Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Number of sights 25 sights
Distance 6.2 km
Ascend 141 m
Descend 176 m

Experience Birmingham in United Kingdom in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in BirminghamIndividual Sights in Birmingham

Sight 1: The Roundhouse

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The Roundhouse, formerly Corporation Wharf, is a crescent-shaped building located in the city centre of Birmingham, England.

Wikipedia: Roundhouse, Birmingham (EN)

805 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 2: Birmingham Rep

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Birmingham Repertory Theatre, commonly called Birmingham Rep or just The Rep, is a producing theatre based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England. Founded by Billie Lester, it is the longest-established of Britain's building-based theatre companies and one of its most consistently innovative.

Wikipedia: Birmingham Repertory Theatre (EN), Url, Theatricalia

484 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Chamberlain Memorial Fountain

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The Chamberlain Memorial, also known as the Chamberlain Memorial Fountain, is a monument in Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, England, erected in 1880 to commemorate the public service of Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914), Birmingham businessman, councillor, mayor, Member of Parliament, and statesman. An inauguration ceremony was held on 20 October 1880, when Chamberlain himself was present.

Wikipedia: Chamberlain Memorial (EN)

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Council House

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Council House

Birmingham City Council House in Birmingham, England, is the home of Birmingham City Council, and thus the seat of local government for the city. It provides office accommodation for both employed council officers, including the Chief Executive, and elected council members, plus the council chamber, Lord Mayor's Suite, committee rooms and a large and ornate banqueting suite, complete with minstrel's gallery. The first-floor's exterior balcony is used by visiting dignitaries and victorious sports teams, to address crowds assembled below. The Council House, which has its own postcode, B1 1BB, is located in Victoria Square in the city centre and is a Grade II* listed building.

Wikipedia: Council House, Birmingham (EN), Url

1 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

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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.

Wikipedia: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (EN)

105 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Town Hall

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Birmingham Town Hall is a concert hall and venue for popular assemblies opened in 1834 and situated in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

Wikipedia: Birmingham Town Hall (EN), Url, Theatricalia

22 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 7: Iron:Man

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Iron:Man is a statue by Antony Gormley, in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England. The statue is 6 metres (20 ft) tall, including the feet which are buried beneath the pavement, and weighs 6 metric tons. The statue leans 7.5° backwards and 5° to its left. It is said by the sculptor to represent the traditional skills of Birmingham and the Black Country practised during the Industrial Revolution.

Wikipedia: Iron:Man (EN), Url

47 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Victoria Square House

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Victoria Square House, is an office building on the south side of Victoria Square, Birmingham, England. It was formerly Birmingham's Head Post Office, designed in the French Renaissance style by architect for the Office of Works Henry Tanner for the General Post Office.

Wikipedia: Victoria Square House (EN)

113 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Queens College Chambers

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Queen's College was a medical school in central Birmingham, England, and a predecessor college of the University of Birmingham. It was founded by surgeon William Sands Cox in 1825 as The Birmingham Medical School, a residential college for medical students. Cox's ambition was for the college to teach arts, law, engineering, architecture and general science. It was the first Birmingham institution to award degrees, through the University of London.

Wikipedia: Queen's College, Birmingham (EN)

268 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: The River

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The River, locally known as the Floozie in the Jacuzzi, is an artwork in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England.

Wikipedia: The River (artwork) (EN), Url

99 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Java Lounge

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122–124 Colmore Row is a Grade I listed building on Colmore Row in Birmingham, England. Built as the Eagle Insurance Offices it was later occupied by Orion Insurance and was Hudson's Coffee House until late 2011, It is currently Java Lounge Coffee House.

Wikipedia: 122–124 Colmore Row (EN)

267 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Birmingham School of Art

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Birmingham School of Art

The Birmingham School of Art was a municipal art school based in the centre of Birmingham, England. Although the organisation was absorbed by Birmingham Polytechnic in 1971 and is now part of Birmingham City University's Faculty of Arts, Design and Media, its Grade I listed building on Margaret Street remains the home of the university's Department of Fine Art and is still commonly referred to by its original title.

