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# Americans install ‘fencing’ to see off Burntwood smallest park challenge
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/americans-install-fencing-to-see-off-burntwood-smallest-park-challenge/
- Published: 2013-04-10T07:36:05.000Z
- Updated: 2013-04-12T07:03:41.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:24, News

[![Fencing going in at Mill Ends Park](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/millendspark1.jpg "millendspark")](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2013/04/10/americans-install-fencing-to-see-off-burntwood-smallest-park-challenge/millendspark-2/)

Fencing going in at Mill Ends Park

The battle for the crown of world’s smallest park has taken a new twist – after Burntwood’s American rival upgraded its facilities!

The tiny Mill Ends Park in Portland was [described as a “glorified flower pot”](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2013/04/08/worlds-smallest-park-record-challenged-as-burntwood-landmark-bids-to-win-title/) by Kevin Wilson who is organising the world’s shortest fun run in Burntwood.

He believes Princes Park – currently Britain’s smallest park – deserves the honour as the American site does not meet the criteria.

But now residents in Portland have hit back by installing a tiny fence around their ‘park’.

*Click below to see an American TV report about the battle for the crown:*

According to a [report on KGW.com](http://www.kgw.com/news/Bantor-with-British-prompts-changes-at-worlds-smallest-park-202216781.html?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk), the American landmark now also features plastic animals ‘grazing’.

Meanwhile, journalists from across the Atlantic have been busy trying to convince *LichfieldLive* that they are the rightful owners of the title.

Click below to see a report – featuring *LichfieldLive* \-from [Portland TV station KATU](http://www.katu.com/news/local/Is-Mill-Ends-really-the-worlds-smallest-park-Brits-take-issue-202219491.html?tab=video&c=y&ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk):