Birmingham Airport 27 min
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (18 min)
Victorian building with domed Round Room showing Pre-Raphaelites, Staffordshire hoard and artefacts. Thinktank Science Museum (18 min)
Close encounters with technology past, present and future in family-friendly interactive displays. Library of Birmingham (16 min)
Europe's largest public library is a modern, 31,000-sq-m. building with a cafe & a gift shop. Winterbourne House & Garden (12 min)
Antiques and botanical gardens with 6,000 plants in Edwardian industrialist's grand country house. Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park (9 min)
Small zoo with focus on endangered species, conservation and captive breeding. Cannon Hill Park (9 min)
Tennis courts, bowling green, boats on the lake and walking trails in 120 acres of woodland. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (12 min)
Art deco stone-and-brick gallery with small collection of great artists, sculpture and coins. National Trust - Birmingham Back to Backs (16 min)
Guided tours of 4 fully restored historic houses that show how life changed between 1840 and 1977. Black Country Living Museum (36 min)
Exploration of life in an 1850s iron-working town, with a coal seam, forge, steam engine and shops. Lickey Hills Country Park (16 min)
Sprawling woodland with walking trails, a sculpture walk and over 380 species of flowering plants. The Birmingham Botanical Gardens (15 min)
16-acre site with exotic flora in elegant Victorian glasshouses, Bonsai garden and bird collection. National SEA LIFE Centre Birmingham (20 min)
Family-friendly exhibits with a variety of sea creatures (most offer play areas & group packages). Aston Hall (23 min)
Jacobean-style mansion with tours of its period rooms, scenic gardens & occasional special events. Edgbaston Stadium (11 min)
Top-flight county cricket team's home at an England Test venue with a kit and memorabilia shop. Cadbury World (11 min)
Self-guided tours through colorful interactive displays about chocolate-making & Cadbury history. | 
