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Birmingham is the second largest city in the United Kingdom and Birmingham has a population of more than one million. With many cutting-edge redevelopments, combined with historic, heritage architecture, Birmingham has become a stylish city and Birmingham actually has more miles of canals than Venice.

In recent years, the important city of Birmingham has undergone a dramatic transformation and this is still continuing. Birmingham's impressive business redevelopment has made Birmingham a major city for shopping, with the new Bullring shopping complex, famous Selfridges department store and Mailbox designer shopping centre, attracting thousands of tourists to Birmingham, and there are numerous Birmingham tourist information outlets in and around the central Birmingham. These Birmingham tourist information outlets provide useful tourism and tourist information, such as information about Birmingham's tourist attractions, Birmingham landmarks, Birmingham restaurants, Birmingham sightseeing, Birmingham travel, maps of Birmingham and general Birmingham tourism and tourist information.




Birmingham continues to plan and build many exciting, modern and stylish business and leisure developments throughout central Birmingham, whilst protecting the glorious, historic architecture nearby. Large leisure complexes, including multiscreen cinemas and tenpin bowling alleys, have proved popular attractions. Other important additions to Birmingham include health and fitness clubs, sophisticated Birmingham restaurants, cafés, bars and art galleries.

Birmingham Attractions include Cadbury World - located in the famous Bournville area of Birmingham. This historic chocolate factory features many impressive, interactive exhibitions, steam railways - which provide a scenic way to travel into Birmingham's surrounding countryside, Big Brum - Birmingham's answer to London's Big Ben, Aston Hall - a fine 17th-century Jacobean country mansion is filled with antique furniture and period features, Nelson's Statue - an impressive 200-year-old statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson, National Sea Life Centre - a major tourist attraction for children and families in central Birmingham, with sharks, fish, giant turtles, rays, and an underwater glass tunnel, Dudley Zoo and Castle - home to many rare animals, endangered species and highly regarded for its impressive conservation work, St. Chad's Cathedral - an important Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral, and St. Philip's Cathedral - built in the early 18th century with stunning Baroque-style architecture. Parks and gardens in Birmingham include Cannon Hill Park - with playground areas and a large boating lake, Birmingham City Centre Gardens - next to the Birmingham International Convention Centre, the perfect city oasis in central Birmingham, Sutton Park - Sutton Park is the largest park in the whole of Birmingham covering 200 acres, and Birmingham Botanical Gardens - opened almost 200 years ago, with large glasshouses full of tropical plants, a huge collection of cacti and succulents, ponds, water features, flower borders and the National Bonsai Collection. More information on Birmingham Tourist Attractions and Birmingham Landmarks.

Birmingham also has a number of excellent art galleries museums in Birmingham city centre, providing interesting information on the history of Birmingham and many other exhibitions. Some of the major art galleries museums in Birmingham include Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery - filled with important, historic paintings, the Custard Factory - a vast media and arts centre, the Birmingham and Midland Museum of Transport - home to an enormous of historic vehicles, Birmingham Railway Museum - with a large number of beautifully restored steam locomotives, and the Black Country Living Museum - celebrating the industrial past around 100 years ago with numerous period buildings, a small historic town with shops - including an authentic Victorian sweetshop, a funfair with old-fashioned rides, guided tours of an actual coal mine, narrowboat trips, cafés, picnic areas and a gift shop.

Birmingham has been one of the leading cities for meetings and conventions for many years. In central Birmingham there are numerous hotels and venues with large meeting spaces. In particular, the Birmingham International Convention Centre, in the heart of Birmingham city centre, is a striking, modern building that opened in 1991. The Birmingham International Convention Centre has been home to the famous G8 Summit meeting of world leaders in the past. Also, on the outskirts of Birmingham, the NEC Arena, which has staged important events such as the Horse of the Year Show, the Clothes Show, Gardeners' World, the BBC Good Food Show and regular concerts, all of which contribute to the popularity and wealth of Birmingham. Other major events in Birmingham include the recent staging of the World Indoor Championships of Athletics at Birmingham's impressive National Indoor Arena (NIA).

Birmingham International Airport (BHX) Guide - useful Birmingham International Airport (BHX) information.

More Birmingham Information / Fast Facts and Orientation

• Country: England
• Location: West Midlands
• Area: 127 square kilometres / 50 square miles
• Population: 1,010,000
• Language: English
• Currency: pound sterling (GBP)
• Time zone: GMT / UTC and BST (British Summer Time), 5 hours from Eastern Standard Time
• Country dialling code: +44
• Telephone area code: 0121
• Religion: various religions
• Average daily January temperature: 7ºC / 45ºF
• Average daily July temperature: 22ºC / 72ºF

 
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