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Top Cultural landmarks in Birmingham, United Kingdom

Top Rated Cultural landmarks in Birmingham

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JanB
at 2024 Jun 14
JanB
at 2024 Jun 14
Great place for eating, sea life centre and lego discovery centre. Utilita arena. Canal walks
Elizabeth Hunter
at 2024 Jun 13
Elizabeth Hunter
at 2024 Jun 13
Love it here. Full of good vibes and atmosphere. We ate before the theatre to see Come From Away (definitely recommend this musical, second time I've seen it.)
Romy Oliver
at 2024 Jun 04
Romy Oliver
at 2024 Jun 04
I was so relaxed here at brindly place, there are free decking chair's to sit and enjoy your day, free table tennis a beautiful water feature plenty of coffee shops and restaurants.
Sean Harte
at 2024 Jun 03
Sean Harte
at 2024 Jun 03
Interesting mix of.history meeting modern. Some great views, interesting architecture and at night a bustling give of social activities and entertainment. This is what City Life is all about.
Fiona CHARVET
at 2024 May 21
Fiona CHARVET
at 2024 May 21
Cute place with several restaurants around to eat or have a drink
Colita Dainton
at 2024 May 19
Colita Dainton
at 2024 May 19
A great buzz here, the sun was shining and it was a Saturday so busy, but worth a visit. Lots of bars and eateries and great canal trips if required.

Great to people watch and grab some smiles.
Marta Foronda
at 2024 Mar 11
Marta Foronda
at 2024 Mar 11
Visiting Birmingham town centre tales you to this área full of life where you can walk around the canals, enjoy a meal out, assist to a concert, library, museum and to take lots of pictures. It is very beautifil spot.
Paul Nelson
at 2024 Feb 26
Paul Nelson
at 2024 Feb 26
Lovey place to walk around any time of the day, I have been living in Birmingham most of my life, I would go as far as to say that this is a nice area of the city centre.

I dont think it is necessarily ideal for young children, but it can be enjoyed by all .

Thank you Birmingham 😊
For good Chinese meals go to the cafes rather than the restaurants
John
at 2023 Jul 17
John
at 2023 Jul 17
Smaller in scale than London, but there are good shops and establishments. Local landmarks include a stone pagoda, donated by a prominent local Chinese business as well as Chinese architectural flourishes around the Arcadian and surrounding area. It's nice enough.
Found what I needed easily, a lot of selection compared to other shops I've been to.
Excellent shops, restaurants, and lovely staff. All people are friendly and helpful.
Kay West
at 2023 Mar 12
Kay West
at 2023 Mar 12
Extremely informative and comprehensive tour with a knowledgeable guide whose love of Bournville shone through. The view from the tower was far reaching and did the garden suburb proud as the mesmerising bells rang out expertly played by the resident Carilloner. A thoroughly recommended experience.
The Carillon was very interesting...loved it
My first time going to carol sing the bells were beautiful and couldnt believe how many people turned up
Nice place, with lots of little cafes and restaurants. The main supermarket there does get busy, but definitely worth popping in to pick up a few snacks etc
An actual feel of a China town. Birmingham's version of the place is authentic and large enough to provide much variety of Eastern Asian cuisine, aesthetics and culture. I loved it.
Great food however it is quite pricy most of the shops use cash so I advise you to have cash on you around 20-60pounds for a proper meal to fill you up. 10 pounds can get you 1 plate of food for one person. Good walking range if you don't like beef, lamb, pork, duck you will find it hard to find food however there are chickens as well but not many there are restaurants too which are well-prepared food most of the restaurants usually do card.
China town is a very nice place to take pictures in when it's summer.
All food restaurants are now open , people are happy restaurants. Tesco supermarket is always open. Everywhere small Chinese shops next to each other like in China. Salesmen are looking for customers. Not far away a fish market. Sometimes you can smell it on hot sunny days. And seagulls are yelling. Nearby an open fruit and vegetable basar alongside one another. My impression is that here it is the heart of Birmingham, a mixture of living, restaurants, surrounded by historical buildings and shopping malls like the famous Bull-Ring. And all around multi-storey car parks. All reachable within short foot distances.
The carillon is a wonderful building overlooking Bournville Green and is part of the primary school. Once a week (Saturdays ) they have guides tours and once a year they have a taster tour as part of the Bournville Heritage Day. The tour includes a trip (up some pretty narrow and steep spiral stairs ) to the roof to see the bells and to see and hear the clavier (a kind of keyboard) play the collection of bells. Pretty impressive stuff (also wonderful to hear the carillon bells on Christmas Eve at the annual carol service )