Must-see attractions in Birmingham

  • UK, England, Birmingham, Centenary Square, New Library of Birmingham

    Library of Birmingham

    Birmingham

    Resembling a glittering stack of gift-wrapped presents, the Francine Houben–designed Library of Birmingham is an architectural triumph. The 2013-opened…

  • Birmingham - September 11: The Barber Institute of Fine Art in the university of Birmingham, on September 11, 2016, UK

    Barber Institute of Fine Arts

    Birmingham

    At the University of Birmingham, 3 miles south of the city centre, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts has an astonishing collection of Renaissance…

  • Cadbury World, shop, Birmingham, West Midlands, England.

    Cadbury World

    Birmingham

    The next best thing to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory is Cadbury World, 4 miles south of Birmingham. It educates visitors about the history of cocoa and…

  • Birmingham, UK – June 29, 2019 - The National Sea Life Center displaying freshwater and marine life in Brindleyplace, Birmingham, West Midlands, England; Shutterstock ID 1969708588; your: Bridget; gl: Brown; netsuite: Online Editorial; full: POI Image Update

National Sea Life Centre

    National Sea Life Centre

    Birmingham

    Exotic marine creatures including otters, jellyfish, piranhas and razor-jawed hammerhead sharks swim in the Sir Norman Foster–designed National Sea Life…

  • BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - JULY 4. The Birmingham Back-to-Backs are a block of Victorian dwellings which have been preserved and open to the public in the city centre. July 4 2016 in Birmingham, England.; Shutterstock ID 453993793; your: Bridget Brown; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online Editorial; full: POI Image Update

    Birmingham Back to Backs

    Birmingham

    Quirky tours of this cluster of restored back-to-back terraced houses take you through four working-class homes, telling the stories of those who lived…

  • Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

    Birmingham

    Major Pre-Raphaelite works by Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and others are among the highlights of the delightful Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery's…

  • Custard Factory

    Birmingham

    Just over a mile southeast of the city centre, Digbeth's creative quarter centres on the Custard Factory, a hip art-and-design enclave set in the…

  • Soho House

    Birmingham

    Situated 1.5 miles northwest of Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, Soho House is where industrialist Matthew Boulton lived from 1766 to 1809. Among the…

  • Thinktank

    Birmingham

    Surrounded by the footprints of vanished factories, the Millennium Point development incorporates this entertaining and ambitious attempt to make science…

  • Aston Hall

    Birmingham

    Set in lush grounds 3 miles north of the city centre, this well-preserved hall was built in extravagant Jacobean style between 1618 and 1635. The…

  • Ikon Gallery

    Birmingham

    Within the glitzy Brindley Pl development of banking offices and designer restaurants, a converted Gothic schoolhouse contains the cutting-edge Ikon…

  • Museum of the Jewellery Quarter

    Birmingham

    The Smith & Pepper jewellery factory is preserved as it was on its closing day in 1981 after 80 years of operation. Guided tours lasting around one hour…

  • Birmingham Cathedral

    Birmingham

    Dedicated to St Philip, this small but perfectly formed cathedral was constructed in a neoclassical style between 1709 and 1715. Pre-Raphaelite artist…

  • St Paul's Church

    Birmingham

    St Paul's Sq is dominated by this beautiful 18th-century Georgian church, where 'Birmingham Brains' Matthew Boulton and James Watt came to pray. Details…

  • The River

    Birmingham

    Public art in Victoria Sq includes modernist sphinxes and artist Dhruva Mistry's 1994-installed fountain, The River. Topped by a naked female figure, it's…

  • Statue of Boulton, Watt & Murdoch

    Birmingham

    Birmingham's Industrial Revolution leading lights Matthew Boulton, James Watt and William Murdoch are depicted in this gleaming gilded statue. It's…

  • St Martin's Church

    Birmingham

    Birmingham architect Alfred Chatwin designed this Victorian Gothic church in the Bullring. The 1873-completed structure occupies a site where a church has…

  • Eastside Projects

    Birmingham

    Run by local artists who focus on art as a powerful agent for change, cavernous Eastside Projects has a pronounced and thought-provoking lean towards…

  • Town Hall

    Birmingham

    Constructed in 1834 and styled after the Temple of Castor and Pollux in Rome, Birmingham's neoclassical Town Hall is now used as a venue for classical…

  • Statue of Queen Victoria

    Birmingham

    Victoria Sq's 1993 fountain The River, aka 'the floozie in the Jacuzzi', is overlooked by this disapproving statue of Queen Victoria.

  • Council House

    Birmingham

    Built in 1879 in classical style, the dome-topped Council House – the seat of local government – forms the northeastern face of the city centre.

  • Royal Birmingham Society of Artists

    Birmingham

    Birmingham's venerable arts society has exhibited local artists and artisans' works since 1814. The two-floor gallery is just off St Paul’s Sq.

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