Built around 1618, this was the last conventional Jacobean house erected in England, which today features fine 17th-century architectural detail including plasterwork, woodwork and chimneypieces.

Outdoor scenic complex consisting of six main gardens: The Loudon Terrace, Main Lawn & Bandstand, Historic Gardens, West Lawn and Herbaceous Border, The Herb Garden and the National Bonsai Collection.

Since 1886, this museum and gallery contains large collections of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, as well as paintings by many other Victorian artists whose works are hard to find in metropolitan areas.

A favorite of animal lovers and small children, this is home to goats, sheep, pigs, beavers and otters, featuring a nature center with a Lilliput Village of small animals.

Visitors can learn about Birmingham's only working, water-powered cornmill constructed in 1765.

This scenic area, often used by moviemakers because of its unspoiled, authentic 18th-century architecture, offers several museums that represent a different aspect of Britain's industrial heritage.

Founded in 1932, this institute has acquired an outstanding collection of Old Master and 19th-century art, which includes masterpieces by Simone Martini, Bellini, Rubens, Murillo and Gainsborough.

Nelson's statue in Birmingham, erected in 1809, is not the first monument erected in his honour.  There is a Nelson monument in Glasgow, which was erected in 1806.

This 96-acre working farm brings the country right to city dwellers offering guided nature walks and other popular events.

Follow in the footsteps of J.R.R. Tolkien to see what inspired this imaginative author to create the world where our favorite Hobbit-heroes lived.

Tour the home of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809,) made famous for his associations with James Watt and the Lunar Society, which left his mark on industrial development in Birmingham.

A city project to regenerate the Cole Valley that provides a series of scenic river walks, giving the local people and visitors a chance to enjoy this valuable natural resource.

Thinktank is Birmingham's unique and award-winning science museum housed at Millennium Point in the heart of the city.  This exciting attraction offers ten galleries of historical artefacts, modern interactives and fantastic futuristic facts. You can explore everything from aircraft and steam engines to intestines and taste buds - and even emotional robots!  Thinktank is like nothing you've ever seen before and will stimulate your mind whatever your age.

Located in the historic home of the Throckmorton family since the 15th century, this interesting museum tells the story of the notorious Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

This reconstructed Victorian mining town is one of the best of its kind in England.