Berryhill Fields

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title: "Berryhill Fields" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["areas-of-stoke-on-trent", "grasslands-of-the-united-kingdom", "local-nature-reserves-in-staffordshire", "parks-and-open-spaces-in-staffordshire"] description: "Nature reserve in Stoke-on-Trent, UK" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berryhill_Fields" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Nature reserve in Stoke-on-Trent, UK ::

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Field	Value
name	Berryhill Fields
image	Breaking the Mould.jpg
image_caption	Breaking the Mould, sculpture by Andrew McKeown, installed in 2000. Commissioned by Groundwork UK.
map	Staffordshire
map_width	200px
map_caption	Location in Staffordshire
location	Stoke-on-Trent
coordinates
grid_ref_UK	SJ 908 458
area	63.31 ha
operator	Stoke-on-Trent City Council
designation	Local nature reserve
website	Berryhill Fields
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| name = Berryhill Fields | image = Breaking the Mould.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = Breaking the Mould, sculpture by Andrew McKeown, installed in 2000. Commissioned by Groundwork UK. | map = Staffordshire | map_width = 200px | map_caption = Location in Staffordshire | type = | location = Stoke-on-Trent | nearest_city = | coordinates = | grid_ref_UK = SJ 908 458 | area = 63.31 ha | operator = Stoke-on-Trent City Council | visitation_num = | status = | designation = Local nature reserve | open = | website =Berryhill Fields Berryhill Fields is an area of grassland in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent in England, between the housing estates of Bentilee and Berryhill and the town of Fenton. It is a local nature reserve, owned and managed by Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Its area is 63.31 ha.

History

The earthwork remains of a medieval manor house (Lawn Farm moated site, a scheduled monument) are within the area. It is thought to have once been the manor house of Fenton Vivian (that later became the town of Fenton), named after Vivian of Standon, lord of the manor in the 13th century.

In the first half of the 20th century there were two coal mines on the present Berryhill Fields, and small scale farming. The land was acquired for housing in the 1950s but no building took place. A subsequent plan for open-cast mining was turned down in 1994.

Regeneration

The site was the subject of a £2 million regeneration project for the Millennium, managed by Groundwork Stoke, as part of the nationwide Changing Places programme, that included creating new pathways to facilitate access for people with disabilities, creating a number of art features, and funding a series of archaeological excavations on the site of the 13th-century moated manor house sited on the fields.

References

References

1. [https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009901 "Berryhill Fields"] ''[[Natural England]]''. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
2. [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol8/pp205-224 'Fenton', in ''A History of the County of Stafford'': Volume 8, ed. J G Jenkins (London, 1963), pp. 205–224] British History Online. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
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