Birmingham Heritage: Exploring Industrial Pioneers and Georgian Architecture on a Walking Tour
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297 Ratings
West Midlands
Discover the rich industrial history and stunning Georgian architecture of Birmingham on a walking tour starting at the Library of Birmingham. Learn about the city's pioneers, Victorian heritage, and future developments while supporting a local charity.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Library of Birmingham - We start and finish at this amazing new liibrary that is one of the major tourist attractions of Birmingham
What's Included
- Live audio system for clear tour guidance.
- Complimentary receiver loan for each guest to hear the guide.
- Guests should bring earphones with a 3.5mm socket.
- New earphones provided if needed.
What's Not Included
- This tour may use an audio system - but not always.
Additional Information
Kick off and conclude your walkabout of Birmingham at the city’s Library, located in Centenary Square. This excursion takes you through the city’s canals, introduces you to the Georgian industrial pioneers, tours you around our Victorian legacies, and showcases more modern architectural marvels. Updated developments happening right under our noses are elucidated, and the future path of Birmingham is speculated. The journey takes inspiration from the book ‘Positively Birmingham’, which can be procured from the Library shop at a discounted price of £12 (usually £20) after the tour.
This 2-hour walking tour that loops back in the Library of Birmingham in Centenary Square is an exceptional way to acquaint oneself with the city, raising curiosity in both local denizens and visitors equally. Our work aids the charity Sifa Fireside that provides solutions for acute and chronic homeless problems in Birmingham. A minimum of 10% of all ticket revenue is channeled into their efforts, as clearly communicated on our website.
- Our route can be accessible for wheelchairs but we do need to modify the route and would appreciate an email from you if you intend to bring a wheelchair. Our Access Policy is clearly stated on the Positively Birmingham Walking Tours website.
Location
Library of Birmingham
Centenary Square
We start and end at the main entrance of the Library of Birmingham in Centenary Square, B1 2EA
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(297 Ratings)
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Loris_bsk
Mar 26, 2024
Engaging tour, easy to follow also for a foreigner - Jonathan is a very good guide, passionate, and very knowledgeable. I was a bit worried about understanding everything, but in the end, it was not a problem.
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Duncan
Mar 24, 2024
Great intro to Birmingham - Great tour. Jonathan was energetic, knowledgable, and funny. Sound system worked very well for a tour of 18 people. Nice walking tour on a brisk day.
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Travelmommynyc
Mar 23, 2024
Great tour - Johnathan was a fantastic tour guide. Very knowledgeable and fun. Tour hit great highlights of Birmingham. Would definitely recommend.
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Z2753qfkellyb
Mar 13, 2024
Heartily recommend these walks. - I am a born and bred Brummie and found this absolutely fascinating! Our guide was hilarious, good natured and clearly had a wealth of knowledge to impart. I had an overseas guest with me and thought it would be fun to be a tourist in my own city - and it was!
Loved the plug in headphones that meant you could walk 20 paces behind and still hear what was being said. Learned some truly wonderful nuggets about Birmingham, which left me feeling nothing but pride for a city which is so often put down.
Heartily recommend these walks, not least for the amount of money they donate to the homeless in Birmingham. Bravo - keep up the great work!!
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F1818ehangelaf
Mar 2, 2024
Great insight into the city of Birmingham - Michael helped us to see so much more in the architecture and history of the buildings of the city than we could ever see on our own.
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Sylviaedi
Feb 26, 2024
Great - go for it! - I loved the tour, so informative, such a great overview (I didn't have much time) and still some good recommendations to see additional art, where to have lunch etc.
Thank you, Jonathan.
PS
The only bit you could improve is to tell participants when booking (not when confirming on the day!) that they should bring their headphones ;-)
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Edmondc704
Feb 11, 2024
An informative and fascinating walk! - A very knowledgeable guide who explained the architectural history behind some of Birmingham’s iconic buildings very well. Covered the city’s industrial past too. A good two hours exploring and learning, felt like money well spent!
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280tankj
Feb 7, 2024
Beautiful sites and passionate tour guide (Michael) - Michael was so enthusiastic and passionate, which really rubbed off on me. He was extremely knowledgeable and easy to understand and showed us some beautiful things I would never have stopped to appreciate if I hadn’t been on the tour. It was so nice to receive a tour book afterwards. I would definitely return to do a different tour.
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Journey816996
Jan 7, 2024
Excellent tour and a great span of history and locations - An excellent tour and a great span of history and locations! Our tour was led by Jonathan who was energetic, engaging and very knowledgeable. We really liked the mix of locations/buildings and history. Will certainly plan another outing this year.
Thank you Jonathan!!
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Vacation319395
Jan 6, 2024
Highly recommended - great insight and very informative on Birmingham's history, development and current status - A really insightful, informed and entertaining two hour walking tour by Jonathan. We gained a lot of knowledge about the city and found the pace to be perfect and the places and descriptions really interesting. The headsets provided made it easy to follow the commentary. Highly recommended and thank you Jonathan!
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