A Brummie's Guide to Birmingham

Weoley Castle is an area of South Birmingham which has the remains of an old fortified manor house. Not much remains of the house, but the ...

One day, I was doing a volunteering shift at Stirchley Stores with a rather nice man called Steve. We were talking about this blog and he...

Bournville is a suburb in south Birmingham, about 4 miles from the city centre. The original area of Bournville is centred around a villag...

It may be hard to imagine looking at the Rea when it is in normal flow that this river once supported nearly 200 mills ! These mills inclu...

The Rednal Tram Terminus is exactly as the name suggests; a terminus for the old Birmingham tram network! Trams used to come down the Br...

...and a viaduct with pieces missing! Thus post contains two elements, neither of which are on the actual walk guide, but are on the rout...

The Birmingham Coat of Arms is a beautiful piece of work; so much colour, so many things to look at, so many elements formed into one item....

I have included these on the blog purely as an attempt to show off. Behind this billboard on the way down Digbeth High Street towards ...

This blog posts continues the Walking for Heritage route. The previous post can be read here .  From the Typhoo Tea Factory, follow th...

From the Art House , cross the road to the bridge. The Typhoo Factory is just across the water. I had no idea Typhoo originated in Birming...

City of Birmingham "William Hutton, Bookseller, the first historian of Birmingham lived on this site from 1772 until 1791" ...