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Calthorpe Park is a public park in Birmingham, England, created in 1857 and managed by Birmingham City Council.GeographyThe park lies in the Sparkbrook Ward of Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. It lies adjacent to and east of the A441 Pershore Road and a short distance south of Five Ways junction and north of Edgbaston Cricket Ground.The River Rea bisects the park, following south-west to north-east and crossed by two bridges.CreationThe park takes its name from the Calthorpe family, whose Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe provided the land for its creation in 1857, from the Calthorpe Estate. The freehold was signed over by his son, Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe, in 1894.OpeningThe park was formally opened on 1 June 1857, by Prince George, Duke of Cambridge. The opening ceremony, which featured a triumphal arch, was recorded in a painting by Samuel Lines Snr.After a lunch at the Town Hall, and arriving via a procession though the streets, the Duke, Lord Calthorpe, and the Mayor, John Ratcliffe, each planted a Cedar tree.