Birmingham
What to see
You’ll find accounts of Birmingham’s tourist attractions, shopping, eating out etc at Visit Birmingham. For more events coming up go to Birmingham What’s On or Live Brum.
Other Birmingham links:
● Barber Institute of Fine Arts
● Birmingham Back-to-Backs
● Birmingham Cathedral
● Birmingham Frankfurt Christmas Market & Craft Fair
● Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
● Cadbury World
● Coffin Works
● The Electric Cinema
● Hall of Memory
● Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
● National Sea Life Centre
● Pen Museum
● Soho House
● St Chad’s Cathedral
● Symphony Hall
● Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum
Towns of Two Halves extracts:
● “The city was the crucible of the Industrial Revolution, and three times as many patents originate in Birmingham as in Manchester; I doubt you’ll find as many Michelin-starred restaurants anywhere else; and then there’s the collection of Pre-Raphaelite art, the Jewellery Quarter, the canals and some magnificent Georgian and Victorian architecture. This is a vibrant modern city.”
● “‘The Library of Birmingham, is that the one Prince Charles said looked like somewhere books would be burnt?’
‘If that’s what an incinerator looks like, there isn’t a Green Belt, Woodland Trust or Site of Special Scientific Interest in the country that wouldn’t want one.'”
● “Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market & Craft Fair is one of the great local attractions. So great, in fact, that I’d strongly recommend that if you go on a Saturday you get there early to beat the crowds, especially at New Street. That said, it’s a lot of fun and there’s plenty of it.”
These are taken from the Birmingham chapter of Towns of Two Halves, published in 2018. To buy a copy, email info@townsof2halves.co.uk.