Birmingham Oratory

Birmingham Oratory

"Little Rome in Birmingham", the Oratory Church was built between 1907-1910 in the Baroque style as a memorial to Cardinal Newman, founder of the English Oratory.


Contact:

Address:
141 Hagley Road,,
Birmingham
B16 8UE.

Tel: 0121 454 0496.
Office: 0121 454 0808
Fax: 0121 455 8160.

Contact: Philippe Lefebvre

Website: www.birmingham-oratory.org.uk


Detailed Information

Opening hours: Admission:
  • All year round:
  • Sunday:
    8:00am – 7:30pm
  • Monday to Friday:

7:00am – 9:00am, 12:00 noon – 1:30pm, 5:00pm – 6:30pm

  • Saturday:
    7:30am – 6:30pm
  • Newman Exhibition open on Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00am to 5:00pm

  • At other times, entrance can be obtained via the Oratory House.
  • Free

  • Fee for the Exhibition
Facilities: Services:
  • Repository shop selling a selection of books, CDs, DVDs, cards, medals.
    Open on Saturdays and Sundays
  • Guided tours by arrangement.
  • School and University visits by arrangement.
  • Newman Exhibition and Shrine to Blessed John Henry Newman in parts of the house and church which Newman himself knew.
  • Concerts by Ex Cathedra.
Disabled visitors: How to get there:
  • Disabled access via car park.
  • Train: trains to Birmingham city centre (New Street or Snow Hill stations).
  • Bus: numbers 8, 9, 120, 126, 127, 128, 129 etc.
  • Car/coach: On the main A456 road from Birmingham to Kidderminster. 1 mile from the city centre.

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Parking:  
  • Cars: On-street parking on Plough and Harrow Road
  • Car Park at St. Philip's VIth Form Centre.
  • Coaches:Set down on Plough and Harrow Road
 

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