Birmingham offers so many things to do it’s hard to know where to start. Listed here are a few of the many places you may choose to visit for shopping, leisure or meetings. Make life easier using our visitor journey guide below which accompanies you step by step from the closest station, bus stop or car park.
Attractions and Key Areas
The Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses, are a 15 acre oasis of delight. Designed by J. C. Loudon, a leading garden planner, horticultural journalist and publisher, they opened to subscribers in 1832.
Brindley Place is a vibrant and attractive canal side destination situated at the very heart of Birmingham. This award-winning leisure and business destination has restaurants, galleries, a theatre and unique, independent stores are wrapped up together in the safest and cleanest environment in Birmingham.
With a stunning mix of contemporary architecture and historic buildings, Bullring has completely changed the face of Birmingham. The Bullring boasts over 26 football pitches worth of shops, boutiques and restaurants in the heart of Birmingham City centre.
Cadbury World is a fun, educational multimedia attraction dedicated to the story of Cadbury and chocolate.
The Cross City Pedestrian route provides information for customers wishing to journey across the City starting from the Bullring Shopping Centre along the pedestrianised shopping area of New Street, through the Paradise Forum Shopping Arcade, and finishing at Brindley Place to the North.
High Street and New Street link with the Bullring providing a true Mecca for the avid shopper.
The Hippodrome welcomes audiences averaging almost 500,000 per year, and can lay claim to the highest regular annual attendance of any single theatre in the country.
Located in the heart of Birmingham City Centre, the ICC is one of Europe’s leading conference venues, offering an extensive range of first-class facilities. With 11 halls, 10 meeting rooms and a team of experienced planners, the award-winning venue hosts over 400 meetings a year, with the flexibility and resources to welcome several thousand international delegates.
Built around the preserved workshops and offices of Smith & Pepper, a Birmingham jewellery firm, the award-winning Museum of the Jewellery Quarter offers a fascinating insight into the city's historic jewellery trade.
The National Sea Life Centre has over 60 displays of freshwater and marine life. The attraction boasts an enormous one million litre ocean tank housing giant green sea turtles, black tip reef sharks and tropical reef fish.
The Shopmobility Centre located at the Bullring provides free mobility equipment to get around the city centre shops and attractions.
The Shopmobility Centre located at Snow Hill Station provides free mobility equipment to get around the city centre shops and attractions.
Symphony Hall opened in 1991 to immediate public and critical acclaim. With its world class acoustics and stunning auditorium it is considered to be not only the UK’s finest concert hall but also one of the best in the world.
Birmingham's Mailbox shopping arcade offers a truly integrated lifestyle choice for the first time in the city's history. It brings together designer fashion and lifestyle shops, luxury apartments, two hotels, secure 24 hour parking and an array of restaurants and café bars.
Thinktank is Birmingham's museum and science attraction. It examines the past, investigates the present and explores what the future may bring.