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City trips Birmingham.
Birmingham : city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England; second largest city in the UK; city is commonly known by its nickname Brum [ from the local name Brummagem ], and its people as Brummies.
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Car Hirel Birmingham
Hotels in Birmingham
Hotels in Birmingham - Hotel Guide Birmingham
Best Western Hotels -
If you're looking for hotel breaks in Birmingham.
Novotel Birmingham Airport ***, Birmingham International Airport, Birmingham (
This modern airport hotel is the only hotel situated on the airport complex, straight opposite Terminal 1 and within walking distance of the National Exhibition Centre
Travel Agents / Tour Operators
Superbreak offer leisure hotel breaks and features 2-5 star hotels, with the majority in the 3-4 star+ rating.
- Group Weekends
Birmingham has definitely risen to become one of the UK's best destinations for a friends weekend away.
- Create your perfect trip to Birminham
Travel Guides Birmingham / Related books
Itchy Birmingham: A City and Entertainment Guide to Birmingham
Paperback: 96 pages; Publisher: Itchy Group; New Ed edition (30 Mar 2007); Language English; ISBN-10: 190570514X; ISBN-13: 978-1905705146.
Birmingham: Pevsner Architectural Guides - by Andy Foster (Author)
Paperback: 320 pages; Publisher: Yale University Press (10 May 2005); Language English; ISBN-10: 0300107315; ISBN-13: 978-0300107319
The Birmingham Cycle Guide by Nicky Crowther
This guide contains afternoon rides designed around the city parkland, canals and countryside of Birmingham. Avoiding cars wherever possible,
these 20 rides explore unexpected green nooks and sights of interest in and around Birmingham. Easy rides are listed for children and beginners, and
offroad rides for mountain bikers. There are also listings of cafes and pubs en route, and all the ride instructions are accompanied with detailed mapping
. This book provides the information to enable you to: visit the Jewellery Quarter and Aston Hall by bike; carve a car-free figure-of-eight round the
central canals; pedal round the two towers; explore the parkland corridors of the suburbs; mountain bike the
Lickey; Clent and Waseley Hills; collect towpath miles on the Main Line and Dudley waterways; find the green trails in north Wolverhampton; and do the Curly Wyrley round Walsall.
Spiral-bound: 128 pages; Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd (6 April 2004); ISBN-10: 1844250075; ISBN-13: 978-1844250073.
Pocket Map Birmingham (AA Street by Street)
AA Publishing (Author)
Map: 1 pages; Publisher: Automobile Association; 3Rev Ed edition (31 Jan 2008); ISBN-10: 0749555610; ISBN-13: 978-0749555610.
Transportation / How do I travel to Birmingham
Birmingham Airport
Airport Parking - discounted secure airport parking throughout the UK
- Cheap flights & Budget flights
Book cheap flights to Birmingham at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online
Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights
Flight tickets Birmingham
thetrainline is the fully impartial rail ticketing website owned by the Virgin Group, Virgin Rail Group and National Express Group, providing the cheaper way to buy train tickets online.
Travel by bus or coach to Birmingham.
Links 
Travel Insurance - online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents
Birmingham - Birmingham City Council - Be in Birmingham - Tourist Board
A dynamic business and leisure city, offering a world class cultural scene, a diverse and lively mix of
shopping, attractions, nightlife, major international events / exhibitions and easy access to beautiful countryside.
Back to Backs Living Museum - National Trust
Birmingham's last remaining courtyard of back to back houses has been transformed into a remarkable
museum. The site is a rare survival, an enclosed courtyard of the type of modest, brick-built houses that housed the first workers and their families of the Industrial Revolution.
Birmingham Thinktank Science Museum
Thinktank is Birmingham's museum and science attraction. It examines the past, investigates the present and
explores what the future may bring. Thinktank's job is to help us all understand how science and technology shape our lives.
Bull Ring Birmingham
Bullring is Birmingham's newest shopping destination, and the most exhilarating city retail experience you'll have anywhere in Europe.
Cadbury World - A fun chocolate day trip to one of the UK's most popular family attractions
Chinese Quarter Birmingham - See Chinatown-online.co.uk
Birmingham has its own Chinese Quarter, a colourful and vibrant community that exists in the heart of the city
not far from New Street Station.
Convention Quarter
The Birmingham Convention Quarter is a neighbourhood in the centre of Birmingham.
Gun Quarter - once the foremost gun manufacturing community in the UK
Gun Quarter is an area of the city of Birmingham, traditionally associated with the manufacture of firearms
and sporting guns. The area is to the north of the city centre, bounded by Steelhouse Lane, Shadwell Street and Loveday Street. See for more Wikipedia.
Jewellery Quarter - largest concentration of dedicated jewellers in Europe
For over 200 years the Jewellery Quarter has been home to some of the most highly skilled goldsmiths and jewellery makers in the world.
