The Soho Loop: how to walk Birmingham's old canal bend
A free towpath walk from Brindley Place round the 1769 Soho Loop, past the prison, the old hospital site and Hockley Port.
The Wellington on Bennetts Hill: what to order and when to go
Edgbaston Reservoir walk: the loop, the clubs and where to eat
Christmas in Birmingham 2026: the market, the rink, panto and carols
The best wine bars in Birmingham
Drink
Pubs, taprooms, cocktail bars and late spots, and which ones still have the tiles.
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Birmingham's Victorian pubs, tiles and all
Minton tiles, snob screens, terracotta and copper ceilings. Birmingham built some of the finest pubs in the country around 1900, and a good number still pour a pint. Where to find them, from Curzon Street to Stirchley.
The best rooftop bars in Birmingham
A cocktail bar 24 storeys up on Colmore Row, real ale under a retractable roof on Bennett's Hill, a first-come terrace on Great Hampton Street and a fourth-floor bar on Broad Street. Where to drink above Birmingham, and how to get a seat.
Birmingham's craft beer taprooms
Three breweries within a walk of Bournville station, a barrel store under the railway arches in the Quarter, 24 draught lines on Waterloo Street and a family-run craft bar on Constitution Hill. Where to drink Birmingham beer at the source.
The Cut
Canals, towpaths, walks and the waterside: 35 miles of it, more than Venice.
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Live music venues in Birmingham, from the arena to the back room
An arena for 15,800, a 2,262-seat concert hall the Queen opened, the Town Hall where Elijah had its premiere and the Kings Heath pub where UB40 played their first gig. Birmingham's live music venues, biggest to smallest.
Digbeth nightlife: a guide to a night out in B5 and B9
A 1908 mission hall turned four-room gig venue, a music hall and club on Lower Trinity Street, a warehouse with five rooms under the viaduct and crazy golf at the Custard Factory. Where to go out in Digbeth.
Eight corners, one city
B1 · B5 · B9 · B13 · B18Where we’d go
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Opheem
Jewellery Quarter · B3The Wellington
Colmore Business District · B2
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
Jewellery Quarter · B18
The Craven Arms
City Centre · B1
Ikon Gallery
Brindleyplace · B1
The Old Joint Stock
Colmore Business District · B2More from Brum
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Where to stay in Birmingham: hotels by neighbourhood
Colmore Row for Victorian grandeur, the Mailbox for the cut, the Rotunda for the view and Edgbaston for a quiet night with a pub downstairs. Where to stay in Birmingham, street by street.
Moseley: a guide
Three miles south of the city on the Alcester Road: a Victorian village, a farmers' market on the last Saturday of the month, the bog that inspired Tolkien and a park that turns into a festival every summer. How to spend a day in Moseley.
Kings Heath: a guide
Four miles south on the Alcester Road: a long High Street of bakers, butchers and cafes, the pub where UB40 played their first gig, an independent bookshop, a park with a horticultural school and a farmers' market on the first Saturday of the month.
The Jewellery Quarter: a guide
Around 700 jewellery businesses in 264 acres of B18 and B3, and still about 40% of the UK's jewellery. Where to buy a ring, three museums that are factories frozen in time, two Victorian cemeteries and a Georgian square.
Independent shops in Birmingham
A route through Birmingham's best independent shopping: the Victorian Great Western Arcade, jewellers in the Quarter, vintage in the Rag Market and Red Brick Market, a bookshop in Kings Heath and the independents of Stirchley.
Harborne: a guide
Three miles south west of the city, Harborne is one long High Street of shops and pubs, with an old church village at one end, the Moor Pool garden suburb behind it and a railway line turned walking path. How to spend a day there.
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