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Birmingham and Midland Museum of Transport The regional transport museum for Birmingham and the Midlands. Amongst our collection we have over 80 buses and coaches including the biggest collection of preserved Midland Red vehicles, plus vehicles from the former Birmingham, West Bromwich, Walsall and Wolverhampton Corporations & West Midlands PTE. |
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Birmingham Heritage Forum Website for BIRMINGHAM HERITAGE FORUM, a voluntary association of public and private groups and individuals interested in the heritage of Birmingham and its surroundings. Here you will find details of Sites in and around Birmingham of interest to visitors and local people alike. |
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Birmingham Tours Guided coach or walking tours around Birmingham tailored to your requirements - Bull Ring, Jewellery Quarter, canal network to name but a few possibilities. We provide themed events, children's walks, package tours. For dates and information on City Centre Walks, Birmingham BullRing Walks and Birmingham Tours Canal Walks check out our web site. |
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Black Country Living Museum The Black Country Living museum occupies a twenty six acre urban heritage park in the shadow of Dudley Castle in the centre of the Black Country. Electric tramcars and trolleybuses transport visitors from the entrance in a recreated factory to the village area with thirty buildings situated by the canal basin. Coal mine displays include underground workings, colliery surface buildings and a replica of the 1712 Newcomen steam engine. In all forty two separate displays have either been re-erected |
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Cadbury World Discover the history, the making and the magic of Cadbury World. It's choc full of fun! Cadbury World opened on 14th August 1990 and remains the only purpose built visitor centre in the UK devoted entirely to chocolate. Over 5 million people have visited Cadbury World since 1990. |
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Centro Centro is the corporate name of West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive. Details of all travel services in the West Midlands. They also have an interactive journey planner. |
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Ian Jelf I'm a professionally-qualified (Heart of England Tourist Board, "Blue Badge") tourist guide specialising in Birmingham and the surrounding areas. Tours from one hour to a full day can be arranged for groups large and small, either by coach or (much better!) on foot. I can suggest a variety of different itineraries, depending on time, interests and season. |
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NATIONAL SEA-LIFE CENTRE From shrimps to sharks, from octopus to eels, featuring a completely transparent 360 degree underwater tunnel. |
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Severn Valley Railway The SVR is a full-size standard-gauge line running regular steam-hauled passenger trains for the benefit of tourists and enthusiasts alike between Kidderminster in Worcestershire and Bridgnorth in Shropshire, a distance of 16 miles. Services run every weekend of the year and daily at peak times. Santa special trains run on weekends in December with a daily service operating from Boxing Day through to the New Year. |
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Shakespeare Express The Shakespeare Express is a regular Summer Sundays steam train service running between Birmingham Snow Hill, Tyseley & Stratford-upon-Avon. The trains give you the opportunity to re-live the nostalgic golden age of steam trains whilst you enjoy a realxiong journey through the rolling Warwickshire countryside. |
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The Birmingham Botanical Gardens The Birmingham Botanical Gardens were opened in 1832. They were designed by J. C. Loudon, a leading garden planner, horticultural journalist and publisher. Today the gardens offer a superb opportunity for recreation and relaxation close to the centre of Birmingham. |
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THE BIRMINGHAM TESTERS RUN The Birmingham Testers Run is one of the largest classic motorcycle events in the United Kingdom. The annual event starts from each of the former motorcycle factories of BSA, Norton, Ariel, Velocette, Triumph & Velocette. The web site also contains histories of the Birmingham motorcycle factories. The organisers also promote the annual Mike Hailwood Memorial Run in March. |
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Travel West Midlands Travel West Midlands provides a comprehensive network of local bus services across the West Midlands: serving Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, West Bromwich, Sandwell and Dudley. |
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Up The Cut This site covers both Midland and Black Country canals containing many coloured photographs and information. We are looking to develop it further by adding more older photographs displaying the working canal as opposed to the pleasure industry. We are also looking for personal experiences which can be documented and published on this site. |
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Vintage Trains Vintage Trains is the operating company for the collection of steam locomotives kept at Tyseley Locomotive Works under the guardianship of the Birmingham Railway Museum Trust.Vintage Trains operates a regular steam train service between Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon called the "Shakespeare Express".
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