Birmingham Bricks and Bulls Self Guided Tour with App
- 1.5–2.5 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 9 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Birmingham has more canal miles than Venice. It gave the world the electric kettle, custard powder, lawn tennis, and a sound so heavy it needed a new name. Not bad for a city most people skip on the way to somewhere else. This self-guided audio walking tour covers fifteen stops, from a Baroque cathedral with stained glass that survived the Blitz to a mechanical bull named after Ozzy Osbourne. In between, cross Victorian squares, walk canal towpaths where Cadbury once shipped chocolate, and peer into a lane whose name nobody can quite explain. New to Birmingham, or seeing it fresh? This Birmingham audio tour is a great place to start. Start whenever you like. Pause for coffee, take a photo, resume when ready. Everything works offline, with a map, photos, and audio at every stop. No group, no guide, no fixed schedule. Over 25,000 travelers have used our self-guided tours across Europe, and every booking comes with a full refund guarantee.
Inclusions
What's included
- 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
- Audio and written guide included
- Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
- Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
- 1-year access on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
- Check or search your inbox for an email from “Tourific” with tour access instructions.
What's not
- Any physical devices or headphones
- Human tour guide at location
- Transport
Itinerary
Discover England’s third-smallest cathedral with stunning stained glass and the story of its survival
Meet the “Floozie in the Jacuzzi” – the fountain that divided a city.
Home to “Big Brum,” Birmingham’s answer to Big Ben
See what replaced a building Prince Charles compared to a place where books are incinerated.
The building that kickstarted Birmingham’s reinvention
More canal miles than Venice. Now they’re lined with narrowboats and restaurants.
Ten people in One room. Discover what life was really like for Birmingham’s industrial workers.
900 years of worship next to a Selfridges clad in 15,000 shimmering discs.
End at Birmingham's bustling modern shopping and transport hub that went from medieval corn market to shopping mecca.
A sombre, powerful tribute to Birmingham’s war dead
Photograph a six-tonne bronze guardian whose much larger cousin went on to roar before the world.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.5
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Ratings come from 13 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- This is a self-guided audio tour on the "Tourific self-guided tours" app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from Tourific or your booking platform sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for “Tourific” in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Tourific
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The total tour duration includes the time spent at the stop and time required to walk through all the stops.
How it compares in Birmingham
- Its from-price is 91% below the median of the 110 experiences we list in Birmingham.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 28 of 110.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Birmingham
Birmingham is England's second city, a Midlands centre of canals, Victorian civic buildings, jewellery workshops and Pre-Raphaelite art.
Birmingham grew from a market town into a city of a thousand trades during the Industrial Revolution, and its canals, which fan out from the basin at Gas Street, still thread through the centre lined with bars and restored warehouses. Victoria Square has the Council House and the Town Hall, the Library of Birmingham stands beside Centenary Square, and the Bullring shopping centre sits below the spire of St Martin's Church.
Top-ranked sights in Birmingham: Chamberlain Square, Birmingham Town Hall, Centenary Square.
Special offers in Birmingham
Was/now prices come from the operator, never from us.
20% offFree cancellation
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