Birmingham Airport 23 min
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter (8 min) Live demonstrations of the jeweller's craft with legacy tours of time-warp workshops. Library of Birmingham (5 min) Europe's largest public library is a modern, 31,000-sq-m. building with a cafe & a gift shop. Thinktank Science Museum (9 min) Close encounters with technology past, present and future in family-friendly interactive displays. The Birmingham Botanical Gardens (5 min) 16-acre site with exotic flora in elegant Victorian glasshouses, Bonsai garden and bird collection. National Trust - Birmingham Back to Backs (5 min) Guided tours of 4 fully restored historic houses that show how life changed between 1840 and 1977. Aston Hall (12 min) Jacobean-style mansion with tours of its period rooms, scenic gardens & occasional special events. Cannon Hill Park (12 min) Tennis courts, bowling green, boats on the lake and walking trails in 120 acres of woodland. Cadbury World (9 min) Self-guided tours through colorful interactive displays about chocolate-making & Cadbury history. Winterbourne House & Garden (5 min) Antiques and botanical gardens with 6,000 plants in Edwardian industrialist's grand country house. National SEA LIFE Centre Birmingham (10 min) Family-friendly exhibits with a variety of sea creatures (most offer play areas & group packages). LEGOLAND Discovery Centre & LEGO Store Birmingham (8 min) Denmark's most famous export, LEGO, is at the heart of this playground & entertainment center. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (4 min) Art deco stone-and-brick gallery with small collection of great artists, sculpture and coins. Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (7 min) Victorian building with domed Round Room showing Pre-Raphaelites, Staffordshire hoard and artefacts. Edgbaston Stadium (6 min) Top-flight county cricket team's home at an England Test venue with a kit and memorabilia shop. Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park (9 min) Small zoo with focus on endangered species, conservation and captive breeding. |