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Birmingham is England's second city in the centre of the country with a unique industrial heritage, close to Shakespeare's Stratford upon Avon, Warwick Castle, The Cotswolds. Top attractions include Cadbury World - Birmingham's very own chocolate paradise, the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery - home to one of the world's finest collections of pre-Raphaelite paintings, the National SEA LIFE Centre, the Back to Back Houses, Thinktank – Birmingham’s Science Museum, the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter. Opened in 2003 Bull Ring offers the ultimate shopping experience with its flagship stores Selfridges and Debenhams.

Birmingham Tours set up in 2001 by Heart of England Blue Badge Guide Sue Behan, specialises in providing friendly professional guides for walking and driving tours of Birmingham to make your stay in the city an enjoyable unique experience. We offer private walks and coach/bus tours all the year round and run some fixed date walks and the Big Brum Open Top Buz Sightseeing tour on a seasonal basis. As a not for profit organisation we aim to promote and unite the citizens of Birmingham. Become a Friend of the Big Brum Buz and help keep the bus on the road.

Big Brum Open Top Buz Sightseeing Tour – chocolate, custard, cars, whistles and bangles to the best in the world for science, medicine, education and art – Birmingham has it all!

The 2011 season has finished and it has been very enjoyable - I hope everyone who has come on the bus has had a really good time and got to know Birmingham that little bit better! The bus, of course, is available for private hire all the year round and we still have the Birmingham Tours Christmas Lights Bus Tour to come. At the moment in 2012 the bus operated by Kings Norton Coaches will be running from 28th April to 9th September every weekend at 10.30, 12.30 and 2.30 from Victoria Square, except for the first Sunday of the month from May to October when we become the Museum Heritage Bus linking the community museums of Birmingham City Council. Ticket prices will remain the same including the special ticket price of £8 for Brummies – proof of postcode or accent essential!

For further details ring 0121 427 2555/078051 15998, check out www.birmingham-tours.co.uk or email Sue at enquiries@birmingham-tours.co.uk. The bus is available for private hire at any time throughout the year.

Earlier in the year Hatters Hostel filmed a promotional video of Birmingham on board the bus - check out the footage here.

Walking Tours

For both fixed date and ideas for private walks check out our Walking Tours page. Birmingham Tours Ghost Walk - ghosts, ghouls & spooks! Birmingham Tours Jewellery Quarter Walk - diamonds are forever, Gothic Pugin, the Big Brum Welcome to Birmingham Bonanza Walk - the perfect introduction to the city, Birmingham Tours More Canals than Venice Walk, Birmingham's Literary Heritage, Birmingham Tours Real Ale Walk, Art and Architecture, Catholics & Cathedrals, Murder, Mystery and Suspense, Heroes and Villains and many more.

Bus Tours

For the Big Brum Buz sightseeing experience, fixed date and ideas for private bus tours check out our Days Out in Birmingham page or the Bus Tours page. Birmingham Tours Tolkien Bus Tour - the road to the Twin Towers of Gondor, Birmingham Tours Music Rock Bus Tour - rhythms of the city, Genius! Matthew Boulton & the birth of Modern Birmingham, Birmingham Tours tennis bus tour - a tale with a twist! and many more.

Big Brum Open Top Buz

The Big Brum Open Top Buz is available all the year round for themed guided tours - check out our Bus Tours page or the Days Out in Birmingham page .The Big Brum Open Top Buz is available all the year round for general transportation including weddings. The Big Brum Open Top Buz is the perfect vehicle to transport your guests with a capacity of up to 75 seats. Decorated to suit your style - it is different, it is exciting, it is special.

Days out in Birmingham

Package tours can be arranged to suit your specific requirements. Start with the Big Brum Welcome to Birmingham Bonanza Walk or panoramic coach tour to get a snapshot of the city. Either tour can be used for any event and are totally flexible - combine them with whatever interests your group - you will find the answer in Birmingham. A walk along the canal with a trip on a narrow boat. A walk around the Bullring, time for shopping, visit the Back to Back Houses. Cadbury's World, the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter. Suggested itineraries for group organisers are available on our Days out in Birmingham page.

Client focused solutions that are tailored to your requirements. We can offer a very special event for any occasion. We cater for large or small groups. Themed walks, birthday parties, Easter or Christmas present, corporate entertainment, children's walks, school parties. If you have any particular language requirements please let us know as we cater for most of the major European and Scandinavian languages – check out www.europatranslations.com.

Birmingham Tours are members of the Institute of Tourist Guides the Heart of England Tourist Guide Association, Marketing Birmingham, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, the Birmingham Civic Society, the Birmingham & District Local History Association