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Creative quarter
Custard Factory
Workspace complex with independent shops, cafés and bars on the site of the Bird's Custard works.
A mini guide to
Digbeth & Eastside
Former factories turned studios, music venues and street food, beside the new Eastside park
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1 / 5Welcome to the area
Former factories turned studios, music venues and street food, beside the new Eastside park
Digbeth was part of the industrial heart of the City of a Thousand Trades, and its brick factories now hold studios, independent shops, bars and music venues. The Custard Factory occupies the works where Bird's Custard was made from 1902, and Birmingham Coach Station is on the main road.
To the north, Eastside has Millennium Point, home of the Thinktank science museum, and Eastside City Park, opened in 2012. The original Curzon Street station building stands nearby, and the Warwick Bar conservation area keeps canalside warehouses from the Industrial Revolution. Visit Birmingham puts Digbeth under ten minutes' walk from the Bullring.
Highlights
Start here
If you only have a few hours, these are good places to begin.
Museum
Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
Science museum in Millennium Point with hands-on galleries and a planetarium, run by Birmingham Museums Trust.
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Park
Eastside City Park
Park of 6.75 acres in front of Millennium Point, opened in 2012, with a long canal water feature.
Historic building
Curzon Street station building
Grade I listed building of an early Birmingham railway terminus, in railway use until 1966.
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Railway station
Birmingham Moor Street station
One of the city's three main stations, next to the Bullring, with trains to London Marylebone.
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Music venue
Digbeth Institute
Music venue in a building opened in 1908 as a mission of Carrs Lane Congregational Church.
Find your way
On the map
The map shows Digbeth & Eastside and the streets around it. The Getting there page lists nearby stops and stations.
Insider tips
Before you go
1
Thinktank days
Thinktank opens Tuesday to Sunday in term time and every day in Birmingham school holidays.
2
Evenings out
Many Digbeth venues are busiest late in the evening and at weekends; check event listings on each venue's site.
3
Walk from the Bullring
Visit Birmingham puts Digbeth under ten minutes' walk from the Bullring and Grand Central.
4
Use the new tram stops
Albert Street and Millennium Point tram stops serve Eastside; buy your ticket before you board.
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Open the mini guide →Photo credits
- Digbeth & Eastside (area photo): Brianboru100, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Custard Factory: Oosoom at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum: Amandachan1106, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Eastside City Park: Stove1441, CC BY 3.0, source
- Curzon Street station building: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0, source
- Birmingham Moor Street station: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Digbeth Institute: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- J. F. Kennedy Memorial: Brianboru100, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Warwick Bar: Original uploader was Oosoom at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Eastside Projects: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Michael's Catholic Church: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- St Anne's Church: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- City Centre & Bullring: Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jewellery Quarter: Brian Clift, CC BY 2.0, source
- Brindleyplace & the Canals: Oosoom at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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