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Urban walk:Rough and ready for newcomers!

NEWCOMERS to our city have always had a warm welcome.Read

We're just potty over fascinating museum

IF THERE’S one thing likely to amaze you during a visit to the Wedgwood Museum, it’s the number of smartly-dressed Japanese visitors looking around.Read

A Walk in the Park: Tamworth Castle Grounds

RIVERS have had a bad press in recent years thanks to the way they have contributed to the flooding of houses.Read

Wander into a murder mystery

SEPTEMBER always reminds me of the end of glorious summer holidays. Remember them! Looking to cheer us up this time of year, Get Walking Keep Walking is teaming up with Artsfest, the city’s fabulous celebration of performing arts which helps to bring September into its own.Read

Urban Walk: Branching out to a dark place

THE more hidden away places are, the more thrilling it is to “discover” them. Such is the case with Bill’s Wood. This is a dark, dank place with brambles and nettles and mud. Need I say more, I loved it! Yet another nook/cranny within our urban jungle to rummage about in. And all this in the middle of pure suburban gentility, where perfectly manicured lawns contrast sharply with the frantic undergrowth of the wood. Wear sturdy shoes for this one and be prepared to tackle a little discomfort to get your fun.Read

A Walk in the Park: Harborne Lane

EVERYONE who mistakenly thinks that Birmingham is a concrete jungle should be encouraged to marvel at the sheer number of green spaces on an A-Z fold-out map of the city.Read

Following in the footsteps of kings at Tamworth Castle

THINK of a Midlands castle to visit for a grand day out and you might come up with Kenilworth or Warwick.Read

Cross with care and enjoy life!

BEAUTIFULLY designed by our volunteer walk developers Tony and Fred, this week’s walk is a clever circuit that incorporates streets, parkland, waterways and... the fearsome Small Heath Bridge that for some reason evokes in me images from Mafia movies!Read

A Walk in the Park: Kings Heath Park

IT’S THREE years since we visited this park, so with the Birmingham Gardeners’ Weekend coming up on September 5/6 it seemed like a good time to go back.Read

£12m opens window to Victorian world

IT’S FUNNY what £12 million can buy you these days – a Villa footballer who might not play until Christmas, a wonderfully restored Jacobean mansion called Aston Hall... or a whole load of new attractions in Ironbridge.Read

Stratford's Bancroft Gardens £3m makeover a terrible mistake

IT HAS cost £3 million to tart up Stratford’s Bancroft Gardens in between Waterside and the River Avon.Read

Graham Young discovers the delights on the doorstep of Brindleyplace

WHETHER you are visiting Birmingham for the first time or just want to show off one of the best parts of the city to friends from afar, Brindleyplace should be one of your main ports of call.Read

A Walk in the Park: Hobs Moat, Solihull

LOCAL parks which offer lots of information about themselves are few and far between.Read

Urban Walk: Enjoy yoga and a ramble at Northside Welcome Centre

THE Northside Welcome Centre was initially set up by the inspirational Bibi Gurdev Kaur, founder of the Sikh Nari Manch group for women.Read

Rhubarb-Rhubarb show highlights best in photography

PHOTOGRAPHY Is Dead, an exhibition now showing at Birmingham’s Mailbox, reflects the progress of a remarkable institution over the last decade.Read

Birmingham's Famous Five museums are back in business

SIMPLY RED once sang ‘Money’s too tight to mention’, but fear not if that seems to be the case with your budget during the next few weeks.Read

Go Ape's high-wire holiday thrills at Birches Valley

IF YOU want to offer older children a treat this summer, why not try one that will leave them feeling 40ft tall?Read

A Walk in the Park: Haden Hill Park

REGULAR readers of this column will know by now that Birmingham’s parks rarely offer much in the way of a panoramic view.Read