Explore the Roundhouse - Roundhouse Birmingham

IMPORTANT NOTICE: All our tours are currently on hold and the Visitor Centre is closed during this time.

If you’ve already booked a tour, we’ll be in touch via email and refund the cost of your booking. Ristorante Café Arena is open as normal.
We apologise for any inconvenience.

At the Roundhouse

Open to all and free to enter, learn more about the history of the Roundhouse in our Visitor Centre, check out our latest exhibitions, book onto our building tour, or just come for a bit of peace and quiet. We’re excited to introduce you to the Roundhouse and its story.

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Just wanting to take a look around? It's free for all, so come take a look around our Visitor Centre and Display Space.

Building tour | Workers of the Roundhouse

Enjoy a free tour and get to know our curious survivor on the canal. Twice daily, Friday and Saturday. Booking encouraged, to guaranteed space.

Package tour | Roundhouse x Coffin Works

The perfect package for local history buffs, and three experiences for one ticket! An extended 90-minute tour of the Roundhouse, a guided canal walk, and a tour of the Coffin Works.

Building tour | Introducing the Roundhouse

Wondered why our lovely building is round? Take an in-depth look into the fascination history of the Roundhouse and the stories of the people who used to work here.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

Self-led walking tour | Towers, teddy bears and trains

A picturesque walking route between the Roundhouse and Harborne along the Harborne Walkway.

Self-led cycling tour | Cocoa Canal

A cycling tour to Bournville from the Roundhouse exploring the link between the canal and chocolate.

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.

Guided tours available here

Exhibition | Ladywood Stories

Drop into the Roundhouse for our free to enter display and explore the history of the local area through artworks, information and archive footage.

Exhibition | Horse Stall Time Machine

Step into the past and find out all about Birmingham's working horses.

Exhibition | Poverty Industry Progress

A series of collage artworks which describe aspects of the building’s curious lifetime.

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Roundhouse Birmingham

The Roundhouse, 1 Sheepcote St, Birmingham, B16 8AE

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