The country park is located along an 11 km (6.8 mi) stretch of the River Cole from Small Heath in Birmingham to Chelmsley Wood at the M6 motorway.

Charities and organisations that funded the project were: The country park has an area of around 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) [3] and crosses the border between Birmingham and the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull.

These include Yorks Wood which was declared a local nature reserve by Solihull MBC in the 1990s after purchasing it in the 1980s.

The area contains a number of artificial lakes surrounded by plants ranging from grassland, wetland and woodland which dates back hundreds of years.

Animals seen along the river include herons, kingfishers (note the project name), water voles and mink.