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Quay Place on Broad Street
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The Broad Street Presbyterian Church was built from 1848 to 1849. By 1929 it became the Second Church of Christ Scientist. Now a nightclub, it was Flares but now Popworld.
Metropolitan House at Five Ways
The Canal House is at Gas Street Basin near Bridge Street in Westside, Birmingham. It was formerly a pub called The James Brindley. Renovated and opened in 2017.
The Flapper is a public house at Cambrian Wharf in Birmingham. Located on Kingston Row, and close to the Civic Centre Estate. Was formerly called The Flapper & Firkin.
The Distillery is a public house at the Roundhouse in Sheepcote Street in Westside, Birmingham. Formerly called the Fiddle & Bone. Closed in 2004, reopened in 2015, renamed in 2017.
The Tap & Spile is a public house at Gas Street Basin in Birmingham. In a pair of Grade II listed buildings dating to the early 19th Century.
Canalside Bar is a cafe by day and cosey bar by night! Located at the Worcester Bar at Gas Street Basin in Birmingham, in a canal side cottage dating to 1770.
The Bulls Head (formerly called the City Tavern) is a public house at the corner of Bishopsgate Street and Tennant Street in Westside, Birmingham. Built in 1901 of red brick and terracotta.
O'Neill's is a chain of Irish pubs. Their pub on Broad Street, at the corner of Granville Street was built as The Granville in 1923, designed by Arthur Edwards.
The Figure of Eight is a JD Wetherspoon Free House located on Broad Street, opposite Brindleyplace. Art Deco building built in 1932 as a car showroom. Designed by Bernard G Warr.
The former offices of the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company, built 1931-2 at 50 Sheepcote Street. Near Essington Street. Brasshouse Languages was here from 1985 to 2016.
Outside of Park Regis Birmingham, the hotel near the top of Broad Street at Five Ways is the statue of Claude Auchinleck. Made in the mid 1960s, it was relocated during the redevelopment.
Brunswick Square is the lesser known of the three public squares at Brindleyplace in Westside, Birmingham. It is near Five and Eleven Brindleyplace and Hilton Garden Inn.
Islington House was built on Broad Street, Birmingham in 1814 for Rice Harris as the Islington Glassworks. A century later the Outpatients Dept of the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
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.
This feature is to showcase photography taken from the Library of Birmingham by community enthusiasts and visitors.
This public art is a full size giraffe made of yellow, brown and black oversized Lego bricks and it can be found outside the Legoland Discovery Centre at the Utilita Arena.
The Black Sabbath bench is a celebration of the pioneering success of the Birmingham Heavy Metal band on Broad Street on the now named Black Sabbath Bridge over the canal.
The Holliday Street Aqueduct is on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, and built in 1870. It is now close to The Mailbox, Arena Central and Gas Street Basin. Grade II listed.
The Brewmaster's House is next to The ICC and opposite Brindleyplace. It was built in 1816 and was the first Birmingham Conservation Trust restoration project to be completed in 1984.
It was built as the Birmingham Brasshouse in 1781 on Broad Street. It is now a restaurant / pub called The Brasshouse, and is the Celebrity Restaurant with Indian Cuisine. Grade II listed.
The Broad Street Walk of Stars started in 2007 with the unveiling of the Star of Ozzy Osbourne. Other recipients included Jasper Carrott, Murray Walker, Frank Skinner, Julie Walters and more.
The National Sealife Centre is situated at Brindleyplace in Birmingham, between Three and Four Brindleyplace, and near the canals. Opened in 1996.
Built in 1938 in the Art Deco style, Baskerville House, previously called the Civic Centre, is a former civic building in Centenary Square. The building is steeped in history.
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