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# Councillor backs Burntwood’s bid to snatch world’s smallest park crown
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/councillor-backs-burntwoods-bid-to-snatch-worlds-smallest-park-crown/
- Published: 2013-04-09T09:30:35.000Z
- Updated: 2013-04-09T06:26:49.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:24, News

A Burntwood councillor has backed the town’s bid to nab the world’s smallest park crown.

[![Princes Park in Burntwood](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo.jpg "photo")](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2013/03/05/burntwood-park-hosting-attempt-to-stage-worlds-shortest-fun-run-event/photo-5/)

Princes Park in Burntwood

A challenge has been launched to the current title holder, Mill Ends Park in Portland, USA.

However, Burntwood’s American rival has [leapt to the defence](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2013/04/09/worlds-smallest-park-draws-on-luck-of-the-irish-to-see-off-burntwood-challenge/) of its “glorified flower pot”, insisting it meets the criteria – and have even claimed it to be a leprechaun sanctuary!

But Councillor Steve Norman, the leader of the Labour group on Lichfield District Council, has backed [Burntwood’s bid](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2013/04/08/worlds-smallest-park-record-challenged-as-burntwood-landmark-bids-to-win-title/).

“There’s no contest,” he said. “As long as the tree trunks in Princes Park are kept clear you can get in and picnic on the grass or sit on the bench or lean – carefully – on the fence.

“Now that is a park!”