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I was born there and lived in Birmingham for 11 years. Granted it was a long time ago and thought it was safe. At the same token I have friends who still live there over 50 years and have never complained about feeling in danger. Sh&t happens everywhere it about being alert and smart when you go out.
@jones roberts Where do you get that idea from, why don't you try visiting Birmingham and seeing it your self instead of just making ludicrous comments about Birmingham that are not true just in your mind set.
@@ls8620 Every City as you put it has a Shit Hole, but how the area is, is how the residents make it. It does not matter what Councils do in a City you will always get people who turn the place into a dump, but does not mean that people have to keep tarnishing Birmingham with this reputation as it appears you are not acquainted with Birmingham, if you want to see a town that has gone down the dumps travel to Whitehaven in Cumbria I was visiting there last September and parts of the Town require pulling down it is that bad.
@jones roberts Jones Roberts, you are a very deluded person mate and seem a very sad person with some strange ideas about Birmingham mate, first you are actually talking to a Birmingham Citizen and next where do you get the idea that Birmingham is full of Chavs, hardmen what ever they are, poverty or drug issues because living in Birmingham all I see is a vibrant City with friendly people and believe it or not Jones Roberts every city in the world believe it or not has a drugs issue, some poverty and your beloved Chavs not sure what hard men are, but you need to grow up mate, knock the chip off your shoulder and answer this question asked by a Brummie, what is your childish problem with Birmingham mate because you sound so repetitive and childish believe me.
Don't worry about it, I love Birmingham and will back it to the hilt and it drives me mad these people that talk rubbish about Birmingham and have never been to Birmingham and only look at it on a 3 minute video.
1. Our canals, Brindley Place or any canal tours 2. Soho House 3. The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 4. Symphony Hall 5. The Jewellery Quarter ...would be my alternative top 5. If you're going to include Dudley and Drayton Manor, you may as well stretch to Lichfield, Stratford-upon-avon and Warwick Castle Birmingham is also the birthplace of tennis, the home of the formulisation of football, the scene of the greatest test match and highest ever individual score in cricket and (if you're going to include Dudley and Drayton Manor) the neck of the woods where William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran. Oh...and the Royal Ballet...
Birmingham's water mate is some of the best in the country, it is of the soft water type having come from Central Wales supplied from a set of Dams specially built by Birmingham City Council in the 1800's in Elan Valley Central wales where it still comes from today.
Birmingham always gets a bad rap for some reason, but its actually one of the very best places in all of the UK. Extremely beautiful and huge city centre, and the nightlife is legendary. Foreigners aren't even aware of it even though its the 2nd city to London.
Half of Birmingham is foreign have you not been to alum rock..small heath ..spark Brook...Bordesley green... Handsworth...aston ...Lozells...duddeston ...should I keeps going its spot the English man in those areas there no pint coming to Birmingham to see english people because there is bearly any left its more like the middle east/Africa now sorry to say but the areas where the English people live are slowly turning the same we call it white flite because when 1 Asian of black family move in they all follow and the white people who can afford to fuck off pack there bags fast and leave which frees there house up to movie 20 Syrians and I'm not racist because I still live in the area I was born and I speak to Asian and blacks all the time and go to snooker halls with them and there really nice people but it's just the truth unfortunately
Stayed in Birmingham for 6 weeks two years ago and liked the people I met. All were polite and friendly. I didn't realise it is not a safe city :). I think it's not the same when you permanently live there
Actually, the crime rate says it is the UK's 72nd most dangerous city. Just google - 'Is Birmingham a dangerous city?' It is really annoying how much the media exaggerates the crime rate.
There's a place in Birmingham called the Ackers Ski Centre where they do ski-ing, rock climbing & canoeing etc it's about 3 miles southeast from the Birmingham City Centre.
I lived behind Aston Villa football clubs until I was 15. When I tell people I’m from England they automatically assume London. Really sad because Birmingham is such a great city.
Helpful video thanks 👍 As has already been pointed out above, both Drayton Manor Park and Dudley Zoo are not in Birmingham, but they are easily accessible from the city centre by local transport. Also, the aerial footage of the Botanical Gardens is not of Birmingham. Maybe it's shots of the Botanical Gardens of Birmingham, Alabama which are included here? Other places worthy of a visit in Birmingham, England and which are FREE to stroll around: The Library of Birmingham Symphony Hall & the International Convention Centre Brindley Place & the canals The Custard Factory Digbeth & its street art Cannon Hill Park & mac (Midlands Arts Centre) Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park Sutton Park The Chinese Quarter Grand Central & New Street Station (where Ozzy the giant Commonwealth Games mechanical bull is displayed) St Paul's Square The Jewellery Quarter Bournville Estate Moor Pool Estate, Harborne It's a fantastic, thriving city. There's plenty for all ages.
So why would you drive out of Birmingham, believe it or not there are some top tourist places within Birmingham, so what is your problem with Birmingham apart from sheer arrogance and lack of knowledge of Birmingham.
@@simon25230 Sorry to correct you but Birmingham is NOT HOSTILE, it is no different to any other big city in the UK or the rest of the World and yes I live in Birmingham and have done for 67 years and no it is not Hostile, a city is how you make it and I love my City
I see from the comments that some have pointed out that much of what is in Birmingham has been missed and some of what is just outside included, so I'll add something else that is not quite Birmingham but near as damn it and that's the Black Country Museum and you could also mention the West Midlands Safari park and at a push Ironbridge Gorge.
