Birmingham: Gas Street Basin, the Jewellery Quarter and the Back to Backs
West Midlands, England
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Birmingham: Gas Street Basin, the Jewellery Quarter and the Back to Backs
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Birmingham's canals, the Birmingham Canal Navigations, run to more miles than Venice's, and the towpaths lead out from Gas Street Basin; the National Sea Life Centre stands beside the water at Brindleyplace. In the Jewellery Quarter, the Smith and Pepper factory is preserved as it was left as the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, and in the city centre the National Trust keeps Birmingham's last surviving court of back-to-back houses.
Required Activities
1
of 4
Walk the towpaths from Gas Street Basin around the Birmingham Canal Navigations, which have more miles of canal than Venice
2
of 4
Visit the National Sea Life Centre at Brindleyplace, beside the canal
3
of 4
Tour the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, in the preserved Smith and Pepper jewellery factory
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of 4
Book a guided tour of the Birmingham Back to Backs, the city's last surviving court of back-to-back houses, now cared for by the National Trust
Walk the towpaths from Gas Street Basin around the Birmingham Canal Navigations, which have more miles of canal than Venice
Visit the National Sea Life Centre at Brindleyplace, beside the canal
Tour the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, in the preserved Smith and Pepper jewellery factory
Book a guided tour of the Birmingham Back to Backs, the city's last surviving court of back-to-back houses, now cared for by the National Trust
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The Back to Backs can be visited only on pre-booked, timed guided tours.
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