Discovering Birmingham 2 hour Walking Tour to the Jewellery Quarter
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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
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Duration 2 hours
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Live tour guide
English
Key facts
What's included
Included
- Local guide
- We loan an audio receiver so you can hear the guides talking even from a distance.
Not included
- There are no entry tickets required for this tour.
Itinerary
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Stop 1
We start here and introduce the tour. We learn a lot about the city from things in and around the Square.
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Stop 2
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.
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Stop 3
Known as the Jewellery Quarter church we view the outside of this lovely 1779 example of Georgian architecture.
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Stop 4
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
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Stop 5
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.
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Stop 6
Having seen St Philip's Cathedral and lots more in between we return towards the Library of Birmingham by several important city Squares.
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Stop 7
We see this renovated square and understand more about the way the modern city is reconfiguring for the future.
Meeting point & pickup
Meet at the starting point
Sunday tour starts 13:30 at: Front entrance of the new Library of Birmingham in Centenary Square, B1 2EA. Please arrive 5-10 min before departure time. Tour is 1 3/4 hour appoximately and finishes back at Library of Birmingham.
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Free cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- 100% refund if cancelled at least 1 day(s) before
- 0% refund if cancelled 0–1 day(s) before
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