The Black Country Museum, West Midlands Safari Park and the Iron Bridge Gorge Museum have nothing to do with things touristy in Birmingham, all being at least 10 miles from the Birmingham Boundary with the Black Country Living Museum based in Dudley a different town, The West Midlands safari Park is between Kidderminster and Bewdley in Worcestershire and the Iron Bridge Gorge Museum is on the banks of the River Severn just outside Telford in Shropshire none of the tourist spots are in or near Birmingham
@@TheFebi No Venice is not all that Beautiful mate, the canals are disgusting, yet Birmingham's Canals have been cleaned up and stretch out into the Cities suburbs.
@@peterwilliamallen1063 well the Venice canals were cleaned during covid lockdown, are not that disgusting, and no comparation between italian architecture and english, just saying...but is kind of nice Birmingham in their own way.
I lived in Birmingham from 1989-1993... i lived in Solihull area and my home was just 1 km away from Land Rover factory..my school was Lode Heath School on Lode Lane in Solihull.. Great memories..
I once use to visit Birmingham at least twice year in the summer and near Xmas to do some shopping and have some relaxing nights dining out. But last year my wife and I nearly had our lives cut short. Won't go into too much detail because this could have happened in alot of cities across the UK. But what I will say its not the place it once was,and we found ourselves constantly looking over our shoulders. The atmosphere has certainly taken a dive and the city centre is full of undesirables to say the least. My brother was standing outside a kebab shop last year when a gang of youths pulled up and threatened him at gunpoint for his phone naturally he handed it over. The next day as he was leaving the town centre he was caught in traffic lights between 2 gangs hacking each other with machetes ! It's a pity really because I have very good memories of Birmingham,but fortunately I'm lucky to be here to still have those wonderful memories!
The best regional visits are The Black Country Museum (Dudley - a few miles out) where some of the filming of Peaky Blinders took place, Aston Hall (former home of James Watt) about 3 miles north, and yeah I guess the museum, Big Brum (Birmingham's Big Ben) and Broad Street & the canals which are all in the city itself.
Oh was it, sorry to disappoint you but "The Peaky Blinders" never ordered any one about as basically the Peaky Blinders and the Irish Shelby Family never existed in real life, only pick pocket gangs.
i could be wrong, but i think you´ll find the balti triangle isnt the same as it was 40 yrs ago. Gone are the budget indian restaurants with their glass covered tables displaying the meñus, and gone the cheap as chips prices.
Why is the National Sea Life Centre in a city which is further from the sea than almost any other in England. There are three railway companies and two coach operators who go to Birmingham from London. I would recommend Chiltern Railways from London Marylebone to Birmingham Moor Street. Walk-up rail fares in the UK tend to be very expensive, but if you book about a week in advance and can commit to particular trains you can usually find advance singles on this route for about £7 each way. The journey takes about an hour and three quarters. The other two operators run from London Euston to Birmingham New Street Station, but one is expensive, and the other is slow. Coaches leave from Victoria Coach Station which is a few minutes walk from Victoria rail station. They are cheap, but take about three hours and arrive at Birmingham Coach Station in Digbeth, which is a bit further out from the city centre, probably about 15 minutes walk.
Because they build Sealife centres in most tourist area whether they are by the sea or not, the reason this one is called the " National Sealife Centre" and not just Birmingham Sealife Centre as its their headquarters and main Sealife centre.
10 cadbury world 9 th bullring 8 st philip's cathedral 7 botanical gardens 6 sheldon country park 5 legoland discovry center 4 dudley zoological garden 3 drayton manore theme park 2 aston hall 1 national sea life center
Well heres my brummie list... 1) visit the canals. either on foot, or by barge, (2) xmas german market, (3) 3rd biggest st patricks parade, (4) biggest gay pride in the uk (5) Tolkien lived here in 1930s, if yr a fan of the books, youll find some monuments in Birmingham if you look closely, (6) jewellery quarter, worth a visit, (8) Birmingham hippodrome, (9) icc, (10) Birmingham symphony hall (11) birmingham museum +art gallery and its free, (12) new big multi million pound public library with a very impressive roof garden, (13) millenium centre, (14) sea life centre (15) our famous bull, which is well worth looking for, (15) Birmingham Motorbike museum (16) Several balti restaurants (17) bedders, our historic chip shop since 1948, (18) the Birmingham bull ring shopping centre, (19) Birmingham rag market, next to st pauls church(recently restored) (20)Tudor range ice skating rink, near the airport, (21) 13th century Old crown , beautiful old irish pub in digbeth. (22) the jamhouse for live music (23) nec exhibition centre, (24) clent hills, not exactly in the centre, but still not so far away, (25) soho house, (26) 2 multi plex cinemas, (27) some great pubs to check out, eg the Duke of Wellington, bennetts hill. (28) 3 football teams if youre interested, wba, Birmingham city, and aston villa, (29) mouments aplenty, eg phil lynot, black sabbath,(30) 2022 or is it 2023 the commonwealth games, (31) cadburys world, (32) not too far away the black country museum, Dont forget due to Birmingham geographical position, you could use it for a base to visit many places in england due to our centrality. (32) edgbaston reservoir, lovely setting for a walk (33) warwickshire cricket club, 3 miles from the city centre. (34) shakespeare birthplace isnt too far away in stratford upon avon, about 45 miles away. i could go on, enjoy!!
