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Coffin Works. 996. Speciality Museums. A Victorian Coffin Fittings factory, restored by Birmingham Conservation Trust and opened as a museum in October 2014. The shelves and workbenches at Newman Brothers are full of original stock and tools of the trade.
- Stroll Birmingham’s Finest Stretch of Canal
- Stay at A Grand Institution
- Uncover Digbeth’s Street Art
- Experience Victorian Birmingham at The Back to Backs
- Enjoy The View from The Secret Garden
- Try A Balti in Its Hometown
- Get Outdoors in The Lickey Hills
- Drink The Stirchley Beer Mile
- Trace Birmingham’s Diverse Musical Heritage
- Enter Paradise
Birmingham was built around its vast network of canals, but if you want to see them at their finest then take a stroll along the meandering 45-minute stretch between Gas Street Basin and the University of Birmingham. The lively waterside bars, bistros and restaurants of Brindley Place and The Mailbox are ideal for refreshments but once you walk dow...
Once host to the likes of Winston Churchill and Charlie Chaplin, the Grand Hotelwas the most opulent of Victorian Birmingham’s hotels, later falling into disrepair before closing for good in 2000. After a 20-year slumber, this local institution on Colmore Row re-opened in May 2021 following a £45m facelift. Originally opened in 1879, this Grade II-...
Digbeth sprawls out from the city center’s southwestern fringes and is crammed with some of Birmingham’s liveliest bars – and it’s impossible not to be struck by the quality and volume of the neighborhood’s extensive street art and graffiti. The rough-and-ready industrial streets around the Custard Factoryform a perfect canvas for the city’s talent...
Talking in dramatic terms about Birmingham’s industrial past is easy; conjuring the feel of daily life from this era is hard. Except, that is, at one corner of the city center where you can get a vivid sense of working-class Birmingham’s living conditions over 100 years ago. Located on lively Hurst Street, the Birmingham Back to Backsare the last r...
With curvaceous oddities like the Bullring and the Rotunda giving Birmingham one of the UK’s more distinct skylines, it’s worth finding a spot to take it all in from above. The best viewing platform in the city isn’t in a skyscraper, but rather humbly located on the 7th floor of the Library of Birminghamin Centenary Square. What the library’s Secre...
Birmingham has more Michelin-star restaurants than any other city in the UK outside of London, yet the dish at the heart of the city’s character is a humble one-pot stew: the Balti. Devised by Birmingham’s Pakistani community in the early 1970s, the Balti is a fiery curry cooked quickly with the freshest ingredients over a searing hot flame. While ...
With more than 8000 acres of award-winning green spaces and parks, Birmingham is one of the greenest cities in Europe. But if you want to combine that green space with gorgeous panoramic views and charming woodland trails then head out to the Lickey Hills Country Park. Just 10 miles southwest of Birmingham city center, the hills are easily reached ...
Stirchley’s rise as craft-beer haven has been as pleasant as it is unexpected. With several splendid pubs and taprooms conveniently spaced apart, intrepid craft-beer aficionados can take on Stirchley Beer Mile and sample the finest this south Birmingham neighborhood has to offer. From Cork and Cage at the north end to GlassHouse in the south, with ...
From the reggae beats of UB40 to Black Sabbath’s pioneering heavy-metal sound and Duran Duran’s bouncy new-wave pop, few cities in the UK have produced music as diverse as Birmingham. Whether locals know it or not, every neighborhood has contributed to the richness of the city’s music heritage. Musical Routesaims to bring that to life with their go...
If you want to spark an always-feisty debate in Birmingham, ask a local their opinion of the now-demolished Central Library. But whether you thought the city’s famous brutalist building was iconic or not, what took its place at Chamberlain Square makes an impression, too: Paradise Birmingham. Amid gleaming new office towers, the cleaned-up square b...
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Whether it’s house at The Mill, indie at The Sunflower Lounge, the Night Owl ’s northern soul or jazz at The Jam House, you’ll find something interesting within walking distance of the high ...
Experience an on-stage extravaganza at the Birmingham Hippodrome. Plan a theatre trip to Birmingham and enjoy classic performances by the famous Birmingham Royal Ballet, comedy, drama, opera and fun-filled musicals. Location: Birmingham, West Midlands.
May 10, 2023 · The 17 best things to do in Birmingham. Winterbourne House and Gardens, Birmingham Peter Lopeman / Alamy Stock Photo. 1. Relax in Winterbourne House’s tranquil gardens. Built in 1903, Winterbourne House is a rare surviving example of an early 20th-century suburban villa and garden.
