Information boards, the bandstand, historic bridge and benches in Cannon Hill Park were targetedNews
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13:36, 19 Apr 2025
Graffiti sprayed outside the Golden Lion in Canonn Hill Park(Image: Izzy Knowles)
Vandals daubed graffiti outside one of Birmingham’s oldest buildings.
Information boards outside the Golden Lion Inn, benches, the bridge and the listed bandstand were covered in unsightly tags in Cannon Hill Park.
It is believed vandals struck last week with the damage coming to light on Thursday, according to Councillor Izzy Knowles.
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The Golden Lion Inn was constructed between 1570 and 1590, in Deritend High Street, Digbeth.
It was moved “brick by brick” in 1911 to its current home in Cannon Hill Park and has not been in use for more than 20 years.
Volunteers cleaning up the graffiti sprayed boards outside the Golden Lion building in Cannon Hill Park(Image: Izzy Knowles)
Volunteers from the Friends of Cannon Hill Park spent a couple of hours cleaning the graffiti tags from benches and the Golden Lion information boards.
Councillor Knowles said the text is now readable but the paint and cleaning had damaged the surface of the boards.
She said: “The bandstand and bridge will need specialist cleaning which I will organise via the council and Historic England.
“Historic England are aware of the damage, which has been reported to the police as a crime.
“Investigation will take place into identifying the owner of this tag and person(s) responsible for the damage.”
The park is named Cannon Hill as it was the resting point of Royalist troops on their way to the Battle of Naseby in June 1645.
The park includes 80 acres of formal parkland as well as 120 acres of conservation and woodland.
It is enormously popular with families, dog walkers, cyclists and joggers and is also the home of the Midlands Arts Centre complex.