Good video. My only constructive feedback would be the city is pronounced 'Birm -ing -am' (it is a silent h when said colloquially) I would also add the Jewellery Quarter, Back to Back Houses and Think Tank Science Museum
What Rubbish, take it from a Brummie the " H " is not Silent as the last bit Ham stands for Hamlet, Birmingham or Bermingham as it was once spelt stands for the Hamlet of the Tribe of Beorma, so take from a Brummie it is called BIR-MING-HAM as in ham sandwich, there is no silent H.
@@thery__guy9361 it’s really not. There’s actually quite a lot of nice places in brum. Just because social media tells you it’s not nice doesn’t mean it’s true
I will visit when Im next in the UK . They have quiet a few soccer stadiums . I was just watching the commonwealth games looks great , I have read a few posts on crime but tell me where in the world any major city that does not have crime ....
@sanjay j BEFORE the likes of you came here,AND shit everywhere,Birmingham was a beautiful city,AND it still is ,BUT you haven't got the brains or intelligence to understand what is around you, you can only see the shit out side you're front door.NOW CLEAN IT UP AND HAVE SOME RESPECT.
A place I will never go to again, traveling into the city via Sparkbrook and Hill was like traveling in a third world country with the level of litter , tipping all at the offensive levels ! Then to top it off I received a PCN for signs I did not see, for rules that are not displayed! Never again the hovel of the midlands
Dudley is not in Wolverhampton,although Dudley,Wolverhampton, Walsall and Birmingham are all close by each other, not more than 30mins apart if driving
Hey..i am planning to study in Birmingham city university...i heard that its not a safe city ...i am frm india..i hv no friends in Birmingham..pls rply
Merry Hill Shopping Centre is not in Birmingham, it is around 20 miles away near Dudley and is not in Birmingham but Brierly Hill, Dudley, The Bullring Shopping Mall and Grand Central Shopping Mall are joined together by a covered bridge with shops on it and owned by the same company making them the largest undercover shopping mall in the UK.
@@thery__guy9361 Actually, the crime rate says it is the UK's 72nd most dangerous city. Just google - 'Is Birmingham a dangerous city?' It is really annoying how much the media exaggerates the crime rate.
@@thery__guy9361 Another Pratt who does not know his face from his arse, you have never visited Birmingham so how can you call it a shit hole, I bet your home town is a Shit Hole, I know Birmingham is not.
It is World Famous thats why and is not a paid attraction. It is where there are loads of Jewellery shops and manufacturers of fine jewellery and you go and buy top class Jewellery.
@@riccardo.colbertaldo7391 You are getting the population of the City of Birmingham mixed up with the population of the West Midlands Combined Authority. The official population size of the City Of Birmingham at 2021 is 1.2 million citizens, the Official population size of the West Midlands Combined Authority is 2,934 million people, take it from a Brummie of 66 years who is interested in the history of Birmingham.
@@gracecherry8811 Well you do not live in Birmingham then, there are loads of tourist places and history in Birmingham, or are you the nerdy boring type who thinks every thing is boring.
🤣 30 years ago I would have agreed with you but Birmingham has massively improved in recent years if I was in my teens/20`s living there now I wouldn't leave
Its always been Bir-ming-um, the Americans have always pronounced it as "haam" at the end. I'm 39 from Brum and Dudley, I've noticed a lot of the teens to early 20's pronouncing it how you spell it, I first noticed it a few years ago from people down south near London I just thought it was how they said it until I started hearing it recently locally in Brum. Similar thing with "route" I've noticed British people younger than 30ish pronounce it how the Americans and Australians pronounce it like "rauwt" instead of "root".
@@TomGB-81 Oh grow up, it is pronounced as it is spelt, Birming-ham, it is only pronounced Bir-ming-um by people in the Black Country ( Dudley), I am a Brummie of 66 years. The Yanks call it Birminghaam because they have a City called Birmingham in the deep South in the State of Alabama. So sorry it has not always been pronounced Bir-ming-um only as I said by Black Country People.
@@peterwilliamallen1063 I work with mostly Brummy lads on BCC highways, could've swore they also pronounce it none to little different than the Yamyams.
@@TomGB-81 I don't care who you work with, it is the way they talk and YAM YAMS come from the Black Country, (Dudley) and they talk in a deeper dialect to Brummies that sounds the same but is deeper, that is why when people on TV try to take off a Brummie Accent they actually take off a Black Country Accent, The name of my City is Birmingham, Birming-ham as it is spelt, so doesn't matter if they work for Birmingham City Council or Marks and Spencer or who they are, it is Birming-ham ( as in Ham Hock) Birmingham thats it, it is them not saying it correctly. Take it from me I am a Brummie.
