Birmingham Heritage Forum

Welcome to the website of the Birmingham Heritage Forum. - Visitor attractions full of history!

This website will help you plan your visits, to experience Birmingham’s rich heritage. There are links to members’ websites. You can also download our leaflet.

Birmingham has a rich and varied heritage which reflects its transition from small country town to great industrial city.

Birmingham Heritage Forum members are organisations concerned with collections, historic sites, museums, galleries, churches, gardens and visitor services, within the Birmingham area.

The Heritage Forum was established in 1991 by Birmingham City Council. Since 1997 it has been an independent society run by a committee of volunteers.

Members are keen to share their enthusiasm for Birmingham’s heritage and to encourage interest in it, especially among children and young people who will be the guardians of our heritage in future. Many members of the group participate in Heritage Open Days in September.

Members of the Birmingham Heritage Forum:

Click on the images above, or the links below, to display members' detailed information pages.

On Members' Heritage Forum pages you can find information about opening hours, admission prices, facilities, location etc. However, if you are interested in visiting any of our members' attractions, you are STRONGLY advised to visit their individual websites where you will find the most up to date details. There is a website link on their information page.
Or, if you prefer, you can use our interactive Google map.

Alphabetical Index of Birmingham Heritage Forum Members

: Aston Hall
: Aston Parish Church
: Away2canal
: Back to Backs
: Barber Institute
: Bells Farm
: Birmingham Assay Office
: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
: Birmingham Cathedral (St Philip's)
: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
: Birmingham Oratory
: Birmingham Parish Church (St Martin)
: Birmingham Tours
: Blakesley Hall
: Bournville Carillon
: Brandwood Cemetery (Friends)
: Cannon Hill Park
: Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens
: Conservation Trust
: Handsworth Old Town Hall
: Harry Gem Project
: Key Hill and Warstone Lane Cemeteries
: Kings Norton Nature Reserve (Friends)
: Lapworth Museum of Geology
: Martineau Gardens
: Moseley Hall Dovecote
: Moseley Hall Icehouse
: Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
: New Hall Mill
: The Pen Museum
: The Pugin Society (Birmingham)
: RBSA Gallery
: St Chad's Roman Catholic Cathedral
: St Mary's Convent
: St Nicolas Place
: St Paul's Church
: Sarehole Mill
: Selly Manor Museum
: Selly Oak Park Friends
: Sherborne Wharf Boats
: Soho House Museum
: Special Collections Birmingham University
: Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
: J.R.R.Tolkien
: Vintage Trains
: Weoley Castle Ruins
: Warwickshire Cricket Museum
: Winterbourne House and Gardens

GUIDES, TOURS ETC.

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OTHER INFORMATION

Latest Members News: Members News Update
View/Print our 2013 Heritage Leaflet: Leaflet (pdf)

RECOMMENDED HERITAGE BOOKS (click links for more information)

Jewellery Making in Birmingham - Shena Mason
The Hardware Man's Daughter - Shena Mason
A Lost Landscape - Phillada Ballard, Val Loggie, and Shena Mason
Matthew Boulton: Selling what all the World Desires - Edited by Shena Mason
Big Brum Open Top Buz Book - a unique look at Birmingham through the `eyes’ of the bus – Sue Behan, Birmingham Tours

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