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Here you can find self guided audio tours and trails. These are free and available on a Pay-As-You-Feel basis. Download the GeoTourist App or one of our leaflets to get started.

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Self guided tours and trails

Audio walking tour | My Voice, My Path, Our History

An audio tour exploring a selection of our local area’s black histories, heritage, and spaces. You’ll loop out from the Roundhouse and into Ladywood, visiting 10 more places before heading back.
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Audio walking tour and illustrated trail | Revealing the Reservoir

Revealing the Reservoir is an audio tour of Edgbaston Reservoir, presented and narrated by people who love it.
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Audio walking tour and illustrated trail | Brum through a Lens

Grab your camera and make your way along a route recommended by West Midlands Photography Collective.
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Audio walking tour | Little Known Ladywood

This tour full of local curiosities, histories and trivia covering everything from burial sites and bomb plots, to canal history, chocolate makers, and Broad Street’s music scene.
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Audio walking tour and illustrated trail | Sensing the Roundhouse

Get in touch with your senses on this short, accessible, alternative audio tour that was created in partnership with sensory experience expert Dr Jieling Xiao.
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Family-friendly walking trail | Local Look Around

Starting at the Roundhouse, take look around the local canals in search of all sorts of sights and stories (even the odd smell)​
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Self-led walking tour | Towers, teddy bears and trains

A picturesque walking route between the Roundhouse and Harborne along the Harborne Walkway.
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Self-led cycling tour | Cocoa Canal

A cycling tour to Bournville from the Roundhouse exploring the link between the canal and chocolate.
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Audio tour | Birmingham: A Duck's View

This self-guided audio tour has been specifically recorded for people arriving in (or making their way through) Birmingham by water.
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