Date spot in Birmingham
Gas Street Basin and the canals
Walk the towpaths from Gas Street Basin, with its narrowboats and old wharf buildings, past Brindleyplace and the Mailbox, or take a boat trip along the city's famous canals.
Gas Street, city centre
Address: Gas Street Basin, Gas Street, Birmingham B1 2JT- Outdoors
- Free
- Romantic
Why it's a good date: It's the prettiest side of the city, and there are canalside pubs all along the way. Go in the evening when the lights reflect in the water.
Photo: Oosoom at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped and resized)
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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Chamberlain Square, city centre
Address: Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3DH- Culture
- Rain-proof ☔
- Free
See the glowing Pre-Raphaelite paintings and the gold of the Staffordshire Hoard, the biggest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, in the grand museum under the clock tower.
Why it's a good date: Much of the building is still being restored, but what's open is free and well worth an hour. Finish with tea in the old Edwardian tearoom.
Photo: JimmyGuano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized)
Ikon Gallery
Oozells Square, Brindleyplace
Address: 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham B1 2HS- Culture
- Rain-proof ☔
- Free
Look round the free contemporary art gallery in a turreted red-brick Victorian school on Oozells Square, with changing exhibitions on every floor.
Why it's a good date: There's always something to talk about afterwards, and it's two minutes from the canal for a walk or a drink when you're done.
Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0 (cropped and resized)
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
Vyse Street, Jewellery Quarter
Address: 70-80 Vyse Street, Birmingham B18 6HA- Culture
- Rain-proof ☔
- Cheap and cheerful
Take the guided tour of a jewellery workshop left just as it was when its owners locked the door for the last time in 1981, tools, half-finished pieces and all.
Why it's a good date: A little time capsule, full of stories. Afterwards, wander the Jewellery Quarter's streets and window-shop for rings, if that's where things are heading.
Photo: Mark Percy, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped and resized)
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