Things to Do in City Centre, Birmingham
Rail stations, shopping, museums, theatres, canals, and the easiest base for a short stay.
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Top things to do in City Centre
Shakespeare's Birthplace
★ 4.5 · 19.5kHistory Museum★
Half-timbered shrine to the Bard, with memorabilia, period furnishings and changing exhibitions.
- Every day
- 10 AM – 5 PM
Military Wireless Museum in the Midlands
Museum★
museum in Kidderminster,Worcestershire, England, UK
Boscobel House
★ 4.6 · 1.2kHistory Museum★
A 1632 timber-framed lodge and historic farm, with an oak tree where a fleeing Charles II once hid.
- Every day
- 10 AM – 5 PM
Shakespeare's New Place
★ 4.3 · 1.7kHistory Museum★
Museum in 16th-century home of the Bard's neighbour and tours of Shakespeare's Elizabethan garden.
- Every day
- 11 AM – 5 PM
Ignite Record store
★ 4.9 · 368Record Store
- Mon–Fri
- 10 AM – 5:15 PM
- Sat
- 10 AM – 5:45 PM
- Sun
- Closed
Cow Vintage
★ 4.4 · 311Flea Market
Clothing store stocking vintage one-offs, designer styles and reworked garments, plus accessories.
- Mon–Fri
- 10:30 AM – 6 PM
- Sat
- 10:30 AM – 6 PM
- Sun
- 11 AM – 5 PM
Where to eat & drink in City Centre
Roxy Ball Room Birmingham Victoria Square
★ 4.9 · 3.3kBar· £10–20
Roxy Ball Room, Victoria Square is the ultimate games bar in Birmingham! We're talking shuffleboard, beer pong and more!
- Mon–Wed
- 3 PM – 11 PM
- Thu
- 3 PM – 12 AM
- Fri
- 12 PM – 12:30 AM
- Sat
- 12 PM – 12:30 AM
- Sun
- 12 PM – 10 PM
Bella Italia - Birmingham
★ 4.3 · 4.5kRestaurant· £20–30
Casual restaurant serving Italian pasta, pizza & grill dishes, with a special children's menu.
- Mon–Thu
- 11 AM – 10 PM
- Fri
- 11 AM – 11 PM
- Sat
- 11 AM – 11 PM
- Sun
- 11 AM – 10 PM
suki10c
★ 4.4 · 196Nightclub· £10–20
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- 1Shakespeare's Birthplace
- 2Military Wireless Museum in the Midlands
- 3Boscobel House
- 4Shakespeare's New Place
- 5Ignite Record store
- 6Roxy Ball Room Birmingham Victoria Square
- 7Cow Vintage
- 8Bella Italia - Birmingham
- 9suki10c
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Shakespeare's BirthplaceHistory Museum
Military Wireless Museum in the MidlandsMuseum
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