Visitor attractions and information for
Birmingham
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 Birmingham is known as the Capital of the
Balti, introduced to the city by its large Kashmiri population |
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AMC
Cinema Tel: 0870 7555657 - Electric Cinema Tel: 0121 643 7879
- MAC (Midlands Arts Centre) Tel: (0121) 440 3838 - Odeon Cinema
Tel: 0871 224 4007- Showcase Cinema Tel: 0871 220 1000 - Cineworld
Cinema Tel: 0871 200 2000 - Cineworld Great Park Tel: 0871 200
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Bull Ring Indoor Market, Edgbaston Street,
Birmingham, B5 4RB. Tel: 0121 622 0201. Items sold include fruit
and vegetables, confectionery, nursery goods, garden accessories,
pets and pet foods. The Bullring is situated in the Digbeth area
of the City Centre & offers leading international retailers,
cafes, restaurants and leisure facilities. It trades from three
principle malls all with pedestrian access and incorporating
two major department stores (Selfridges and Debenhams) and over
100 shop units. www.bullringindoormarket.com. Location: In the centre of Birmingham. |
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Alexandra
Theatre Tel: 0870 607 7544 - Birmingham Hippodrome Tel: 0870
730 1234 - Alexandra Theatre Tel: 0870 607 7544 - Birmingham
Hippodrome Tel: 0870 730 1234 - Birmingham Library Theatre Tel:
(0121) 236 5622 - Birmingham Repertory Theatre Tel: (0121) 236
4455 - Crescent Theatre Tel: (0121) 643 5858 - Hall Green Little
Theatre Ltd hallgreenlittletheatre.co.uk/ - Highbury Little Theatre
Tel: (0121) 373 2761 - Maverick Theatre Tel: (0121) 449 0933
- Midland Arts Centre (MAC) www.mac-birmingham.org.uk/ - Old
Rep Theatre Tel: (0121) 236 5622. mac-birmingham.org.uk.
www.hglt.org.uk. |
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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Chamberlain
Square, Birmingham, B3 3DH. Tel: 0121 303 2834. Houses the largest
collection of Pre-Raphaelite works in the world, as well as Old
Masters and Impressionists. Visit the magnificent Edwardian Tea
Room and its sumptuous cakes. The Egyptian gallery, featuring
an elaborate Egyptian mummy and painted coffins. www.bmag.org.uk.
Location: In the centre
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Birmingham
is said to have more canals than Venice. Grand Union Canal. The
Grand Union Canal main line covers the 137 miles from London
and Birmingham. Branches take it to places such as Slough, Leicester,
Wendover, Aylesbury and Northampton. One end of the Canal is
at Brentford on the River Thames, the other end at Bordesley
Junction in the centre of Birmingham. At Bordesley it divides
to join up with other canals.
Terminates in Birmingham. |
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Victoria Square stands between New Street,
Paradise Street and Colmore Row. Here you will find the Town
Hall, the "Iron Man" and the "Floozie in the Jacuzzi". |
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There
are three professional football clubs in Birmingham: Birmingham
City (0871 226 1875), Aston Villa (0121327 2299) and West Bromwich
Albion (08700 66 8888) |
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The NEC, Birmingham, England, B40 1NT. Tel:
0121 780 4141. The National Exhibition Centre is the busiest
exhibition centre in Europe, staging more than 180 exhibitions
each year, ranging from world-famous public shows as Crufts Dog
Show and Clotheshow Live to international trade exhibitions like
IPEX and Spring Fair, Birmingham. Up to four million people visit
the centre each year. www.necgroup.co.uk. About 10 miles east of Birmingham. |
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Midlands Attractions |
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Birmingham lies in the West Midlands, a landlocked
county that borders Warwickshire to the east, Worcestershire
to the south, and Staffordshire to the north. It is one of the
most heavily urbanised counties, with Birmingham the nucleus
of the region. Birmingham and the Black Country lie at the hub
of the British canal system, aswell as being easily accessible
by rail, coach and air.
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