Edgbaston Reservoir walk: the loop, the clubs and where to eat
A flat loop of about 1.75 miles round Telford's 1827 reservoir in Ladywood, with sailing, rowing and a no-nonsense café just outside the gates.
Michelin star restaurants in Birmingham
Two stars on Summer Row, one on Waterloo Street, one in the Quarter with a heavy metal soundtrack, and two Bib Gourmands for the nights you want change from a hundred quid. Birmingham's Michelin list, and how to book it.
Cheap eats in Birmingham
Bao for £6.50 on Church Street, eight kitchens under one roof off St Paul's Square, burgers on Shaws Passage and a falafel bowl for under seven quid. How to eat well in Birmingham for not much.
Drink
Pubs, taprooms, cocktail bars and late spots, and which ones still have the tiles.
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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 best cocktail bars in Birmingham
The best cocktail bar in the country is on Pershore Road in Stirchley, and it does not take bookings. Couch, Passing Fancies, Fox & Chance, Grain & Glass and the rest of Birmingham's cocktail list, with what to order in each.
The Cut
Canals, towpaths, walks and the waterside: 35 miles of it, more than Venice.
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Gas Street Basin and Brindleyplace: a guide
Where the Birmingham Canal meets the Worcester and Birmingham, with the Mailbox on one side and 17 acres of Brindleyplace on the other. A short history, the free gallery in an old school, and a bench with Ozzy on it.
Canal walks in Birmingham: five towpath routes
Every route starts at Gas Street Basin and none of them needs a map you cannot fold. The Roundhouse loop, thirteen locks down to Aston, the Digbeth Branch, the Worcester and Birmingham to the University and Selly Oak, and Telford's cutting at Smethwick.
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 · B3
The 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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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.
The Custard Factory, Digbeth: a guide
Bird's built it to make custard. Since 1992 it has made Digbeth: around 400 small businesses, a pool that gets drained for raves, a 12 metre Green Man on Gibb Street and Birmingham's oldest pub claim round the corner.
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