Rainy-day ideas
Birmingham when it rains
26 indoor places from our Birmingham guide, grouped by area. Tagged by type of place (museums, galleries, theatres, libraries and similar), so check opening times and booking with each venue. Month-by-month weather
Indoor options by area
City Centre & Bullring (8)
- Birmingham HippodromeTheater
- Birmingham Museum & Art GalleryMuseum
- Birmingham Town HallConcert hall
- Grand CentralShopping center
- St Chad's CathedralCathedral
- St Martin in the Bull RingChurch
- St Philip's CathedralCathedral
- The Old RepTheater
Jewellery Quarter (7)
- Birmingham Orthodox CathedralCathedral
- Blue Orange TheatreTheater
- Coffin WorksMuseum
- Museum of the Jewellery QuarterMuseum
- Pen MuseumMuseum
- RBSA GalleryArt gallery
- St Paul's ChurchChurch
Digbeth & Eastside (6)
- Digbeth InstituteMusic venue
- Eastside ProjectsArt gallery
- Mockingbird Cinema & KitchenMovie theater
- St Anne's ChurchChurch
- St Michael's Catholic ChurchChurch
- Thinktank, Birmingham Science MuseumMuseum
Brindleyplace & the Canals (5)
- Birmingham RepTheater
- Crescent TheatreTheater
- Ikon GalleryArt gallery
- Library of BirminghamLibrary
- Symphony HallConcert hall
Dry or bright day? Outdoor picks
The same tagging in reverse: 9 parks, gardens, streets, bridges, viewpoints and similar places that are best when it is dry.
Brindleyplace & the Canals (4)
- Boulton, Watt and MurdochStatue
- Centenary SquareSquare
- Gas Street BasinCanal basin
- Hall of MemoryWar memorial
Jewellery Quarter (3)
- Key Hill CemeteryCemetery
- St Paul's SquareSquare
- Warstone Lane CemeteryCemetery
City Centre & Bullring (1)
- Chinese PagodaMonument
Digbeth & Eastside (1)
Places are tagged from their type and a short list of manual overrides (src/data/weather-fit.json). Anything we cannot place with confidence, such as colleges, castles and mixed sites, is not listed. This is not a weather forecast.