Digbeth, Public Art & Peaky Film
Overview
The Peaky Blinders TV series is based on this area and adjacent Small Heath and is where the feature film will soon be produced.
The area has public art of all descriptions to experience, as well as atmosperic canals to walk along and modern developments such as the coming of HS2. This is an amazing mixture of the bohemian along with the modernity of a city reinventing itself yet again.
The tour is timed so that you can also take our Saturday afternoon tour from the Library of Birmingham if you want to make a day of it!
The guide on the Digbeth tour is Jonathan Berg, local author who is currently writing the book: ‘Birmingham’s Public Art’ which is due to be published in 2023.
Inclusions
- Use of a live audio receiver so you can hear the guide. Please bring a pair of earhones with a 3.5 mm jack - or we supply for a donation to our charity.
What to expect
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Bullring Shopping Centre Walkway, Moor Street Bullring Shopping Centre, Birmingham England
We start by the Bull statue
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: St. Martin in the Bull Ring, Edgbaston Street, Birmingham B5 5BB England
We walk past this historic church
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Digbeth, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
We walk the streets of Digbeth and discover the origins of Birmingham as well as the modern city. We see atmospheric areas that are full of public art and which will form the backdrop for the filming of the Peaky Blinders feature film.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: The Custard Factory Gibb Street Digbeth, Birmingham B9 4AA England
The bome of Birds custard this is a bohemian part of the city and includes grafitti art in the most unexpected places.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Old Square, Corporation St., Birmingham B4 6PG England
We stop and look at the public art in Old Square
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Great Western Arcade, Birmingham England
This is an amazing Victorian shopping arcade now full of modern shops and eateries. We aim to stop here where if you wish you can buy a lunch. You can even buy take away food and eat it in the 'not for profit' pub in the arcade.
Duration: 5 minutes
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- We use a live audio system which enables you to hear the guide from a distance. This means you are not in proximity to other guests and is ideal to maintain social distancing while on tour.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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We thoroughly enjoyed our Saturday morning tour Jon was very informative and certainly showed he considered the group and focussed the tour to suit us all
We thoroughly enjoyed our Saturday morning tour Jon was very informative and certainly showed he considered the group and focussed the tour to suit us allNot being from Birmingham, it was lovely to have so many examples of artwork and interesting architecture highlighted and explained. Jonathan was a knowledgeable, personable and entertaining guide. First class content. We were delighted with the whole experience and would definitely recommend it.
Not being from Birmingham, it was lovely to have so many examples of artwork and interesting architecture highlighted and explained. Jonathan was a knowledgeable, personable and entertaining guide. First class content. We were delighted with the whole experience and would definitely recommend it.Very interesting walk around central Birmingham, discovering public space art that I never noticed before. A great tour for both locals and visitors.
Very interesting walk around central Birmingham, discovering public space art that I never noticed before. A great tour for both locals and visitors.Very interesting tour guide was friendly and helpful and informative about details and the history about birmingham with out being boring Great day out
Very interesting tour guide was friendly and helpful and informative about details and the history about birmingham with out being boring Great day outThis was a brilliant tour, Jonathan was really engaging and knowledgeable, we learned so much and had fun too. We had a baby with us and he was accommodating, even involving her too :-) Highly recommended!
This was a brilliant tour, Jonathan was really engaging and knowledgeable, we learned so much and had fun too. We had a baby with us and he was accommodating, even involving her too :-) Highly recommended!Brilliant walking tour. Even though we’ve lived in Birmingham for 40 years, Jonathan showed us things we’d never noticed! He was very informative and engaging and the pace was just right. I liked the follow up email with information about the art work we’d seen today so that we can find out more ...
Brilliant walking tour. Even though we’ve lived in Birmingham for 40 years, Jonathan showed us things we’d never noticed! He was very informative and engaging and the pace was just right. I liked the follow up email with information about the art work we’d seen today so that we can find out more about the artists. I would thoroughly recommend this tour and we will be booking onto some of the others.