Wikipedia: Birmingham School of Art (EN), Url

158 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: The Exchange

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17 & 19 Newhall Street is a red brick and architectural terracotta Grade I listed building, situated on the corner of Newhall Street and Edmund Street in the city centre of Birmingham, England. Although its official name is 17 & 19 Newhall Street, it is popularly known as The Exchange, and was previously known as the Bell Edison Telephone Building.

Wikipedia: 17 & 19 Newhall Street, Birmingham (EN)

184 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: The Old Joint Stock

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The Old Joint Stock Theatre is a studio theatre and pub located at 4 Temple Row West in the centre of Birmingham, England. The listed building was designed as a library but owes its present name to its use by Birmingham Joint Stock Bank.

Wikipedia: Old Joint Stock Theatre (EN), Website

316 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: The Trocadero

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The Trocadero, 17 Temple Street, Birmingham, England, currently a pub, is a dazzling demonstration of the use of coloured glazed tile and terracotta in the post-Victorian era of architecture.

Wikipedia: Trocadero, Birmingham (EN)

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Cathedral Church of Saint Philip

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The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip is a Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham. Built as a parish church in the Baroque style by Thomas Archer, it was consecrated in 1715. Located on Colmore Row in central Birmingham, St Philip's became the cathedral of the newly formed Diocese of Birmingham in 1905. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building.

Wikipedia: St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham (EN), Website, Heritage Website

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: Great Western Arcade

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The Great Western Arcade is a covered Grade II listed Victorian shopping arcade lying between Colmore Row and Temple Row in Birmingham City Centre, England.

Wikipedia: Great Western Arcade (EN)

449 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 18: St Michael's

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St Michael's James Yardley / CC BY-SA 2.0

St Michael's Catholic Church is a Catholic church located on Moor Street in Birmingham, England. It received Grade II listed building status on 25 April 1952.

Wikipedia: St Michael's Catholic Church, Moor Street (EN)

58 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Carrs Lane Church Centre

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Carrs Lane Church, also known as The Church at Carrs Lane is a church in Birmingham and is noted as having the largest free-standing cross in the country.

Wikipedia: Carrs Lane Church, Birmingham (EN)

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: Birmingham Moor Street

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Birmingham Moor Street, also known as Moor Street station, is one of three main railway stations in the city centre of Birmingham, England, along with Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Snow Hill.

Wikipedia: Birmingham Moor Street railway station (EN)

684 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 21: Christopher Wray Lighting Works

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Christopher Wray Lighting works is a grade II-listed building in the east side of Birmingham city centre, England. The works consist of a complex of buildings fronted by a row of three townhouses, left vacant since 2003.

Wikipedia: Christopher Wray Lighting works (EN)

235 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 22: Curzon Street Station

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Birmingham Curzon Street railway station was a railway station in central Birmingham, England. Initially used as a major early passenger terminus before being eclipsed by newer facilities and converted into a goods depot, it was a continuously active railway facility up until 1966.

Wikipedia: Birmingham Curzon Street railway station (1838–1966) (EN)

27 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 23: The Woodman

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The WoodmanElliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom / CC BY 2.0

The Woodman is a public house on Albert Street in Birmingham, England that is Grade II listed. It stands beside the Eastside City Park and the abandoned, but listed, Curzon Street railway station which will be part of the new station being developed as a terminal of the HS2 rail scheme.

Wikipedia: The Woodman (EN)

269 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 24: Eastside City Park

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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.

Wikipedia: Eastside City Park (EN)

780 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 25: Canalside Warehouse at Warwick Bar, Dock and Stoplock

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Canalside Warehouse at Warwick Bar, Dock and Stoplock Original uploader was Oosoom at en.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Warwick Bar conservation area is a conservation area in Birmingham, England which was home to many canalside factories during the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Wikipedia: Warwick Bar (EN)

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