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Wheelchair-Accessible Things to Do in Birmingham
Planning accessible days out in Birmingham? Start here: these attractions indicate wheelchair access, and where owners have added detail you'll find accessibility notes on each attraction's page.
Aquariums
0.4 mi from Birmingham
National Sea Life Centre
The National Sea Life Centre in Stratford-upon-Avon is an aquarium where you can walk through the UK's only 360° ocean tunnel, surrounded by sharks, rays and a giant turtle. You'll...
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Museums & Galleries
0.7 mi from Birmingham
Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum
Thinktank is a hands-on science museum in Birmingham city centre, set within Millennium Point, offering four floors of interactive exhibits, historical collections and natural scie...
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10.7 mi from Birmingham
Stourbridge Glass Museum
Stourbridge Glass Museum traces 400 years of local glassmaking across two floors, combining historic collections with live craft demonstrations. You can sit in a glass maker's chai...
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12 mi from Birmingham
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Wolverhampton Art Gallery is a free city-centre gallery in Wolverhampton, home to the largest collection of Pop Art outside London and a nationally significant collection of work b...
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12.9 mi from Birmingham
Chasewater Railway Museum
Chasewater Railway Museum sits within the Heritage Centre at Brownhills West Station, offering a collection of railway items dating back as early as the 1800s. The displays focus m...
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16 mi from Birmingham
Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden
Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden is a historic castle site in Warwickshire, with a story spanning over nine centuries. You can explore the Norman keep dating from the 1120s...
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16.5 mi from Birmingham
Museum of Cannock Chase
The Museum of Cannock Chase sits on the edge of the Hednesford Hills Nature Reserve, on the site of the former Valley Colliery. Inside you'll find a Cannock Chase Gallery, an Inter...
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17.2 mi from Birmingham
Coventry Transport Museum
Coventry Transport Museum, in the heart of Coventry city centre, holds the largest publicly owned collection of British vehicles in the world, from pioneering bicycles to the recor...
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17.3 mi from Birmingham
Worcestershire County Museum
Worcestershire County Museum sits within Hartlebury Castle, exploring the county's history through archaeology, agriculture, blacksmithing, Victorian life, and collections on toys...
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17.4 mi from Birmingham
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry is the perfect place to delve into Coventry's history and engage with art and culture. You can see Dippy the Diplodocus, on loan from t...
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18.4 mi from Birmingham
Roman Alcester Museum
Roman Alcester Museum is a free museum in Alcester, Warwickshire, displaying objects from the town's Roman past, including pottery, coins, jewellery, a sample excavation and the no...
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18.6 mi from Birmingham
Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery
Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery sits in the grounds of Riversley Park, just a short walk from Nuneaton town centre. Inside you'll find permanent exhibitions covering local history, f...
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18.8 mi from Birmingham
Bewdley Museum
Bewdley Museum sits in the heart of this historic Georgian riverside town, telling the story of Bewdley and the Wyre Forest through hands-on displays, craft demonstrations and audi...
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19 mi from Birmingham
Market Hall Warwickshire Museum
Market Hall Museum is a historic museum located in Warwick, Warwickshire, England. The Market Hall forms part of The Warwickshire Museum, which is operated by Heritage and Culture... — Wikipedia
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19.9 mi from Birmingham
Dudmaston Hall
Dudmaston Hall is a lived-in family home set within a working Shropshire estate, combining historic rooms with galleries of Modern, Spanish and Botanical art, including works by He...
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20.4 mi from Birmingham
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
Museum in Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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20.7 mi from Birmingham
RAF Museum Midlands
The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, located at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, is a free museum dedicated to the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force in particular. The museum i... — Wikipedia
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21.6 mi from Birmingham
Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall
Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall lets you step into the actual room where a young William Shakespeare was taught in the 1570s and first encountered theatre performed by touring...
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22.1 mi from Birmingham
Northgate Museum
Northgate Museum sits above the historic Northgate on Bridgnorth's High Street, run entirely by volunteers since 1951. Inside you'll find over 5000 historical items reflecting the...
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24.2 mi from Birmingham
Museum of Royal Worcester
The Museum of Royal Worcester is a ceramics museum located in the Royal Worcester porcelain factory's former site in Worcester, England. — Wikipedia
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24.9 mi from Birmingham
Sharpe's Pottery Museum
Sharpe's Pottery Museum sits in the market town of Swadlincote, in South Derbyshire, at the heart of The National Forest. At its centre is a Grade II listed Bottle Kiln, believed t...
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25 mi from Birmingham
Coalport China Museum
Coalport China Museum sits inside the former Coalport China Works, once among the most successful potteries in the world, with china shipped from its kilns across the globe. Nearby...
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25.1 mi from Birmingham
Elgar's Birthplace Museum
The Firs in Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, England was the birthplace of Edward Elgar. The cottage now houses a museum administered by the National Trust. Edward Elgar was born... — Wikipedia
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25.8 mi from Birmingham
Amerton Railway Ticket Office
Amerton Railway is a volunteer-run heritage railway near Stafford, offering steam and diesel train rides through the Staffordshire countryside. You travel in vintage 1930s carriage...
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26 mi from Birmingham
Ashby de la Zouch Museum
Ashby de la Zouch Museum is an independent, volunteer-led museum telling the story of Ashby de la Zouch and nearby villages through permanent and temporary exhibits, a varied artef...
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Theme Parks
7.9 mi from Birmingham
The Black Country Living Museum
The Black Country Living Museum in Dudley is an open-air living history site where you can explore over 80 reconstructed shops, houses and industrial workshops spanning more than 2...
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Water Parks
Zoos & Wildlife
7.8 mi from Birmingham
Dudley Zoo & Castle
Dudley Zoo & Castle combines a working zoo, home to over 150 species, with the historic ruins of Dudley Castle on the same site. As a registered charity, it's dedicated to conserva...
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10 mi from Birmingham
Attwell Farm Park
Attwell Farm Park is a family-run farm attraction near Beoley, Bromsgrove, offering hands-on encounters with over 80 animal species alongside a Bug Barn housing more than 40 exotic...
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17.8 mi from Birmingham
Rodbaston Animal Zone
Rodbaston Animal Zone is a small, licensed zoo collection based at Rodbaston College, home to around 600 animals from over 140 species, from meerkats and monkeys to rabbits and alp...
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26.3 mi from Birmingham
Exotic Zoo Wildlife Park
Exotic Zoo Wildlife Park sits within Telford Town Park, where you can wander through rainforest, desert, outback, nocturnal and farmyard zones to meet crocodiles, lemurs, capybara...
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Where to stay near Birmingham
Places to stay within easy reach of these days out.
Worth knowing before you go
Accessibility varies in the detail — surfaces, accessible toilets, parking distance. Attraction pages show accessibility notes where provided; phoning ahead for specifics is always worthwhile, and attraction owners can claim their listing to keep this information accurate.
See the full things to do in Birmingham guide for every attraction in the area. Save your favourites to a free trip planner to build the week day by day.
Frequently asked questions
How reliable is the accessibility information?
Access facilities are based on each attraction's own data, and verified owners can keep their notes up to date. For specific needs — accessible toilets, surface types, hoists — we recommend confirming with the attraction directly before your visit.
What else is there to do in Birmingham?
Beyond this list, popular days out nearby include Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Newman Brothers Coffin Furniture Factory — see the full things-to-do guide for everything within reach.
More ways to explore
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