Date spot in Birmingham
Library of Birmingham and its garden terraces
Ride the escalators up through the library's ring of books to its two roof garden terraces, then on to the panelled Victorian Shakespeare room at the very top.
Centenary Square, city centre
Address: Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2ND- Culture
- Free
Why it's a good date: Free, quietly spectacular, and the terraces have some of the best views in the city. Keep your voices down on the way up.
Photo: Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped and resized)
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Gas Street Basin and the canals
Gas Street, city centre
Address: Gas Street Basin, Gas Street, Birmingham B1 2JT- Outdoors
- Free
- Romantic
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.
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.
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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.
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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)
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