Birmingham Airport 27 min
Cannon Hill Park (13 min) Tennis courts, bowling green, boats on the lake and walking trails in 120 acres of woodland. Cadbury World (19 min) Self-guided tours through colorful interactive displays about chocolate-making & Cadbury history. Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park (11 min) Small zoo with focus on endangered species, conservation and captive breeding. Museum of the Jewellery Quarter (6 min) Live demonstrations of the jeweller's craft with legacy tours of time-warp workshops. Winterbourne House & Garden (13 min) Antiques and botanical gardens with 6,000 plants in Edwardian industrialist's grand country house. Thinktank Science Museum (13 min) Close encounters with technology past, present and future in family-friendly interactive displays. Black Country Living Museum (25 min) Exploration of life in an 1850s iron-working town, with a coal seam, forge, steam engine and shops. National Trust - Birmingham Back to Backs (10 min) Guided tours of 4 fully restored historic houses that show how life changed between 1840 and 1977. The Birmingham Botanical Gardens (10 min) 16-acre site with exotic flora in elegant Victorian glasshouses, Bonsai garden and bird collection. Ikon Gallery (9 min) Free-admission venue for exhibitions across a range of media from global contemporary artists. Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (4 min) Victorian building with domed Round Room showing Pre-Raphaelites, Staffordshire hoard and artefacts. National SEA LIFE Centre Birmingham (8 min) Family-friendly exhibits with a variety of sea creatures (most offer play areas & group packages). Aston Hall (10 min) Jacobean-style mansion with tours of its period rooms, scenic gardens & occasional special events. Library of Birmingham (6 min) Europe's largest public library is a modern, 31,000-sq-m. building with a cafe & a gift shop. LEGOLAND Discovery Centre & LEGO Store Birmingham (9 min) Denmark's most famous export, LEGO, is at the heart of this playground & entertainment center. |