Austin Village walking tour in Birmingham Heritage Week
A walk through Austin Village during Birmingham Heritage Week — the WWI-era houses built for Herbert Austin’s workforce, and the stories that bring them to life.
Read story →Birmingham
Canals, streets and civic light across the Second City.
Story map
Birmingham on the map
Explore this region geographically first. The shortlist below is only a taste. The map holds the fuller journey.
Use the controls on the map to zoom, filter area, and open stories. Prefer fullscreen?
- 01 Choose an area West Midlands, UK, or everywhere.
- 02 Tap a pin Clusters open into individual story locations.
- 03 Read the story Jump from the map into the journal, and related prints.
A taste from the hub
Recent from Birmingham
For the full reading list, open Stories. For geography, stay on the map.
Highbury Hall Open Day: Light, Shadows and Hidden Rooms
Highbury Hall is yet another place that I have not visited during my time at Birmingham. Fortunately, IgersbirminghamUK provided the opportunity and our visit coincided with an open day at Highbury Hall and Trust. The day was going to be warm and sunny. I…
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Digbeth Canal Walk: Discovering Birmingham’s Hidden waterways
PRISM Photography linked up with the Canal and River Trust and organised a Digbeth Canal walk along the towpaths of the Birmingham Canal Navigations. Our guide for the photographic walk was Tom Hicks, of Black Country Type fame. We met at Centrala,…
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Prints from these journeys
A short selection from the shop. Open the full collection for framed prints, posters and more.
