Attractions in Birmingham

Birmingham Back to Backs

The city's last surviving court of back-to-back houses, shown by the National Trust; booking ahead is advised.

• City Centre & Bullring, Birmingham

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

• City Centre & Bullring, Birmingham

Birmingham Orthodox Cathedral

Greek Orthodox cathedral on Summer Hill Terrace, dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew.

• Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

Birmingham School of Jewellery

Jewellery school founded in 1890 on Vittoria Street, now part of Birmingham City University.

• Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

Boulton, Watt and Murdoch

Gilded bronze statue of three pioneers of the steam engine, by William Bloye.

• Brindleyplace & the Canals, Birmingham

Brindleyplace

Canalside development begun in 1993, with squares of restaurants and bars, the Ikon Gallery and the Sea Life Centre.

• Brindleyplace & the Canals, Birmingham

Centenary Square

Public square off Broad Street, named in 1989 for the centenary of city status, used for events and the Christmas market.

• Brindleyplace & the Canals, Birmingham

Chamberlain Clock

Cast-iron clock tower of 1903 marking Joseph Chamberlain's tour of South Africa.

• Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

Chamberlain Memorial

Memorial of 1880 honouring Joseph Chamberlain, the businessman, mayor and statesman, unveiled with Chamberlain present.

• City Centre & Bullring, Birmingham

Chinese Pagoda

Granite pagoda carved in Fujian, China, and given to the city by the Wing Yip brothers.

• City Centre & Bullring, Birmingham

Coffin Works

Newman Brothers' coffin furniture factory, working from 1894 to 1998 and a museum since 2014.

• Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

Council House

Home of Birmingham City Council, with its council chamber and banqueting suite, facing Victoria Square.

• City Centre & Bullring, Birmingham

Curzon Street station building

Grade I listed building of an early Birmingham railway terminus, in railway use until 1966.

• Digbeth & Eastside, Birmingham

Custard Factory

Workspace complex with independent shops, cafés and bars on the site of the Bird's Custard works.

• Digbeth & Eastside, Birmingham

Eastside City Park

Park of 6.75 acres in front of Millennium Point, opened in 2012, with a long canal water feature.

• Digbeth & Eastside, Birmingham

Eastside Projects

Free artist-run space showing experimental contemporary art.

• Digbeth & Eastside, Birmingham

Gas Street Basin

Canal basin where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal meets the BCN Main Line, between the Mailbox and Brindleyplace.

• Brindleyplace & the Canals, Birmingham

Hall of Memory

Memorial of 1922 to 1925 to the 12,320 Birmingham citizens who died in the First World War.

• Brindleyplace & the Canals, Birmingham

Ikon Gallery

Contemporary art gallery in the neo-Gothic former Oozells Street Board School of 1877.

• Brindleyplace & the Canals, Birmingham

International Convention Centre

Conference centre containing Symphony Hall, with entrances on Centenary Square and on the canal.

• Brindleyplace & the Canals, Birmingham

J. F. Kennedy Memorial

Mosaic mural memorial to John F. Kennedy by Kenneth Budd.

• Digbeth & Eastside, Birmingham

Key Hill Cemetery

Opened in 1836 as Birmingham General Cemetery, the city's oldest cemetery outside a churchyard.

• Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

Library of Birmingham

Public library on Centenary Square, opened in 2013; closed on Sundays.

• Brindleyplace & the Canals, Birmingham

Museum of the Jewellery Quarter

Preserved jewellery workshop on Vyse Street, shown by guided tour, Thursday to Sunday.

• Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

National Sea Life Centre

Aquarium in Brindleyplace with over 60 displays and a 360-degree underwater tunnel.

• Brindleyplace & the Canals, Birmingham

Pen Museum

The only UK museum of the pen-making trade, explaining how Birmingham became the centre of world pen production.

• Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

RBSA Gallery

Gallery of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, on Brook Street just off St Paul's Square.

• Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

Roundhouse Birmingham

Crescent-shaped building on St Vincent Street, formerly Corporation Wharf.

• Brindleyplace & the Canals, Birmingham

Selfridges Building

Department store building by Future Systems, completed in 2003 as part of the Bullring shopping centre.

• City Centre & Bullring, Birmingham

St Anne's Church

• Digbeth & Eastside, Birmingham

St Chad's Cathedral

• City Centre & Bullring, Birmingham

St Martin in the Bull Ring

The original parish church of Birmingham, between the Bullring shopping centre and the markets.

• City Centre & Bullring, Birmingham

St Michael's Catholic Church

• Digbeth & Eastside, Birmingham

St Paul's Church

• Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

St Paul's Square

• Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

St Philip's Cathedral

• City Centre & Bullring, Birmingham

The Guardian (Bullring bull)

Bull sculpture at the Bullring shopping centre, also known as The Guardian.

• City Centre & Bullring, Birmingham

The Mailbox

Canalside development with shops, restaurants and the BBC Birmingham studios.

• Brindleyplace & the Canals, Birmingham

The River

Fountain artwork in Victoria Square, known locally as the Floozie in the Jacuzzi.

• City Centre & Bullring, Birmingham

The Rotunda

Cylindrical 81-metre tower completed in 1965 as offices and converted to flats between 2004 and 2008; Grade II listed.

• City Centre & Bullring, Birmingham

Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum

Science museum in Millennium Point with hands-on galleries and a planetarium, run by Birmingham Museums Trust.

• Digbeth & Eastside, Birmingham

Utilita Arena Birmingham

Indoor arena run by the NEC Group; it was the UK's largest indoor arena when it opened in 1991.

• Brindleyplace & the Canals, Birmingham

Warstone Lane Cemetery

Cemetery dating from 1847, one of two in the Jewellery Quarter; it no longer takes new burials.

• Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

Warwick Bar

Conservation area of canalside factories and warehouses from the Industrial Revolution.

• Digbeth & Eastside, Birmingham