Places to visit in Birmingham
A short list of notable parks, markets, museums and landmarks in Birmingham.
- 276, Monument Road B16 · Historic
- Adderley Park · Parks
Adderley Park is an area in the east of Birmingham, England. Charles Adderley MP donated 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land to create the park, which he managed privately from 1855 to 1864. The park was opened to the public on 30 August 1856. At the park's entrance were buildings housing a library, reading room and museum. The buildings have since been demolished.
- Arena Birmingham · Family
Utilita Arena Birmingham is an indoor arena and sporting venue in central Birmingham, England. It is owned by parent company the NEC Group. When it was opened in 1991, it was the largest indoor arena in the UK.
- Birmingham Assay Office · Culture
The Birmingham Assay Office, one of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom, is located in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham. The development of a silver industry in 18th century Birmingham was hampered by the legal requirement that items of solid silver be assayed, and the nearest Assay Offices were in Chester and London. Matthew Boulton and Birmingham's other great industrialists joined forces with silversmiths of Sheffield to petition Parliament for the establishment of assay offices in their respective cities. In spite of determined opposition by London silversmiths, an act of Parliament, the Plate Assay Act 1772, was passed in March 1773, just one month after the original petition was presented to Parliament, to allow Birmingham and Sheffield the right to assay silver. The Birmingham Assay Office opened on 31 August 1773 and initially operated from three rooms in the King's Head Inn on New Street employing only four staff and was only operating on a Tuesday. The first customer on that day was Matthew Boulton.
- Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery · Culture
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BM&AG) is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England. It has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, natural history, archaeology, ethnography, local history and industrial history.
- Calthorpe Park · Parks
- Cannon Hill Park · Parks
Cannon Hill Park is a park located in Moseley, a suburb in south Birmingham, England. It is the most popular park in the city, covering 250 acres (101 ha) consisting of formal, conservation, woodland and sports areas. Recreational activities at the park include boating, fishing, bowls, tennis, putting, and picnic areas.
- Coffin Works · Culture
- Eastside City Park · Parks
Eastside City Park is a 6.75 acre urban park located in the Eastside district of Birmingham City Centre. Designed by architects Patel taylor with landscape architect Allain Provost, the park was opened to the public on 5 December 2012 at a cost of £11.75 million. Lining the frontage of Millennium Point, the park provides 14,300 square metres of landscaped green space, 310 trees, a 110 metres (360 ft) canal water feature and a public square incorporating 21 jet fountains.
- Eastside Projects · Culture
Eastside Projects is an artist-run space in the Digbeth area of Birmingham, England. It is a free public space that is imagined and organised by artists. It commissions and presents experimental contemporary art exhibitions and proposes ways in which art may be useful to society.[1] Eastside Projects was founded by six artists: Simon Bloor, Tom Bloor, Céline Condorelli, Ruth Claxton, James Langdon, and Gavin Wade. Eastside Projects is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee.
- Highgate Park · Parks
- J. W. Evans Silver Factory · Culture
- Monuments To William Hoddinott, Jane Bellis, Catherine Chavasse And J A Chatwin Approximately 30 Feet North West Of Church Of St Bartholomew In The Churchyard · Historic
- Museum Collections Centre · Culture
museum store, occasionally open to public, in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
- Museum of Science and Industry, Birmingham · Culture
Thinktank, Birmingham is a science museum in Birmingham, England. Opened in 2001, it is part of Birmingham Museums Trust and is located within the Millennium Point complex on Curzon Street, Digbeth.
- Museum of the Jewellery Quarter · Culture
The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter is a museum at 75–79 Vyse Street in Hockley, Birmingham, England. It is one of the nine museums run by the Birmingham Museums Trust, the largest independent museums trust in the United Kingdom.
- Pen Museum · Culture
museum recording the history of pen making, in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
- Rostill Lines Monument · Historic
- St. Thomas' Peace Garden · Parks
St Thomas' Peace Garden is a small public park in Birmingham, England, designated as a monument to peace and a memorial to all those killed in armed conflict.
- The Museum of Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman · Culture
- Unett Monument · Historic
- Warwickshire County Cricket Club Museum · Culture
- Artisan Alchemy Gallery · Landmark
- BBC Midlands Visitor Centre · Attraction
- Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery · Landmark
- Carrs Lane Park · Park
- Castle Fine Art · Landmark
- Chamberlain Clock · Attraction
The Chamberlain Clock is an Edwardian, cast-iron, clock tower in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England. It was erected in 1903 to mark Joseph Chamberlain's tour of South Africa between 26 December 1902 and 25 February 1903, after the end of the Second Boer War. The clock was unveiled during Chamberlain's lifetime, in January 1904 by Mary Crowninshield Endicott, Joseph Chamberlain's third wife.
- China Expression · Landmark
- City Centre Gardens · Park
- Forward Gallery · Landmark
- Gun Barrell Proof House · Museum
- Islamic Exhibition Experience · Museum
- LEGOLAND Discovery Centre · Family
Legoland Discovery Centre is an indoor family attraction chain originally created by British leisure group Merlin Entertainments and currently owned by The Lego Group. Featuring models and attractions inspired by the Lego building toys, the Discovery Centres are smaller and indoor versions of the Legoland theme parks located around the world.
- Newman Brothers Coffin Furniture Factory · Museum
Newman Brothers at The Coffin Works is a museum in the Newman Brothers Coffin Furniture Factory building in the Jewellery Quarter conservation area in Birmingham, England. The museum educates visitors about the social and industrial history of the site, which operated from 1894–1998 as a coffin furniture factory. The museum opened in October 2014 after a fifteen-year campaign by the Birmingham Conservation Trust to save the factory building, which ceased trading in 1998, and raise the funds to transform it into a heritage attraction. Located at 13–15 Fleet Street, the building is Grade II* listed.
- Roundhouse Birmingham · Attraction
- The Pen Museum · Museum
The Pen Museum is a national history museum in Birmingham, England, covering the history of Birmingham pen trade. The only museum in the United Kingdom devoted to the history of the pen making industry, the Pen Museum explains how Birmingham became the centre of the world pen trade.
- The Pre-Raphaelites Gallery · Landmark
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