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Discovering Birmingham 2 hour Walking Tour to the Jewellery Quarter

Duration: 2 hours
Destination: United Kingdom, England, Birmingham
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  • 2 hours
  • Birmingham
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Discovering Birmingham and the Jewellery Quarter - Positively Birmingham Tour No. 3
We use a live audio system - the guide wears a transmitter and our guests wear a receiver. You hear every word even if you are well away making it perfect for social distancing and also ideal for those with impaired hearing.
Understand how Birmingham developed and see that many of today’s ways of working have deep roots in our past. A real investigation into today's city in the context of the history of this centre of the industrial revolution now facing up to the future in a determined way. In particular we explore:
• Earlier times – medieval origins
• From Georgian entrepreneurs to Victorian idealists
• Jewellery Quarter
• Canal city
• An artistic side
• Today's city developing for the future.

This 2 hour walking tour gives a great introduction to the city and will be of interest equally to local people and visitors alike.

Tours start/finish: Library of Birmingham front entrance

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Centenary Square, Broad St., Birmingham B1 2AE England

We start here and introduce the tour. We learn a lot about the city from things in and around the Square.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham England

We enter the Jewellery Quarter by a secret canal route that even locals do not use. We learn about the way the Jewellery Quarter developed and the different types of business that developed from Gergian times. We see the way the modern Quarter is taking its place in today's city.

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: St. Paul's Church, St. Paul's Square Hockley, Birmingham B3 1QU England

Known as the Jewellery Quarter church we view the outside of this lovely 1779 example of Georgian architecture.

Stop At: Birmingham Cathedral, Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2QB England

We look at this fine English Baroque cathedral. On occasions if there is time and not conflciting events we may go in and experience the Edward Burne-Jones stained glass

Duration: 5 minutes

Pass By: St. Chad's Cathedral, St. Chad's Queensway, Birmingham B4 6EQ England

We view St Chads from the inner ring road. We appreciate only too well the issues with post-war redevelopment when the car was king. We decide for ourselves if Birmingham has a planned redevelopment.

Stop At: Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BD England

Having seen St Philip's Cathedral and lots more in between we return towards the Library of Birmingham by several important city Squares.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3HQ England

We see this renovated square and understand more about the way the modern city is reconfiguring for the future.

Duration: 5 minutes

Inclusions
  • Local guide
  • We loan an audio receiver so you can hear the guides talking even from a distance.
  • Entry/Admission - Birmingham Cathedral

Exclusions
  • There are no entry tickets required for this tour.
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • We try not to cancel tours even with adverse weather conditions. If it is raining please bring a suitable coat or umbrella. In the event of icy conditions the tour route may be adapted.
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Library of Birmingham, Centenary Sq, Birmingham B1 2ND, UK


Departure Time

01:30 PM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

2 hours


User's Reviews

travelmommynyc

24 Mar, 2024

I was on the From Canals and Victorians to Today's City with Johnathan yesterday and enjoyed it so much I signed up for the Jewellery Quarter tour today. Another fantastic tour. Learned a lot about the history of Birmingham in a fun and engaging way! Highly recommend!

A7935XVkeithb

10 Mar, 2024

This was a great tour of Birmingham Jewellery Quarter walking along the 'Secret Canal' and handling some of the Bham 'Toys' (small metal objects) made in the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter. We walked along the canal to Newhall Street past the old Elkington Electroplating Works where Electroplating was invented and we saw the Blue Birmingham Civic Society plaque on the old Birmingham Science Museum where Alexander Parkes invented the first plastic eponymously named "Parkesine". We then crossed Newhall Street by the original Assay Office and into the last Georgian Square left in Birmingham St Paul's Square home to St Paul's Church which is fundraising for a new roof. This is the church where Birmingham industrialists Matthew Boulton and James Watt worshipped. We then walked up Ludgate Hill the site of the last Public hanging in Birmingham commemorated in the "Last Drop" public house. We then walked over the bridge over the A38 Queensway tunnels not for those scared of heights and onto Colmore Row and Birmingham Cathedral St Phillip's where the magnificent Burne Jones stained glass windows are much in evidence. Then via Colmore Row past one of the tallest skyscrapers in Birmingham and the Birmingham Council House and back to the library of Birmingham a good 2 hour walk

V226FGrebeccaj

29 Feb, 2024

The walking tour with Jonathan of Discovering Birmingham to the Jewellery Quarter was absolutely brilliant and a totally fresh take for me on aspects of a city I know well. Jonathan was energetic, entertaining and hugely knowledgeable. He kept the whole party engaged throughout the tour. I particularly enjoyed stopping off to see the Pickering Foundation's maquettes on Colmore Row- an incredible collection of models by a famous Birmingham artist. They are one of Birmingham's hidden treasures and well worth a visit.

Michelle_D

26 Feb, 2024

I really enjoyed this and learned a lot of interesting information we will definitely be doing this again

457rupertw

26 Feb, 2024

Absolutely outstanding Tour. Jonathan (tour guide) was so informative, knowledgeable had time for everyone , answered many questions and this was all delivered in a relaxed and friendly style. I will 100 per cent be booking the Saturday City centre tour. Highly recommended

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I went on a Positively Birmingham Walking Tour of the Jewellery Quarter with Jonathan Berg & he gave us a free copy of his book

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A Brilliant Tour with Hidden Treasures

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Discovering Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Walking Tour

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A 'must do' tour in order to keep an important aspect of Birmingham's industrial heritage alive.

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Great value for money

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Fantastic tour. A must do in Birminham.

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Amazing!

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Jewish Quarter, canals and street art.

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JQ in July with Jonathan

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Discovering the Catacombs!

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Well worth it

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Absorbing view of how the past has, and is still, shaping the development of Birmingham

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Know Birmingham better than you could imagine

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A tiny bit of Birmingham’s huge history!

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Fantastic Guided Walk

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Fun and educational tour

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Such an interesting 2 hour walk!

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Great discovery of Birmingham history

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Fantastic tour!

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