@@adamalesali875 listen i live in the slums of alum rock yh i know there better places to live in birmingham but the reality is ots my hometown i cant just leave
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I was born there and lived in Birmingham for 11 years. Granted it was a long time ago and thought it was safe. At the same token I have friends who still live there over 50 years and have never complained about feeling in danger. Sh&t happens everywhere it about being alert and smart when you go out.
Get him out of there
@jones roberts then don't go there jones
@jones roberts Where do you get that idea from, why don't you try visiting Birmingham and seeing it your self instead of just making ludicrous comments about Birmingham that are not true just in your mind set.
Depends where you are in Birmingham, there are decent areas then there are shit holes, like a lot of places probably.
@@ls8620 Every City as you put it has a Shit Hole, but how the area is, is how the residents make it. It does not matter what Councils do in a City you will always get people who turn the place into a dump, but does not mean that people have to keep tarnishing Birmingham with this reputation as it appears you are not acquainted with Birmingham, if you want to see a town that has gone down the dumps travel to Whitehaven in Cumbria I was visiting there last September and parts of the Town require pulling down it is that bad.
It is safer than most people say in the comments. The media exaggerates it.
Wishbones - indeed Brum has a much lower homicide rate than much smaller American cities
@@NSH-ny9vb There is no recorded Homiside rate in Birmingham UK, may be Birmingham Alabama
@jones roberts Jones Roberts, you are a very deluded person mate and seem a very sad person with some strange ideas about Birmingham mate, first you are actually talking to a Birmingham Citizen and next where do you get the idea that Birmingham is full of Chavs, hardmen what ever they are, poverty or drug issues because living in Birmingham all I see is a vibrant City with friendly people and believe it or not Jones Roberts every city in the world believe it or not has a drugs issue, some poverty and your beloved Chavs not sure what hard men are, but you need to grow up mate, knock the chip off your shoulder and answer this question asked by a Brummie, what is your childish problem with Birmingham mate because you sound so repetitive and childish believe me.
Nah, I live here and the amount of shit I deal with everyday is awful
@@Kibblesss try small heath or alum rock buddy so much shit happens
Don't worry about it, I love Birmingham and will back it to the hilt and it drives me mad these people that talk rubbish about Birmingham and have never been to Birmingham and only look at it on a 3 minute video.
1. Our canals, Brindley Place or any canal tours
2. Soho House
3. The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
4. Symphony Hall
5. The Jewellery Quarter
...would be my alternative top 5.
If you're going to include Dudley and Drayton Manor, you may as well stretch to Lichfield, Stratford-upon-avon and Warwick Castle
Birmingham is also the birthplace of tennis, the home of the formulisation of football, the scene of the greatest test match and highest ever individual score in cricket and (if you're going to include Dudley and Drayton Manor) the neck of the woods where William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran.
Oh...and the Royal Ballet...
Cannon Hill Park, grand Central,Birmingham library
@@highness4ever Sutton park and the Lickey Hills Country Park
This videos list kind of bugged me. It includes things from outside Birmingham despite how much there is to do and see in Birmingham. Tourists.
Also there's Ackers Ski Centre in Small Heath.
Birmingham's water mate is some of the best in the country, it is of the soft water type having come from Central Wales supplied from a set of Dams specially built by Birmingham City Council in the 1800's in Elan Valley Central wales where it still comes from today.
It's not some of the best it is THE BEST👌
I agree!
Birmingham is a dirty racist segregated shithole city
In the 19th Century, Birmingham was known as 'The Workshop of the World' as so much was made here
Birmingham always gets a bad rap for some reason, but its actually one of the very best places in all of the UK. Extremely beautiful and huge city centre, and the nightlife is legendary. Foreigners aren't even aware of it even though its the 2nd city to London.
Half of Birmingham is foreign have you not been to alum rock..small heath ..spark Brook...Bordesley green... Handsworth...aston ...Lozells...duddeston ...should I keeps going its spot the English man in those areas there no pint coming to Birmingham to see english people because there is bearly any left its more like the middle east/Africa now sorry to say but the areas where the English people live are slowly turning the same we call it white flite because when 1 Asian of black family move in they all follow and the white people who can afford to fuck off pack there bags fast and leave which frees there house up to movie 20 Syrians and I'm not racist because I still live in the area I was born and I speak to Asian and blacks all the time and go to snooker halls with them and there really nice people but it's just the truth unfortunately
I live in Birmingham and trust it isn't safe out here and plus there's a lot of segregation in areas and rubbish on the floors.
I think the reason is that one video of an angry guy because he lives in birmingham
@rogerdoger3347 From A Brummie how wrong you are, it appears know nothing at all about Birmingham and it's Citizens
@@johnjohns8863 Sorry to correct you but there are more white people in Birmingham than you think, you are just racist
Stayed in Birmingham for 6 weeks two years ago and liked the people I met. All were polite and friendly. I didn't realise it is not a safe city :). I think it's not the same when you permanently live there
there’s crime in every city, you just realise there’s far worse places you could’ve ended up in when you live here haha
Bradford is much worse than Birmingham
Actually, the crime rate says it is the UK's 72nd most dangerous city. Just google - 'Is Birmingham a dangerous city?'
It is really annoying how much the media exaggerates the crime rate.
