Digbeth Historical Tour: Explore Public Art and Peaky Blinders Filming Locations
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83 Ratings
West Midlands

Discover the rich history of Digbeth, the birthplace of Birmingham, on a guided tour. Explore public art, Peaky Blinders filming locations, and the area’s transformation into a modern city.

Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Bullring Shopping Centre Walkway - We start by the Bull statue
  • St. Martin in the Bull Ring - We walk past this historic church
  • Digbeth - We walk the streets of Digbeth and discover the origins of Birmingham as well as the modern city. We see atmospheric areas that are full of public art and which will form the backdrop for the filming…
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What's Included
  • Live audio receiver for clear guide listening
  • Bring your own earphones (3.5 mm jack) or obtain for a charity donation
What's Not Included
  • You need to bring earphones for the audio system or we can provide at cost. (£1)
Additional Information

Perfect for those intrigued by this atmospheric part of the city where Birmingham began. Discover how it evolved from a market hamlet into the ‘workshop of the world’.
The Peaky Blinders TV series is set in this area. The Peaky Blinders film is being produced here, and if time permits, there will be a visit to the Digbeth.com studios where filming is…

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Location
Bull
We meet at the bronze Bull statue outside the Nike Superstore at the top of the Bullring. Look for the guide wearing a Positively Birmingham walking tour coat or T-shirt
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Barbarafx7469sc
Apr 30, 2025
Fun walk around the social and historical Birmingham - Really enjoyed this tour walking around the heart of Birmingham learning about the street art and the history of Birmingham with an entertaining and knowledgeable guide.
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Tomht598oe
Apr 27, 2025
An Introduction to the history and street art of Digbeth - Although I still can't always distinguish Street Art from Graffiti, Jonathan opened a whole new world of art to me. Jonathan is an excellent guide. He kept up an interesting commentary, on art, architecture, history, and local politics, as he led the group through the streets of Digbeth, always aware of potential safety issues. The radio intercom works very well, so you don't have to struggle to keep up in order to catch every word he says.An Introduction to the History and Steet
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Vj12018
Jan 18, 2025
Digbeth Public Art and Peaky Film Tour - Recommend this tour.Facinating history of Birmingham and Public/Street Art.Jonathan Berg was a well informed and engaging host
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E1352rvjeanp
Sep 10, 2024
heard every word thank you - thoroughly enjoyed the tour--learnt so much about Digbeth--which I have through on the Coventry Road but never really looked.We really found very useful the audio system that Jonathan uses. My husband has a hearing problem but heard every word Many thanks for a very informative morning walk. Plan to do another one of your tours in the future
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Baxtermurph
Sep 8, 2024
Informative, humorous, an opportunity to see some fabulous street art, and learn the history of Digbeth. - Signed up to this walking tour as part of the Birmingham Heritage week. We had seen some of the art around the Custard Factory before, but this tour was extensive and covered unknown (to us) corners of Digbeth. Jonathan is a very well informed and witty guide and made this two hour trip very worthwhile, and enjoyable. It was an added bonus to visit the canal where the new 'Peaky Blinders' Stephen Knight studios, and Masterchef studio are situated. Highly recommended, as is the Birmingham Heritage week.
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Goplaces61445426321
May 6, 2024
Positively brilliant! - Jonathan is such an engaging and passionate tour guide. Our group of 20 did the Street Art and Peaky Blinders tour as a morning hen do activity. Jonathan has been really helpful throughout - everything from answering my many questions beforehand through to recommendations of restaurants, and even walking us to our lunch stop after the tour had finished. On the tour itself we saw lots of interesting and eclectic street art whilst walking around Digbeth and the canals, stopping on route to hear about the history of the area, upcoming changes, the artists and of course Peaky Blinder locations. Jonathan was really great in managing to engage our whole group and even planned in a quiz and prize for the bride to be. We had a fab time and definitely recommend!
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Gl847
Apr 1, 2024
Entertaining and informative tour - Fabulous tour on Saturday. It was really great for our group and Jonathan led it brilliantly. It was entertaining and informative - we all loved it and plan to do other guided walks with Positively Birmingham in the future.
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Gl847
Mar 31, 2024
Informative and entertaining walk. - Fabulous tour yesterday. It was really great for our group and Jonathan led it brilliantly. It was entertaining and informative - we all loved it and plan to do other guided walks with Positively Birmingham in the future.
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Z1973vtchadk
Mar 30, 2024
Great experience - Jonathan was extremely knowledgeable and entertaining as he pointed out public art works and shared the history of Bham
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Bjm709
May 23, 2024
A historical tour of Digbeth with an artistic flavour - As a Brummie, I learnt a great deal about Digbeth's history that I never knew and discovered artwork and businesses I never knew existed. I'll be heading down to Digbeth with renewed interest. The street art in the area is great and learning a little bit about the artists was interesting. The guide was very knowledgeable with a great sense of humour and a love of Birmingham. I'll be booking a walking tour for friends or family when they visit.
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