West Midlands Blog

A rare glimpse of railway history will be on offer at a West Midlands Railway station as part of the Heritage Open Days event.

In Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter near the picturesque St Paul’s Church lies a room quaintly tucked away under the viaducts, which traps poor souls who dare play the doctor’s sadistic game.

The West Midlands attracted a record 131 million visitors last year, with sporting spectacles, small screen smash-hits and cultural carnivals all playing a part in the region’s pulling power with tourists.

Hampton Manor - home to 15 bedrooms, a cottage & Michelin Starred Peel’s Restaurant will feauture on Channel 4's 'The Great Hotel Escape’ next month.

If this is your first time in the West Midlands here are of some of the sights and experiences that are unique to the city and region. Make sure that before you leave town, you tick a few of this list that are exclusive to the region and its neighbours.

A new exhibition featuring highly innovative prints by Irish artist and former Wolverhampton Polytechnic student Tim Mara will go on display at Wolverhampton Art Gallery next month.

Brand-new Escape Rooms are to open at Hatton Country World near Warwick on 1 August. The Rooms have been created by Tulleys Entertainment GROUP, the brains behind the award winning and world famous Shocktober Fest

The nostalgic ‘Buses Festival’ will return to the British Motor Museum for a sixth year on Sunday 18 August. 

The 40th Warwick Folk Festival, which took place from the 25 – 28 July, attracted record numbers and featured a superb line up of folk stars from around the world including headline act, Billy Bragg.  Over 30,000 people attended a range of festival events over the 4-day weekend with the crowds enjoying a mini heatwave on the Thursday and Friday.

‘Only Here’ is a selection of exciting festivals, shows and destinations, which have been handpicked for visitors to highlight the region’s varied arts, culture and science offer. They range from a headbanging homage to heavy metal music, to a “first-glass”, international festival of glassmaking.