Adderley Park

Adderley Park
Birmingham seen from Adderley Park
Location	Birmingham, England
Coordinates	52°29′06″N 1°51′40″W
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Operated by	Birmingham City Council

Adderley Park is an area in the east of Birmingham, England. Charles Adderley MP donated 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land to create the park,[1] which he managed privately from 1855 to 1864. The park was opened to the public on 30 August 1856.[2] At the park's entrance were buildings housing a library, reading room and museum.[3] The buildings have since been demolished.

The area is served by Adderley Park railway station.

Adderley Park is notable for being the home of Wolseley Motors from 1901 until the late 1920s when following William Morris’s purchase of Wolseley the plant was given over to commercial vehicle production, mainly light vans. With the formation of BLMC in 1968, the Adderley Park plant’s days were numbered. At that time it employed almost 3000 people but was one of the first to be earmarked for closure. The last vans to be produced there left the factory in early 1972.[4]

References

1. "Adderley Estate". bgfl.org. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
2. Post Office Directory of Birmingham (1879 ed.). Kelly & Co. p. 11. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
3. "Opening of a Public Park in Birmingham". The Gentleman's Magazine. XLVI: 501. October 1856.
4. Berridge, Declan (1 February 2017). "In production : Adderley Park Wolseley Works". AROnline. Retrieved 3 November 2024.