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Birmingham Visitors Guide for Boaters

We have visited Birmingham, 'England's Second City' a number of times now and here is our visiting boater's guide to Birmingham.

With plenty of visitor moorings and good boater's facilities including a BW Customer / Visitor Information Centre.

Visitor moorings from 24hr up to 14 days.

Full boat services available at Sherborne Wharf and mobile floating boat services available on your moorings from Away2service (usually moored in Gas Street Basin or Brindleyplace).

There are a couple of mini cruises within Birmingham: The Oozells Loop - The Icknield Loop - The Soho Loop

Over the last thirty years or so Birmingham has developed into a world class city. Now on the cutting edge we can report that Birmingham has reached a great height with a compelling and eclectic arts scene with great venues that attract the best talent.

Birmingham is like this right across the cultural board. With great galleries, gig venues and theatres that offer so much diversity with quality.

Birmingham City Entertainment

NIA - National Indoor Arena

Adjacent to the Old BCN Junction Turn - National Indoor Arena, King Edwards Road, Birmingham B1 2AA - Tel: 0121 780 4141

ICC - International Convention Centre

The ICC, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA - Tel: 0121 200 2000

The Symphony Hall

The Symphony Hall is now widely regarded as probably the finest concert hall in Europe. It’s the same with the Birmingham Hippodrome having completed a £35million investment programme, has become the UK’s busiest theatre and helped lure Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet to become the Birmingham Royal Ballet.

Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands B1 - Tel: 0121 780 3333

Birmingham Repertory Theatre

The Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EP - General Tel: 0121 245 2000
- Box Office Tel: 0121 236 4455

IMAX Cinema

The Imax Theatre, Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG - Tel: 0121 202 2222

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Birmingham Museums, Galleries and Visitor Attractions

The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Where the walls of the art galleries bring you some of the finest art ever seen. From the old masters to the most controversial of the contemporary. Heritage - Although Birmingham was known as the Victorian ‘workshop of the world’, Birmingham has a rich heritage dating back to the Middle Ages.

The IKON Art Gallery

The gallery features temporary exhibitions over two floors totaling 450m². A variety of media is represented, including sound, film, mixed media, photography, painting, sculpture and installation.

The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter

The museum displays are an interesting collection of articles tracing the history of jewellery making in Birmingham, plus a great 'factory tour'.

The National Sea Life Centre

The National Sea Life Centre's one-million-litre ocean tank with a fully transparent underwater tunnel houses a myriad of marine creatures including giant green sea turtles, blacktip reef sharks, non - predatory large fish and smaller colourful tropical reef fish.

The Pen Museum

The Pen Museum is situated in a former pen factory, now a Grade II Listed Building, demonstrating through a wide range of displays demonstrations and activities the fact that Birmingham was the centre of the world pen trade employing thousands of people.

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Birmingham City Shopping

The Bullring

Huge indoor shopping mall and markets

The Mailbox

Shops and restaurants - MAP

Tesco Superstore Supermarket

The nearest Tesco Supermarket to he canal in central Birmingham is Tesco Edgebaston, Ladywood Middleway, Birmingham B16 8HA
Tel: 0845 6779259

Sainsbury's Local

Broad Street, Birmingham - MAP