King Kong is back in Brum 🦍
He's got his own park, too!
Last updated 26th Jul 2022
To celebrate the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham’s infamous King Kong sculpture is back home this summer. And it's incredible!
We’ve teamed up with King Kong Park, an urban pop-up park at Great Hampton Row from 22nd July, with daily entertainment running until 8th August.
The festival-style space will be a space for everyone to enjoy the incredible atmosphere around the Games with live music, sport events and street food from Digbeth Dining Club.
Celebrating our incredible summer of sport in the West Midlands, not only will the Commonwealth Games fixtures be live streamed on a big screen each day, there will also be the opportunity to unleash your inner athlete with the park's very own running track, featuring organised sports and fitness classes.
Bring on the King Kong, babs!
When is King Kong coming to Birmingham?
The King Kong Park opened on 22nd July, with daily entertainment running until 8th August.
Where is King Kong Park?
Birmingham's King Kong Park is at Great Hampton Row, in the city centre.
How tall is the new King Kong statue in Birmingham?
The new King Kong statue will be 7 metres tall
Will there be food available at King Kong Park?
Yes! Hockley Social Club by Digbeth Dining Club will be providing food throughout the summer.
Can I watch the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games from the King Kong Park?
The Commonwealth Games are being livestreamed on a big screen in the centre of the park.
Now check out 10 things you’ll only know if you grew up in the West Midlands:
1) NOBODY being able to impersonate our accents
The amount of times people would try to impersonate our accents and they just wouldn't get it right! Oh, and don't get us started on people thinking the only word we said was 'bab'!
2) Taking a trip to Oasis Market
If there's one thing that sums up being a teen in the West Midlands, it HAS to be going to Oasis Market. Whether if it was to look at the edgy clothing, or where you got your first piercing (we get it, you weren't like 'the others'!), Oasis Market has a special place in all our hearts.
3) How good it felt to tell students from the University of Warwick that they actually went to uni in Coventry
There really is NO feeling like it. And for the record…it's definitely in Coventry.
4) The fact no one actually knew where we were from
If you went on holiday as a kid and said you were from 'Wolverhampton' or 'Dudley', the other kids would NEVER believe that they were real places. They'd always just say "But isn't that in Birmingham….?"
5) The Frankfurt Christmas Markets were the highlight of the year!
All the lights, the trinkets, the people. It was the best! And your dad even let you have a sip of the mulled wine, too – shhhh 😉
6) All school trips were to the same places!
In primary school it was Tamworth Castle, Twycross Zoo & Dol 'y' Moch. But, by the time you got to secondary school you may have even got a scenic walk around Stratford Upon Avon
7) There were regional fights over the name of a bread roll
Ok, maybe they weren't ACTUAL fights, but these things seriously divided opinion! In Coventry & Warwickshire it was widely regarded as a 'batch', whereas in the Black Country it was a 'cob'. No contest.
8) Rackham’s was the Harrods of the West Midlands
Although everything was ridiculously expensive, there was no greater feeling than going for a browse of 'Harrods', without leaving the comfort of brum! And did we mention how great you felt of walking through the double doors, past the smartly dressed security guards?! It was like you were part of the elite
9) The Coventry ring road
Where do we start with this one?...YOU DRIVE ON THE RIGHT!
10) Being fiercely proud of where you’re from
The West Midlands isn't the most beautiful place in the world, but it's ours. And that's all that matters