Here are some super places to visit in Birmingham UK.
National SEA LIFE Centre
The Waters Edge, Brindley place, Birmingham B1 2HL
Now in its twentieth year, the National Sea life centre never ceases to amaze. Just think, a world class aquarium, right in the centre of Birmingham (which is pretty much right in the centre of the country!). It’s open from ten o’clock every day and well worth the time to visit.
You’ll see a host of things ranging from poison dart frogs and piranhas, jelly fish, crabs, starfish to otters and penguins (plus a whole load you’ve never heard about). A fantastic new addition is the octopus hideout where you can learn loads about these fascinating creatures.
Don’t forget the sharks! You can almost touch them when you walk through our three-hundred-and-sixty-degree tunnel – without getting wet You can even feed them! If you are lucky, you’ll get a big hello from our giant sea turtle.
BBC Birmingham Tours
BBC Birmingham, The Mailbox, Birmingham, B1 1RF
Step inside the exciting world of broadcasting at BBC Birmingham! Peek behind the scenes of Midlands Today, BBC WM, Asian Network, and if you’re lucky, the famous Archers studio.
You will be able to pretend you are a presenter and maybe even sitting their chair. You might even be able to get into a radio drama studio where famous programmes like the Archers’ were recorded
The tour guides will explain how programmes are developed from the first script to the final show. You will be amazed how late this can happen and how close to the broadcast it can sometimes occur.
There is an interactive room, where you will be able to have a go at producing your very own radio show. Can you imagine the fun you will have doing that?
Back to Backs
55-63 Hurst Street, Birmingham B5 4TE
Court 15 is Birmingham’s so last remaining or back to back houses. 1. There were over 10,000 similar courts across the city. Almost half of the population burning lived in houses just my trees in the 19th century. They were basically blocks of houses that surrounded a central courtyard. The museum has totally recreated these buildings so that you can see exactly how people lived from day to day. Sadly, most of this heritage Birmingham has been destroyed apart from these last remaining houses. It is well worth a trip to see how most people lived in the 19th century.
Soho House
Soho Avenue, Birmingham, B18 5LB
Soho House was where industrialist and entrepreneur Matthew Boulton lived from 1766 to 1809.
Incredibly, in a city like Birmingham, this house once stood in grounds of over 100 acres. It’s hard to imagine that one person could have such a large amount of land in a city. Of course, Birmingham was much smaller in those days.
The house has had nothing done to it apart from clean / restore and contains many things that were popular during the late Georgian period. Many items were actually made in and asks you Boulton’s nearby factory. This factory is where Bolton and James watt first in developed until the steam engine that was to have such an effect on the industrial revolution in the Midlands.
Soho house was also used as a meeting place of a group called the lunar society. This was a group of scientists and industrialists and artists who would meet once a month on the night of a full Moon (hence the name Lunar society).
Although nowhere near previously mentioned 100 acres, the grounds are still amazing. They have been totally recreated from details found in Alton archives.