save 4-year-old, Florence Jones. The girl was saved, but non-swimmer Clayfield, drowned. His memorial was paid for by public subscription. Sadly Florence herself was to die only four years later as a result of playing with burning pieces of paper at her home in Green Lane. Public art The area features public art with the installation of Ondré Nowakowski's Sleeping Iron Giant, a large head lying on its side on a mound near the St Andrew's football ground. Skate park Bordesley Green has one skate park, known locally as the Pod. It is popular with mini BMX Rocker riders. Bordesley Green Allotments The historic Bordesley Green Allotments is a 25-acre site that is host to the Bordesley Green Forest garden and in 2012 was the venue for the Birmingham Annual Gardening Show which is normally held in Kings Heath Park. Education Primary schools Alston Junior and Infants Primary School Bordesley Green Junior and Infants Primary School Wyndcliffe Primary School Secondary schools Bordesley Green Girls' School Saltley Academy Further education South and City College Birmingham – Bordesley Green Campus Health Heartlands Hospital Yardley Green Medical Centre Omnia Practice Birmingham Wheels Park Bordesley Green is home to Birmingham Wheels Park, a community motor sport facility that includes an oval race track, outdoor go-kart track, roller derby track, rally school and drifting track. Up to 5,000 people attended the oval track during its most popular stock car and banger racing meetings, while the speed skating team were multiple British champions in various age disciplines and the most successful roller speed club in the UK. In 2020, the operators announced that the site was under threat of closure due to failure to reach an agreement with the freeholders, Birmingham City Council, over plans to redevelop the area. The park closed for good on 31 October 2021. References External links 2001 Population census information: Ward profiles Birmingham City Council: Bordesley Green Ward Areas of Birmingham, West Midlands Wards of Birmingham, West Midlands