Guidebook for Birmingham

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Guidebook for Birmingham

Parks & Nature

Lovely park with small lake and lots of geese. Walking distance from the flat. Good for getting some fresh air and clearing your head.
Swanshurst Park
Yardley Wood Road
Lovely park with small lake and lots of geese. Walking distance from the flat. Good for getting some fresh air and clearing your head.
JRR Tolkien used to play there are a boy - maybe you will get inspired to write an epic fantasy trilogy there too.
13 locals recommend
Moseley Bog
Yardley Wood Road
13 locals recommend
JRR Tolkien used to play there are a boy - maybe you will get inspired to write an epic fantasy trilogy there too.

Essentials

Zebs Supermarket
610 Yardley Wood Rd
24 locals recommend
Sainsbury's
Aston Webb Boulevard
24 locals recommend

Drinks & Nightlife

People come from all over the UK to this pub/music venue. UB40 played there once and there's a plaque on the outside of the building about that. On Wednesdays they have an excellent pub quiz that starts at 8pm.
28 locals recommend
Hare & Hounds
106 High St
28 locals recommend
People come from all over the UK to this pub/music venue. UB40 played there once and there's a plaque on the outside of the building about that. On Wednesdays they have an excellent pub quiz that starts at 8pm.
6 locals recommend
Cherry Reds
16 York Rd
6 locals recommend
A well known pub for fine ales.
22 locals recommend
Prince Of Wales
118 Alcester Rd
22 locals recommend
A well known pub for fine ales.
It's an incredible bar specialising in gin. They do a little talk about the different gins - many stories from Victorian times. Very interesting and you will probably end up very drunk, all in the name of culture.
Jekyll & Hyde
It's an incredible bar specialising in gin. They do a little talk about the different gins - many stories from Victorian times. Very interesting and you will probably end up very drunk, all in the name of culture.

Food Scene

Huge pub! Serves food. Only 2 minutes' walk from the flat.
The Billesley
Brook Lane
Huge pub! Serves food. Only 2 minutes' walk from the flat.
Indian restaurant that one of my guests recommended.
Piquant
18 St Mary's Row
Indian restaurant that one of my guests recommended.

Arts & Culture

JRR Tolkien used to play there as a boy and it has since become an official museum.
23 locals recommend
Sarehole Mill Museum
Cole Bank Road
23 locals recommend
JRR Tolkien used to play there as a boy and it has since become an official museum.
As well as being an excellent, well-resourced library, they have gardens on the different levels with great views of the city.
94 locals recommend
Library of Birmingham
1 Broad St
94 locals recommend
As well as being an excellent, well-resourced library, they have gardens on the different levels with great views of the city.