Birmingham neighborhood guides

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  Colmore Row, Birmingham

  Colmore Row is Birmingham's weekday office quarter, where Victorian frontages stand beside modern commercial buildings. Here is what to see, where to take afternoon tea, where to stay and how to walk in from the shopping core.

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  Digbeth, Birmingham

  Digbeth is Birmingham's creative quarter: repurposed industrial buildings, street art clustered around the Custard Factory, a graffiti-lined canal branch and a dense run of pubs and bars. It suits daytime walkers and evening revellers, but it is an industrial streetscape rather than a polished shopping district.

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  Edgbaston, Birmingham

  Edgbaston is south-west Birmingham's residential district, built around a retail and dining quarter and the city's international cricket ground. It suits visitors who want a quieter base with quick links into the centre, and it rewards anyone willing to plan matchday travel rather than improvise it.

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  Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

  Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter is a working district first and a sightseeing stop second: goldsmiths, small workshops and showrooms sit among Georgian streets and listed buildings. This guide covers what to see, how long to allow, who the area suits and how to walk in from the city centre.