This beautiful example of a yeoman’s house is one of the finest restored Elizabethan buildings anywhere in the region. It was built in 1590...

Birmingham City University owns and operates this challenging contemporary art and design space, the centrepiece of the academic institutions art department. The gallery shows...

Thinktank at Millennium Point allows people of all ages to be engaged in the past, present and future of our world, our environment and ourselves....

This trust is dedicated to the preservation ad study of the trains that would have once been one of the most important parts of the...

Craftspace offers an environment where visitors can see some of the most exquisite local crafts on display and study them at close proximity. Many...

Opened in 2000, Carling Academy Birmingham is a medium-sized concert venue that follows in the footsteps of the successful Carling Academy Brixton. The complex consists...

This beautiful piece of Jacobean architecture represents one of the last buildings to be constructed in this style. It was built between 1618 and...

Colony is one of many fine art galleries that are located within the city of Birmingham. It is famous for hosting excellent shows by...

Birmingham has a fascinating and lengthy history associated with the jewellery industry that is explored in this museum. The collection is housed in the...

Birmingham’s St Philip’s cathedral is located in the centre of the city and is a beautiful 18th Century baroque building designed by Thomas Archer that...

In September 2003, the Bullring Shopping Centre reopened its doors after a £500 million revamp of the original building. Widely recognised by the Selfridges building,...

The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists is an institution that is formed and led by a group of outstanding artists based in the city and...

These art and design archives are some of the finest in the West Midlands and contain a massive collection of art and other artistic materials....

This excellent museum at the heart of the city centre was opened in 1885, and stands in a good looking museum that is filled with...

The impressive façade of the Birmingham Council House greets visitors as they come into the city’s Victoria Square which also houses another of Birmingham’s spectacular...

The city library and central archives is one of the most dominant and well recognised buildings at the heart of the great city. The...

St Martin’s Church is Birmingham’s parish church and is located next to the Bull Ring development. Just as the Bull Ring has been extensively...

Birmingham has since the start of the industrial revolution, been one of the most important places of work in the entire nation. The whole...

The Birmingham Conservatoire is one of UCE’s faculties and, as such, regularly hosts performances by its students. In addition to student concerts the venue...

Birmingham Hippodrome is in Birmingham city centre in the heart of the gay village and is therefore ideally situated close to the city’s many pubs,...

Birmingham Repertory Theatre, or the Rep as it is more commonly known, was established in 1913 and is acclaimed for launching the careers of new...

The National Motorcycle Museum has a vast collection of British made motorcycles (from past and present) making it is one of the best and largest...

Birmingham’s Symphony Hall is possibly the best concert venue in the country and offers a varied and exciting annual programme of events to suit an...

National Sea Life Centre, The Water’s Edge, Brindley Place, Birmingham takes visitors on a spectacular undersea voyage with over 55 displays of freshwater and marine...

Located in a neo-Gothic building in the city, this gallery is recognised as one of the best places to view contemporary art in the region,...

Birmingham’s canals were once essential to the industrial success of this thriving Midlands city and the city centre’s Gas Street Basin was its pivotal point....

Soho House was once the home of Matthew Boulton, one of the most famous sons of Birmingham, associated with James Watt and the Lunar Society....

Ash End House Childrens Farm is a small, family owned farm, lots of friendly animals to feed and stoke, mostly undercover. Hold a newly hatched...

Watermills would have been a very common recurring theme along the many waterways of Birmingham in the 18th Century, with over fifty in the immediate...

Warwickshire County Cricket Club Museum at Edgbaston takes visitors on a fascinating trip through more than a hundred years of history. Located at the...

Edgbaston is a famous area of Birmingham that in recent times has a great sporting tradition thanks to the large cricket ground that is based...

The Midlands Arts Centre is the most visited arts facility in the Midlands with more than half a million people passing through the doors every...

Four glasshouses take visitors from tropical rainforest to arid desert conditions with insectivorous plants, giant ‘cacti’, tree ferns and cycads, orchids, sugar cane, bananas &...

Numbering six acres and situated about two miles to the south of the centre of Birmingham, the nature centre is one of the most popular...

Winterbourne Botanic Garden at the University of Birmingham is a six acre Edwardian garden planted with over 1,500 plant species from around the world. It...

The Lapworth Museum of Geology is a fascinating place to visit if you have even a passing interest in the earth that lies beneath our...

The University of Birmingham Collections is made up of a large series of diverse artefacts ranging from West African masks in the Danford Collection to...

This is a fine medieval church set in a beautiful old village, on land owned by Queen Godiva, according to the Domesday Book. It was...

Chocolate magnate George Cadbury moved Selly Manor and Minworth Greaves to Bourneville in the early 20th Century. It is quite unusual for such fragile...

Francis Asbury grew up in this beautiful cottage on the edge of the West Midlands. He is famous for being the first American Methodist...