@@wishbones170 compared to other European cities of a similar size, Brum’s crime rate is actually lower
Birmingham is not safe people are being stabbed everyday it's very rough racist segregated and unsafe even locals hate the place
There's a place in Birmingham called the Ackers Ski Centre where they do ski-ing, rock climbing & canoeing etc it's about 3 miles southeast from the Birmingham City Centre.
I lived behind Aston Villa football clubs until I was 15. When I tell people I’m from England they automatically assume London. Really sad because Birmingham is such a great city.
Don't forget Canon hillCountry Park canals ect ..there's lots to do if you bother to look and the safari Park ..
Cadbury World, Bullring, Botanical Gardens, Sheldon County Park, Legoland, Drayton Manor, Aston Hall, Sealife Centre
Helpful video thanks 👍
As has already been pointed out above, both Drayton Manor Park and Dudley Zoo are not in Birmingham, but they are easily accessible from the city centre by local transport.
Also, the aerial footage of the Botanical Gardens is not of Birmingham. Maybe it's shots of the Botanical Gardens of Birmingham, Alabama which are included here?
Other places worthy of a visit in Birmingham, England and which are FREE to stroll around:
The Library of Birmingham
Symphony Hall & the International Convention Centre
Brindley Place & the canals
The Custard Factory
Digbeth & its street art
Cannon Hill Park & mac (Midlands Arts Centre)
Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park
Sutton Park
The Chinese Quarter
Grand Central & New Street Station (where Ozzy the giant Commonwealth Games mechanical bull is displayed)
St Paul's Square
The Jewellery Quarter
Bournville Estate
Moor Pool Estate, Harborne
It's a fantastic, thriving city. There's plenty for all ages.
Here are top 3 things I recommend to do in Birmingham in car since its an amazing place:
3. Get in your car
2. Drive to the outskirts
1. Drive out
So why would you drive out of Birmingham, believe it or not there are some top tourist places within Birmingham, so what is your problem with Birmingham apart from sheer arrogance and lack of knowledge of Birmingham.
Bye! Thanks for leaving
@@peterwilliamallen1063 because it's hostile.. I live there and it is not a nice city.
@@simon25230 Sorry to correct you but Birmingham is NOT HOSTILE, it is no different to any other big city in the UK or the rest of the World and yes I live in Birmingham and have done for 67 years and no it is not Hostile, a city is how you make it and I love my City
@@peterwilliamallen1063 clearly your experience is very different from the majority then.
I see from the comments that some have pointed out that much of what is in Birmingham has been missed and some of what is just outside included, so I'll add something else that is not quite Birmingham but near as damn it and that's the Black Country Museum and you could also mention the West Midlands Safari park and at a push Ironbridge Gorge.
The Black Country Museum, West Midlands Safari Park and the Iron Bridge Gorge Museum have nothing to do with things touristy in Birmingham, all being at least 10 miles from the Birmingham Boundary with the Black Country Living Museum based in Dudley a different town, The West Midlands safari Park is between Kidderminster and Bewdley in Worcestershire and the Iron Bridge Gorge Museum is on the banks of the River Severn just outside Telford in Shropshire none of the tourist spots are in or near Birmingham
The canals are also worth mentioning - more miles of them than in Venice
Well yes but very far of the beauty of Venice.
@@TheFebi No Venice is not all that Beautiful mate, the canals are disgusting, yet Birmingham's Canals have been cleaned up and stretch out into the Cities suburbs.
@@peterwilliamallen1063 well the Venice canals were cleaned during covid lockdown, are not that disgusting, and no comparation between italian architecture and english, just saying...but is kind of nice Birmingham in their own way.
Birmingham isn’t pronounced - bir-Ming-haam, it’s pronounced - birming-em
C X or brum
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@Rafi Ahmed I'm guessing this 'person' is a computer. No human would mispronounce SO many words.
@Rafi Ahmed As an American, I can assure you that the vast majority of Americans know how to correctly pronounce "baroque".
C X classic brummie accent
I lived in Birmingham from 1989-1993... i lived in Solihull area and my home was just 1 km away from Land Rover factory..my school was Lode Heath School on Lode Lane in Solihull.. Great memories..
So you actually did not live in Birmingham, you lived in Solihull which is not a part of Birmingham and is an independent Town.
I'm from Sunderland but studied in Wolverhampton for 2 years so know Brum pretty well
Always liked our Second City
I live here in Birmingham like throuout my whole life its amazing!
I once use to visit Birmingham at least twice year in the summer and near Xmas to do some shopping and have some relaxing nights dining out. But last year my wife and I nearly had our lives cut short. Won't go into too much detail because this could have happened in alot of cities across the UK. But what I will say its not the place it once was,and we found ourselves constantly looking over our shoulders. The atmosphere has certainly taken a dive and the city centre is full of undesirables to say the least. My brother was standing outside a kebab shop last year when a gang of youths pulled up and threatened him at gunpoint for his phone naturally he handed it over. The next day as he was leaving the town centre he was caught in traffic lights between 2 gangs hacking each other with machetes ! It's a pity really because I have very good memories of Birmingham,but fortunately I'm lucky to be here to still have those wonderful memories!
The best regional visits are The Black Country Museum (Dudley - a few miles out) where some of the filming of Peaky Blinders took place, Aston Hall (former home of James Watt) about 3 miles north, and yeah I guess the museum, Big Brum (Birmingham's Big Ben) and Broad Street & the canals which are all in the city itself.
Drayton manor park is not in Birmingham, it’s in Tamworth.
Cannon Hill Park, grand Central,Birmingham library,the canals,Birmingham museum,think tanks sciencemuseum...etc
This video was made by the orders of the peaky fookin blinders
Oh was it, sorry to disappoint you but "The Peaky Blinders" never ordered any one about as basically the Peaky Blinders and the Irish Shelby Family never existed in real life, only pick pocket gangs.
@@peterwilliamallen1063 SHUT THE FOOK UP
Going to the Balti triangle should be on the list. As should the canals, & the Oratory.
i could be wrong, but i think you´ll find the balti triangle isnt the same as it was 40 yrs ago. Gone are the budget indian restaurants with their glass covered tables displaying the meñus, and gone the cheap as chips prices.
Look closely, you should see Tolkiens name on or near the oratory
Smethwick seems like a nice place to play XBox
Why is the National Sea Life Centre in a city which is further from the sea than almost any other in England.
There are three railway companies and two coach operators who go to Birmingham from London. I would recommend Chiltern Railways from London Marylebone to Birmingham Moor Street. Walk-up rail fares in the UK tend to be very expensive, but if you book about a week in advance and can commit to particular trains you can usually find advance singles on this route for about £7 each way. The journey takes about an hour and three quarters.
The other two operators run from London Euston to Birmingham New Street Station, but one is expensive, and the other is slow. Coaches leave from Victoria Coach Station which is a few minutes walk from Victoria rail station. They are cheap, but take about three hours and arrive at Birmingham Coach Station in Digbeth, which is a bit further out from the city centre, probably about 15 minutes walk.
Because they build Sealife centres in most tourist area whether they are by the sea or not, the reason this one is called the " National Sealife Centre" and not just Birmingham Sealife Centre as its their headquarters and main Sealife centre.
England is very beautiful and I am your new subscriber from Afghanistan.
10 cadbury world
9 th bullring
8 st philip's cathedral
7 botanical gardens
6 sheldon country park
5 legoland discovry center
4 dudley zoological garden
3 drayton manore theme park
2 aston hall
1 national sea life center
Well heres my brummie list... 1) visit the canals. either on foot, or by barge, (2) xmas german market, (3) 3rd biggest st patricks parade, (4) biggest gay pride in the uk (5) Tolkien lived here in 1930s, if yr a fan of the books, youll find some monuments in Birmingham if you look closely, (6) jewellery quarter, worth a visit, (8) Birmingham hippodrome, (9) icc, (10) Birmingham symphony hall (11) birmingham museum +art gallery and its free, (12) new big multi million pound public library with a very impressive roof garden, (13) millenium centre, (14) sea life centre (15) our famous bull, which is well worth looking for, (15) Birmingham Motorbike museum (16) Several balti restaurants (17) bedders, our historic chip shop since 1948, (18) the Birmingham bull ring shopping centre, (19) Birmingham rag market, next to st pauls church(recently restored) (20)Tudor range ice skating rink, near the airport, (21) 13th century Old crown , beautiful old irish pub in digbeth. (22) the jamhouse for live music (23) nec exhibition centre, (24) clent hills, not exactly in the centre, but still not so far away, (25) soho house, (26) 2 multi plex cinemas, (27) some great pubs to check out, eg the Duke of Wellington, bennetts hill. (28) 3 football teams if youre interested, wba, Birmingham city, and aston villa, (29) mouments aplenty, eg phil lynot, black sabbath,(30) 2022 or is it 2023 the commonwealth games, (31) cadburys world, (32) not too far away the black country museum,
Dont forget due to Birmingham geographical position, you could use it for a base to visit many places in england due to our centrality. (32) edgbaston reservoir, lovely setting for a walk (33) warwickshire cricket club, 3 miles from the city centre. (34) shakespeare birthplace isnt too far away in stratford upon avon, about 45 miles away. i could go on, enjoy!!
1 more art gallery "the barber institute" is nearby, the pen museum the jewellery quarter museum.
I live in Bournville and my grandad used to work at Cadbury world
It needs a theme park, a nightclub, a few leisure centres theres plenty of places to build. You've gotta take lemons and make lemonade.🎯🧠
Why does Birmingham need a theme park as we have Alton Towers close by and we have plenty of Night Clubs and Leisure Centers.
There are enough nightclubs and leisure centres in Birmingham.
Good video.
My only constructive feedback would be the city is pronounced 'Birm -ing -am' (it is a silent h when said colloquially)
I would also add the Jewellery Quarter, Back to Back Houses and Think Tank Science Museum
What Rubbish, take it from a Brummie the " H " is not Silent as the last bit Ham stands for Hamlet, Birmingham or Bermingham as it was once spelt stands for the Hamlet of the Tribe of Beorma, so take from a Brummie it is called BIR-MING-HAM as in ham sandwich, there is no silent H.
H is dropped by non-brummies.
Top 10 things to do in Birmingham
1. Leave
Thanks for reading
Drayton man or is at least 6 miles away from Birmingham
My favourite place to visit is villa park
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Birmingham has more parks than any other city in Europe as well as canals.
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In Birmingham,the on street enforcement officer take my identification for litter offence. I get issued the fine £150 !!this is law??
I'm from Birmingham
Ayyyyyy
I‘m going to study in Birmingham🤓
Same
@@thery__guy9361 it’s either really nice or really shit depends where u are
@@thery__guy9361 I bet you haven't been here
@@thery__guy9361 it’s really not. There’s actually quite a lot of nice places in brum. Just because social media tells you it’s not nice doesn’t mean it’s true
Smackhead city st Phillips cathedral is now
I love this store! Its my happy place. Enjoy everyone!🙂
Very well presented 😊
Very nice information about Birmingham city
Here's one
Don't go
@@Kappn_z Here's one why not
I will visit when Im next in the UK . They have quiet a few soccer stadiums . I was just watching the commonwealth games looks great , I have read a few posts on crime but tell me where in the world any major city that does not have crime ....
Where's the Shelby's bar?
Went cadbury world on a school trip really enjoyed it
Thanks so much
I got a Cousin that who lives in Birmingham, England and I'm live in the United States
Cadbury cinema is sick man I went there in year 2 lol
wit wat school did u go i went woodview and we went in yr 2
@@kj7gaming775 wardend
"The Venice of the North" they said..
Man I live in Birmingham it ain’t shit to do round here 🤦♂️
Jay Wae trust me bruv. Manny is way way better than Bham
@sarah jones true and I'm from there
Enih fam
@sanjay j BEFORE the likes of you came here,AND shit everywhere,Birmingham was a beautiful city,AND it still is ,BUT you haven't got the brains or intelligence to understand what is around you, you can only see the shit out side you're front door.NOW CLEAN IT UP AND HAVE SOME RESPECT.
We have the Pen Museum! More than enough.
A place I will never go to again, traveling into the city via Sparkbrook and Hill was like traveling in a third world country with the level of litter , tipping all at the offensive levels ! Then to top it off I received a PCN for signs I did not see, for rules that are not displayed! Never again the hovel of the midlands
11. Visit Sir Danny G of Smethwick
Walter Clements 😂
i think the city is nice but people can seem a bit dull in birmingham
The people are the best thing about Birmingham! Easygoing, friendly, funny, humble
Dudley Zoo is in Wolverhampton and Drayton Manor is in Staffordshire, both a distance from Birmingham and should be noted as such.
Dudley is not in Wolverhampton,although Dudley,Wolverhampton, Walsall and Birmingham are all close by each other, not more than 30mins apart if driving
Drayton manor is 20miles away from B'ham😆
Ayyyyyyyy Yo I am a Brummie and I live in Birmingham!!!!
Same
Hey..i am planning to study in Birmingham city university...i heard that its not a safe city ...i am frm india..i hv no friends in Birmingham..pls rply
Uhhhh omg 😳😳 most crimed city im fricking serious 😭😭 love they shopping malls/ outlets so my favorite one is hoover mall😩❤️
@@caylencoman3709 can you suggest some peaceful area for staying with family...
@@caylencoman3709 Birmingham is not that much expensive right?
Botanical Gardens... that's not the one in Birmingham UK, maybe it's one in Birmingham Alabama?
Always will be the second city👍👍👍👍
@rogerdoger3347like you are
1º- Leave
Things to do in Birmingham
1. Leave
Just go and see for yourselves.
Merry Hill is the largest shopping centre (in Birmingham).
No it’s not Birmingham
It isnt even birmingham 😂
@@nina-astonvilla9671 Up the Villa
It's in Brierly Hill.
Merry Hill Shopping Centre is not in Birmingham, it is around 20 miles away near Dudley and is not in Birmingham but Brierly Hill, Dudley, The Bullring Shopping Mall and Grand Central Shopping Mall are joined together by a covered bridge with shops on it and owned by the same company making them the largest undercover shopping mall in the UK.
Great👌
I will be here one day.
things to do in birmingham;
1 - Leave
beautiful London my dream country ❤
We mash work in birningham city ♿♿
I went Cadbury World in year 2!
Wow, I can't wait to go there..
@@thery__guy9361 Trip cancelled.
@@stevenblack7928 it is not as good as as it looks but its not to bad
I can smell it from here
@@thery__guy9361 Actually, the crime rate says it is the UK's 72nd most dangerous city. Just google - 'Is Birmingham a dangerous city?'
It is really annoying how much the media exaggerates the crime rate.
@@thery__guy9361 Another Pratt who does not know his face from his arse, you have never visited Birmingham so how can you call it a shit hole, I bet your home town is a Shit Hole, I know Birmingham is not.
Come to our chippy’s
I live in Birmingham
Cool
SAME
No Millenium Point?
Top 10 Things To Do In Birmingham:
1. Don't. Don't come.
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Cad-berry world
The bull ring
"Shockwave is Europe's only stand up coaster"
Where on earth did they get that information from lol
It is pronounced CADBURY, Bury as in the town of Bury and not as in fruit Berry unless you have a speech impediment
Drayton manor isn’t really in Birmingham
I’m also pretty sure it’s in a different county
@@wishbones170 i may be mixed up here
which county is birmingham in?
@@mrquavers West Midlands
@@mrquavers Birmingham U.k (England)
@@wishbones170 No it is not, Birmingham is in the West midlands county and Drayton Manor is in Staffordshire
@@wishbones170 It is not in the same County, Birmingham is in the West Midlands and Drayton Manor is in Staffordshire.
I thought number 1 would be football
Also, what about the jewellery quarter? On this list you focus too much on paid attractions.
It is World Famous thats why and is not a paid attraction. It is where there are loads of Jewellery shops and manufacturers of fine jewellery and you go and buy top class Jewellery.
Go to Alum rock
Why would you put anyone through that? Lol
Traumatic
Racist segregated Birmingham areas are segregated and divided.
The fucking peaky blinders
Mad how a place can be so big, yet so empty 😂
Well depends what time he did the video, as there are 1.5 million people living in Birmingham
@@peterwilliamallen1063 2.6m
@@riccardo.colbertaldo7391 You are getting the population of the City of Birmingham mixed up with the population of the West Midlands Combined Authority. The official population size of the City Of Birmingham at 2021 is 1.2 million citizens, the Official population size of the West Midlands Combined Authority is 2,934 million people, take it from a Brummie of 66 years who is interested in the history of Birmingham.
Probably filmed during Covid?
@@peterwilliamallen1063 most are smak heads
It is pretty boring here in Birmingham
Depressing.
So the Peaky Blinders didn't have much fun?
It is not that bad. I can find things to do
Then bloody move out, as Birmingham is not Boring mate
@@cornwall8029 And not you again tosser, you do not know anything about Birmingham if you wanted to.
i live here it’s depressing, maybe cause i’m not in the right area but idk
Anywhere on birmingham is depressing, nothing to do round here
@@gracecherry8811 Sutton Coldfield is nice
@@gracecherry8811 Well you do not live in Birmingham then, there are loads of tourist places and history in Birmingham, or are you the nerdy boring type who thinks every thing is boring.
@@gracecherry8811 have you ever been to like... the whole of the southern part of the city? or the centre?
where do you live?not alum rock ? or nechells. ?
love it
#11 have a cheeky Nandos with the mandem
Why did this pop up on my recommendation the day 7 people were stabbed in Birmingham. Don't think I'll be visiting thanks
So what there are more people stabbed in London and New York so what is your answer to that
If you want depression then come Birmingham
Oh my god YES
@@gracecherry8811 you also from here ?😭
There is more to do there than where I live
Are you to depressed to write “...to Birmingham?
@@bobbugwithoneeyeskingiskin8974 Ooh someone is mad
Cool
No.1: Leave.
Don’t forget Aston Villa
Chocolate part is the best
1. Leave
Top thing to do in Birmingham : leave
WHY !!!
I feel offended as I live in birmingham
I live in biirmingham as well and I love brmingham
🤣 30 years ago I would have agreed with you but Birmingham has massively improved in recent years if I was in my teens/20`s living there now I wouldn't leave
Ehh no i love Birmingham i live here that is really mean will u like it if i said that about your country
It’s pronounced bir-min-um
Its always been Bir-ming-um, the Americans have always pronounced it as "haam" at the end. I'm 39 from Brum and Dudley, I've noticed a lot of the teens to early 20's pronouncing it how you spell it, I first noticed it a few years ago from people down south near London I just thought it was how they said it until I started hearing it recently locally in Brum.
Similar thing with "route" I've noticed British people younger than 30ish pronounce it how the Americans and Australians pronounce it like "rauwt" instead of "root".
@@TomGB-81 Oh grow up, it is pronounced as it is spelt, Birming-ham, it is only pronounced Bir-ming-um by people in the Black Country ( Dudley), I am a Brummie of 66 years. The Yanks call it Birminghaam because they have a City called Birmingham in the deep South in the State of Alabama. So sorry it has not always been pronounced Bir-ming-um only as I said by Black Country People.
@@peterwilliamallen1063 I work with mostly Brummy lads on BCC highways, could've swore they also pronounce it none to little different than the Yamyams.
@@TomGB-81 I don't care who you work with, it is the way they talk and YAM YAMS come from the Black Country, (Dudley) and they talk in a deeper dialect to Brummies that sounds the same but is deeper, that is why when people on TV try to take off a Brummie Accent they actually take off a Black Country Accent, The name of my City is Birmingham, Birming-ham as it is spelt, so doesn't matter if they work for Birmingham City Council or Marks and Spencer or who they are, it is Birming-ham ( as in Ham Hock) Birmingham thats it, it is them not saying it correctly. Take it from me I am a Brummie.
@@peterwilliamallen1063 Albright grandad don't get your knickers in a twist. Say that to the younger Brummy generations, Bir-min-um.
It really annoys me the way he pronounces Birmingham
Ikr
That’s how posh people pronounce it to make it sound nice when it’s a shit hole.
@@cornwall8029 no one says that
@Michael ‘Hee Hee’ Jackson It’s true tho
@Rafi Ahmed Oh yeah Americans who can’t pronounce words properly
Mason Hay's house is good
What language is this
Please. Pronounced BirmingAm. Drop the H
The best to do there is leave
Then leave mate not missing you
@@adamalesali875 listen i live in the slums of alum rock yh i know there better places to live in birmingham but the reality is ots my hometown i cant just leave
I live in London