Birmingham in General

Birmingham city centre has been transformed by the re building of the Bullring to provide some of the best shopping in the country. The complex design ensures that you feel that you have never quite seen it all. It is almost like two shopping centres linked together underground, one part of which is made up of the distinctive Selfriges "Handbag" Building. All the major retailers of clothes, shoes and cosmetics are represented there. You will find food outlets to suit every palate. Outside the Bullring shopping centre you will find wonderful plaza's with water features and modern sculptures. Corporation Street is the main street that runs through ...  Read the complete review

From the very first visit, a fleeting stop on the way to Leicester, I have loved Birmingham. As a city it's got everything a modern girl could need, with funky buildings and amazing architecture (the Mailbox and the Bullring spring immeadiately to mind). It also has a rather large central train station and excellent bus and coach links in and out of the city. There is a wide, wide range of new shops and services in Birmingham, and everything has that sparkly feeling of just being built. The people are friendly and the night life is great. Brilliant if you end up going to uni here as there is always something to do, I know a couple of people who did just that ...  Read the complete review

Now this is not something you hear people say often but me I am proud to say that I love working and living near the UK’s second city which is the wonderful Birmingham. I have to tell you though that I did not always like Birmingham and when I was younger I used to avoid it like a plague. I used to think it was too busy and very dirty and up until when I was 22 I had actually only being into the city three times. Considering I live fifteen minutes away everyone thought it was pretty strange. So when I turned 22 and needed a full time job I began to work in the city and ever since then I have loved it and here in this review I will attempt to tell you ...  Read the complete review

I know Birmingham probably better than any other city even though I'm from down south, and have a certain loyalty to the city that has given me so many of the things that I love: Cadbury's chocolate, Duran Duran and Baltis. Ha. You think I'm joking. I first went to Brum in 1994, not really knowing what to expect but having a vague recollection that it was supposed to be the UK's largest city after London and that it was supposed to be less-than-desirable. When I first saw Victoria Square, my jaw hit the floor and I stood gawping at the spectacle in semi-shock - not what I was expecting at all. I was an instant convert. Birmingham ...  Read the complete review

Last weekend I was in Birmingham for my 40th Birthday treat off my husband. He had booked a hotel in the city centre so that we could see the musical Grease (op to follow ). I must admit I have only been to Birmingham once before when I went to see Kiss at the N.E.C. I didn't look round the place so I couldn't comment at the time. This time when we arrived at the city centre we struggled to find our hotel, which was The Comfort Inn on Station Rd. We ended up going round and round until I had to phone the hotel for help. As we toured round in the car, I saw the sign for The Famous Bull Ring, something told me to keep away from there, I had got ...  Read the complete review