An industrial museum with unique displays and collections telling the fascinating and sometimes gruesome story of needle-making in Victorian times. It is also an archaeological...

This visitor centre has been established as a museum and information complex for those who are visiting this abbey in Worcestershire. There is a...

Acquired by the National Trust in 1946, this imposing Tudor house is surrounded by charming gardens. Once an important seat of power in the...

Avoncroft Museum has a unique collection of over 25 historic buildings including a windmill, 15th century merchant’s house and 1940’s prefab. There is a full...

The museum opened to the public in 1980 and has grown significantly since that time, now home to three halls that in total accommodate more...

Bromsgrove Museum has been established for many years and offers an interesting insight into the history of this town and the many smaller communities that...

Built in 1701, this elegant William & Mary-style house is famed for its beautiful painted ceilings and staircase, but has other unusual features including an...

Cadbury World in Bournville, Birmingham is choc full of fun for all ages. Discover the history, the making and the magic of chocolate. New this...

Since 2004 Jerwood Sculpture Park has been set in the magnificent grounds of Ragley in Warwickshire, home of the Marques and Marchioness of Hertford....

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

Kinwarton Dovecote is located close to Alcester in the beautiful Warwickshire countryside, and has been owned by the National Trust since 1958. The building...

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...

The ruins of Weoley Castle are over seven hundred years old and are what is left of a moated medieval manor house. During the...

The spa has been one of the main draws to this area for visitors over a long period of time. This heritage centre is...

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...

Packwood House, originally 16th Century, is a fascinating 20th century evocation of domestic Tudor architecture. Created by Graham Baron Ash, its interiors reflect the period...

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...

If you are a fan of the radio serial The Archers, the quiet village of Hanbury is a must-see, as it is the village which...

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

Hatton Farm Village has acres of fun for everyone with all your farmyard favourites, daily events and activities and adventure playground. Hatton Shopping Village is...

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...

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...

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...

Baddesley Clinton is a romantic and atmospheric moated manor house, dating from the 15th Century and little changed since 1634. The interiors reflect the house’s...

Great for a family day out, the site includes the home of Shakespeare’s mother before she married John Shakespeare. The site today, with its...

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....

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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

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...

The Church of St Edmund King and Martyr is medieval and dates from 1120. It was restored and the present tower built in the Nineteenth...

This lovely church was built in the Twelfth century with some Nineteenth century additions. The church has a delicate belltower with three ancient bells. It...

St Peter’s is a quiet country church in the picturesque village of Abbot’s Morton.People have worshipped on this site for over a thousand years, and...

The church of St. Leonard is small in size but unusual and distinctive in construction. The building consists of a simple chancel and nave and...