and was funded through Biffa Award, the Heritage Lottery Fund, The Howard Victor Skan Charitable Trust and the Environment Agency. It was led by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and Warwickshire County Council, working together in partnership as part of a series of landscape improvement projects being delivered through the Heritage Lottery Funded Tame Valley Wetlands Landscape Partnership Scheme. The 6 hectare wetland has been transformed from disused waterlogged football pitches and restored to its original function as the floodplain of the River Tame. It now consists of new water channels, scrapes, ditches and reedbed, helping to restore floodplain connectivity.

Maxstoke is a hamlet built on the site of the old priory. It's one of the most picturesque highlights of the North Warwickshire Cycleway.

Gorgeous little spot and relatively quiet in the late evening. If your lucky you might suit the wild ponies having a dip or a drink in Little Bracebridge.

I wouldn't say that Sutton Park is small, the perimeter fence is 7 miles in length. It has 7 lakes, 2 cafés, 2 restaurants, at least 2 children's play areas, miles of pathways (on both acres of open grassland and through acres of woods), there is a railway line running through the park although this is for goods trains only. There is also a Visitor's Centre not far from the Town Gate and Wyndley Pool (close to Wyndley Gate) is a designated Wildlife Sanctuary. Hardly a small park by any standards.

Sutton Park, although small has a massive array of trails that could keep you busy all day and you could even find yourself lost, lol. Lots of lovely pools and woodland singletrack to explore.

So many trails to choose from, you could spend all day getting lost amongst them, brilliant if you have a supply of food for the day.

A huge natural space where even so close to a major city you would thing you were in the middle of nowhere. Many trails to follow, few lakes, a visitor centre etc.. and who doesnt love a donkey sanctuary.