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The Great Stone and The Village Pound, Northfield

The Great Stone is an 18th century pub in Northfield. Grade II listed. There is also a 17th Century village pound where stray animals were kept.

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Minerva Works, Digbeth - A Birmingham Gem!

Minerva Works is situated on Fazeley Street in Digbeth. Home of art related units: Centrala, Grand Union, Vivid Projects and Stryx. One of the buildings at Warwick Bar.

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Colley Ison Gallery - A Birmingham Gem!

Colley Ison Gallery (formerly Reuben Colley Fine Art) is at 85-89 Colmore Row. Founded by Reuben Colley in Moseley in 2010, they moved to Colmore Row in 2015. Renamed in 2020.

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Park View Gallery, Kings Heath - A Birmingham Gem!

Park View Gallery is situated on the Vicarage Road in Kings Heath, next to Avenue Road and Kings Heath Park. They have been operating for over 25 years at this location.

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Clarendon Fine Art (formerly Whitewall Galleries) - A Birmingham Gem!

Clarendon Fine Art (formerly Whitewall Galleries) is at 9 Colmore Row next to Birmingham Snow Hill Station. They specialist in 20th century art and contemporary artists.

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RBSA Gallery - A Birmingham Gem!

The RBSA Gallery is situated at 4 Brook Street in the Jewellery Quarter. The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists was established in 1821 was at New Street but relocated in 2000.

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Iron Man - Antony Gormley's Iconic Sculpture in Victoria Square

The 'Iron: Man' is a massive steel sculpture set into the ground at an angle yet standing 6m (20ft) tall. Located in Victoria Square at the civic heart of the city. Antony Gormley 1993

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Moseley Dance Centre and Hazelle Stage School - A Birmingham Gem!

This building on the Moseley Road in Balsall Heath is now home to the Moseley Dance Centre and Hazelle Stage School. Built in 1879 for the Moseley & Balsall Heath Institute by William Hale

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Sutton Arts Theatre - A Sutton Coldfield Gem!

Sutton Arts Theatre is situated on South Parade in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. The theatre was founded around 1944 by Paul Rice and Bill Wesley Harkcom.

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Apple (Midland Bank) - A Birmingham Gem!

The former Midland Bank building on New Street, Stephenson Place and Stephenson Street. Built from 1867 to 1875. Grade II listed. Was Waterstone's until the end of 2015, Apple since then.

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Market Hotel - A Birmingham Gem!

The Market Hotel (now Comfort Inn) dates to 1883 by Plevins & Norrington. At the corner of Dudley Street and Station Street, opposite Birmingham New Street Station.

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Cornwall Street Square - A Birmingham Gem!

Cornwall Street in the Colmore Business District was pedestrianised between Newhall Street and New Market Street. Work took place during 2021, and it was opened in 2022.

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Hall Green Little Theatre - A Birmingham Gem!

Hall Green Little Theatre is one of Birmingham's oldest theatre companies. They are located close to Curtis Gardens, Fox Hollies near Pemberley Road in Acocks Green, Birmingham

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The Birmingham Theatre School at The Old Fire Station, Highgate - A Birmingham Gem!

The Birmingham Theatre School is situated at The Old Fire Station on the Moseley Road in Highgate, Birmingham (near Highgate Square). It is on the no 50 bus route.

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The Futurist - A Birmingham Gem!

The Futurist is a former cinema, built between 1914 and 1920. It closed as a cinema in the 1990s. Later uses as a nightclub, bar and restaurant. On John Bright Street, rear on Hill Street.

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The Victoria - A Birmingham Gem!

The Victoria is a public house next to the Alexandra Theatre, at the corner of John Bright Street and Station Street. It was built back in 1883, architect was Thomson Plevins

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The Blue Orange Theatre - A Birmingham Gem!

The Blue Orange Theatre is one of the newest theatres in Birmingham, having only opened in 2011, It can be found on Great Hampton Street, Hockley (Jewellery Quarter).

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The Old Joint Stock - A Birmingham Gem!

The Old Joint Stock is situated on Temple Row West in the Colmore Business District. Built as the Birmingham Joint Stock Bank in 1864, architect J A Chatwin. Pub from 1997.

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Duke of Wellington Hotel & Bar - A Birmingham Gem!

The Wellington Hotel is situated at the corner of Bromsgrove Street with Bristol Street in Southside, Birmingham. With origins dating to 1792 / 1818. The pub closed from 2019 to 2021.

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Birmingham Coach Station - A Birmingham Gem in Digbeth!

National Express opened Birmingham Coach Station in 2009, on the site of what was previously Digbeth Coach Station until 2007. Originally opened in 1929 as a bus depot for Midland Red.

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The Crescent Theatre - A Birmingham Gem!

The Crescent Theatre is currently situated on Sheepcote Street at Brindleyplace (from 1997). It is one of the oldest theatre companies in the City. They begun as the Municipal Players in 1924.

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The Old Rep Theatre - A Birmingham Gem!

The Old Rep Theatre is situated on Station Street in Birmingham and opened in 1913. Founded by Sir Barry Jackson. It was the home of the original Birmingham Repertory Theatre until 1971.

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ODEON Birmingham New Street Cinema - A Birmingham Gem!

ODEON Birmingham New Street opened as the Paramount Theatre in 1937. It was taken over by Odeon in 1942. For a period used for live concerts. It now has 8 screens and a Costa Coffee.

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Birmingham and Beyond - Views from the Library of Birmingham

This feature is to showcase photography taken from the Library of Birmingham by community enthusiasts and visitors.

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The Electric Cinema - A Birmingham Gem!

The Electric opened in 1909 on Station Street opposite Birmingham New Street Station, and is believed to be the oldest working cinema in the country. Closed for good end of February 2024?

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