This place is a real oddity. Very old fashioned and mainly inhabited by ageing Poles. Pictures of the (last) Pope abound.

Head downstairs for the great little Polish food store (good vodka and sausages) and the interesting restaurant. This place serves seriously authentic Polish food. Anyone who has eaten Polish food will know that it is an acquired taste, but for those who already know they like it, this place is excellent. Beware - the menu is in Polish and many of the staff do not speak English.

Polish Catholic Centre Social Centre Bordesley StBirmingham
B5 5PH

0121 358 7102

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Simply one of the best video rental shops in the country. They literally have everything you can possibly think of. Brilliant.

Woodbridge Road
Moseley
Birmingham
B13 8EH

Telephone: 01214496000

www.itchybirmingham.co.uk/venue/182912/Cinephilia.html

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Part of much missed old Victorian Central Library and now housed in the new building on Chamberlain Square. Open once a year for City Discovery Day. Worth a visit if you are around the city centre that day.

www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=1717&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=260

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One of the most charming small museums in Birmingham with a recently added visitor centre and tea room. A real Brummy gem. The house itself is very small, but taken together this is a real treat.

Opening Times:
Open from 31st March to 28th October
Tuesday to Sunday 11.30am - 4pm
Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays

Blakesley Road
Yardley
Birmingham
B25 8RN
Tel: +44 [0]121 464 2193

www.bmag.org.uk/index.php?type=element&maincat=1&subcat=2&subelement=2

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The Custard Factory is a large former industrial complex housing creative businesses and a number of nice cafes and bars, including the Medicine Bar and Rooty Fruity.

There a few galleries, shops and showrooms that are also worth a visit.

You don't feel like you're in Brum when you visit this place, which for most people is a good thing.

Gibb Square, Birmingham, B9 4AA
0121 224 7777

info@custardfactory.com www.custardfactory.com/

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Like the Anchor down the road, another family run traditional Brummy Irish pub. Nice interior and good, reasonably priced beer.

As with the Anchor, this isn't a cosy gastro pub, but a genuine old fashioned Brummy boozer. In no ways rough, but probably not somewhere to take a date. Authenticity is a real rareity in Brum though, so this place should be appreciated by those who appreciate these kinds of places. If that makes sense.

276, Bradford St, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 0QY (0121 622 2586)

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This is a great little family-run traditional Digbeth Irish pub. They serve a good range of beers. The front bar in particular is notable for its partitioned booths.

This is not some National Trust pub, but a proper old fashioned Brummy boozer. Don't expect to be seduced first time. This is the kind of genuine and authentic pub rarely found in the city. Worth a visit.

Bradford Street, Birmingham
B5 6ET United Kingdom.

Tel: 0121 622 4516

www.the-anchor-inn.fsnet.co.uk/

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Simple little veggie place in Digbeth. It's been there for years and still produces consistently tasty and wholesome food. Good value too. One of only a few such places in Birmingham.

54-57 Allison Street
Eastside
B5 5TH

0121 6330261

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Just one of the best restaurants in Birmingham. Upmarket and quite pricey but a millions miles away from most of the rubbish served up elsewhere in Brum. Well worth splashing out on. Four lovely rooms upstairs as well for any one staying over.

Simpsons Restaurant
20 Highfield Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 3DU

Tel: 0121 454 3434

info@simpsonsrestaurant.co.uk
www.simpsonsrestaurant.co.uk/index.asp

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The University of Birmingham's own botanical gardens. Much more interesting than the nearby Botanical Gardens.

Several acres of charming gardens and glass houses in the grounds of an old Victorian house. Adjacent to a small lake and woodland in the heart of Edgbaston. Absolutely delightful.

Winterbourne Botanic Garden
University of Birmingham
58 Edgbaston Park Road
Birmingham B15 2RT

0121 414 3832


www.botanic.bham.ac.uk/

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This historic Grade 2-listed building is Birmingham's finest example of Victorian pub architecture, resplendent in decorative tiles and stained glass.

The pub serves Oakham's award-winning real ales, guest ales from the region and across the country and imported bottled beers from around the world. Authentic freshly cooked Thai food is served from 12 noon-2.30pm and 5.30-10pm Tuesday to Sunday.

One of Birmingham's true gems.

144 High Street
Birmingham
B6 4UP

0121 333 5988

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