With hundreds of jewellers shops, highly skilled craftsmen and trade companies in one fantastic location you can be certain that all your jewellery needs will be satisfied.
Millennium Point
Millennium Point is Birmingham's flagship Millennium project, built to celebrate and encourage science, technology and education in Birmingham and the wider region.
During the week you'll find more than 2,000 further education students on site, attending courses at the
Technology Innovation Centre (tic) and Birmingham School of Acting, both faculties of the University of Central England.
National Sea Life Centre - Sea Life Centres Europe
Number 9 The Gallery
Selfridges Building Birmingham - see Selfridges.com or Virtualbrum [ pictures ]
The curvaceous store is covered with a dramatic "skin" made up of 15,000 spun aluminium disks.
Sutton Park - see Wikipedia
Sutton Park, in Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom, is one of the largest urban parks in Europe. See also Friends of Sutton Park Association.
Tolkien Trail
The trail will transport you to Tolkien's Middle Earth - a world of hobbits, wizards, evil sorcerers, orcs, elves,
goblins, and many other weird and wonderful inhabitants. So take up the quest, or be forever banished to the black land of Mordor!
Victoria Square - see Wikipedia
Victoria Square is an important public square in Birmingham. It is home to both the Town Hall and the Council House.
Press - Birmingham Post
Radio - Heart FM
Radio - BBC Local Radio Birmingham
Radio - radio.now - Birmingham, Coventry & Midlands radio stations
From Birmingham's BRMB to local stations for Hereford including Wyvern FM and Sunshine 855; you'll find links to these and more.
Cuisine - Birmingham Recipes
Birmingham Plus - Birmingham Restaurants Guide - - The Essential Taste of Birmingham
Sugarvine.com - Birmingham Restaurants
The essential UK restaurant guide for eating out in Birmingham.
Traditional foods in England
History of Birmingham
Birmingham's History - Wikipedia
Ancient history of Birmingham, Saxon Birmingham, Medieval Birmingham, 16th and 17th centuries, 18th century, 19th century [ Improvements ], Expansion, 20th century [ Diversity, Regeneration ]
BirminghamLives - The Carl Chinn Archive
Bringing together a growing collection of thousands of letters, poems, photographs and oral histories as well
as a range of memorabilia and ephemera, BirminghamLives evokes the day-to-day lives of working-class
Brummies. These memories bring to life the city's neighbourhoods, schools, shops, work, personalities,
housing, street life, experiences of war, games, dialect and family life through encompassing people of all cultures.
Birmingham Stories
Explore stories about Birmingham's past and the inventions that changed people's lives.
Local History Birmingham - Local Studies and Family History Menu
The Local Studies and History Service in the Central Library holds enormous collections of material relating to
general history and geography, Birmingham and West Midlands history and family history.
Digital Handsworth - A history of the ancient parish of Handsworth
 Old postcards Birmingham - Postcards from the past
City to the Black Country: A Nostalgic Journey by Bus and Tram
David Harvey (Author)
This fascinating collection of archive photographs takes the reader on a nostalgic bus and tram ride through the north-west of Birmingham, from the
city centre along the A41 to Hockley, taking in the famous Jewellery Quarter and the many Victorian housing developments around Handsworth.
Travelling through numerous shopping centres and the important town centre of West Bromwich with its 'golden mile', the route splits at Carter's
green. Taking in the well-known steel and tube manufacturing centre Wednesbury, as well as Black Country capital Dudley, this entertaining book
is full of detail sure to delight local residents and transport enthusiasts alike.
Paperback: 160 pages; Publisher: The History Press Ltd (1 Nov 2009); ISBN
-10: 0752452975; ISBN-13: 978-0752452975.
Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment
Arts in Birmingham
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Here you will find everything from Renaissance masterpieces to 9,000-year-old Middle-Eastern treasures.
BM&AG is particularly admired for its Pre-Raphaelite paintings and drawings – the museum boasts the largest collection in the world.
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Christmas Market Birmingham - Frankfurt Christmas market
15 November - 23 December 2007 10AM - 9PM
Visitors can experience the authentic advent atmosphere and stroll around lovingly decorated stalls offering
traditional goods from Frankfurt such as the typical "Bethmännchen".
Location: Victoria Square and New Street, Birmingham B1 1BB.
St. Patrick's Day Parade - St. Patrick's Day Festival
The city or Birmingham hosts the third largest St. Patrick's Day parade in the world, after Dublin and New York [ see www.Saint Patrick's Day Parade.com ].
Web Portal / Search Engine / Directory
Birminghamuk.com - Guide to Birmingham
Birmingham Independent
Dedicated to good local news stories, and is suited to all advertising, from home appliances to stationery supplies. With regular features every issue.
Virtual Brum
Your Birmingham
Visit the Heart of England
MSN UK
Ask Jeeves
Yahoo - Birmingham Directories
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