Parkour and a new skate ramp are due to be installed in 2024.
The history of Abbey Green Park
The area of the park had been fields and grazing land with a farm building accessed via the bridge over the canal along the Grendon Road.
The extension of the Coventry Canal through Polesworth in 1790 and the development of steam power encouraged a steady growth in coal production in the area. By the 1840s, coal mining and other industries were firmly established in the village.
During the Second World War, opencast coal-mining scarred the surrounding countryside of Polesworth, and caused the river Anker to be diverted. Abbey Green Park was created after the land was open cast coal mined in the 1950 and early 1960; the river now flows on its original course
