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Explore Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter where the Industrial Revolution started. Explore with a guide, learn about post-war redevelopment, and discover how the city will tackle the future.

Highlights

• Explore Birmingham on this atmospheric canal-side walk through the historic Jewellery Quarter
• InEnjoy a few surprises in the Quarter along the way
• Discover the contrast of post-war redevelopment with this very modern city

Description

Understand how Birmingham developed and see that many of today’s ways of working have deep roots in our past. Explore the canal system and learn the origins of the original canal. Wander through the ‘secret canal’ to the Jewellery Quarter, which developed as a key home of Birmingham’s Industrial Revolution starting in Georgian times. Continuing on to Victorian times, your walk vividly demonstrates how innovative inventors and entrepreneurs seized the moment. Ideas were turned into large-scale factory productions in amazingly short time periods.  You'll experience today’s Quarter and learn about its role in the modern city.   The post-war redevelopment of Birmingham and the serious issues that it has caused are vividly demonstrated. The way the city is rejuvenating itself to become a modern world city is clear for all to see. Back in the city center, St. Philip’s Cathedral offers amazing English Baroque architecture. The churchyard hides some of the many difficult issues the town grappled with, as it became the ‘workshop of the world.’

Includes

An audio receiver to enable the live tour guide commentary to be clearly heard by all Tourist guide book

Important Information

• The total distance walked is 3 km/2 miles over 2 hours

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund