Birmingham Thriving metropolis and a major international commercial, cultural and sports centre. Featuring high street shops, designer boutiques and plenty of restaurants, bars and cafes.

The most populous city in Britain outside of London, Birmingham was a market town during the medieval period before finding itself at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution with its innovation, variety and free-thinking. Since the recent regeneration of the deteriorated industrial areas, the city has become a thriving metropolis and is now considered a major international commercial, cultural and sports centre. Birmingham is the perfect place for a shopping trip, with huge shopping malls such as Bullring and Mailbox featuring high street shops, designer boutiques and plenty of restaurants, bars and cafes when you’d have enough of shopping and sightseeing.

With more acres of open space and parks than any other city in the UK, Birmingham is a refreshing combination of green spaces and urban sprawl. Birmingham offers a fascinating mix of museums, galleries and attractions. Visit Cadbury World where you can learn the story of Cadbury and how it’s made, ride the 4D Chocolate Adventure or take part in the many interactive experiences. Take a spectacular undersea voyage at the National Sea Life Centre where you can walk through a tunnel surrounded by a million-litre ocean tank teeming with sea-life. Visit the Custard Factory, a funky art and design enclave or the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery for some more traditional art.

Experience the fun and interactive Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum and Garden bringing themes of mechanics, transportation and engineering to life. Take a BBC Birmingham Tour where you can read and record a news item or the weather. Visit one of four museums in the Jewellery Quarter or fly through the air on a zip wire at Go Ape. Step back in time at the Black Country Living Museum, a living open-air museum of a canal side village. See over 1,000 animals on show at the Twycross Zoo or do a spot of nature watching at the expansive nature reserve of Sutton Park - comprising of seven lakes and 2,000 acres of marshes, wetlands, open heathland and woodlands.