| Hearsall Common | |
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| Type | Public open space |
| Location | Earlsdon, Coventry, England. |
| Coordinates | 52°24′13″N 1°32′16″W / 52.403677°N 1.537667°W |
| Created | Common land from at least the fifteenth century, and reassigned as recreation ground in 1927 |
| Operated by | Coventry City Council |
| Status | Open all year |
Hearsall Common /ˈhɜːrsəl/ is located in Earlsdon, Coventry in the West Midlands, central England.[1]
The common consists of a large grassy area with a smaller partly tarmacadamed area on one side of Hearsall Common Road,[2] and a wooded nature reserve on the other side.[2][3] It is free to enter and open to the public as of right, 24 hrs a day;[1] however, after several years of residents complaining about itinerant or nomadic travellers using the common, an embankment was built alongside the roads to prevent vehicles from driving onto the common. The common has for a long time been host to circus and fairs. Previously it hosted the 'crock fair'.
Hearsall Common has a long history of being common land going back to at least the thirteenth century. It was reassigned as recreation ground by a Coventry Corporation Act of 1927, along with other areas of common land in Coventry.
- ^ a b "Parks in Coventry". Coventry City Council. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
- ^ a b "Coventry walks". Retrieved 1 October 2007.
- ^ "Hearsall Common". Retrieved 1 October 2007.