UPDATE: Please take the time to read our announcement. Ristorante Café Arena is open as normal.

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Picture of a sign help up that reads : Your Feedback Matters!

We need your feedback

Have you been on a tour or visited us this year? We would love to hear your feedback. Tripadvisor? Facebook? Google? Or simply our feedback form – we’ll gratefully receive your comments whichever way works for you. Head this way…

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Poster for My Voice-My Path project. It contains a college of four pictures of black activators at Roundhouse Birmingham working on the Black Heritage audio tour of Ladywood. On the lefthand side there is a list of the participants on this project. It reads: Roundhouse Birmingham, Don't Settle, Black Heritage Walks Network , Geotourist. All working in collaboration with 5 activators to develop My Voice -My Path- Black Heritage audio tour of Ladywood

My Voice – My Path

Over the last few months the Roundhouse Team has been working in collaboration with Beatfreeks and The Black Heritage Walks Network to develop a new audio tour alongside five incredibly passionate and talented Birmingham/West Midlands-based young people of colour

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Photograph Birmingham by Night, by Ahsen Sayeed. It depicts the Birmingham skyline at lines with tall building and several construction cranes in the distance.

Birmingham by Night: Exhibition

Birmingham by Night is our winter exhibition, produced with curators from Beatfreeks’ Don’t Settle project. The exhibition focuses on the perception of some of Birmingham’s night shift workers from the late Victorian period, and from today.

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Collage of two photographs. On the left hand side a picture of bike back wheel on the wet towpath, with a blue narrowboat and buildings in the background. On the right hand side a picture of two women, at Edgbaston Reservoir watching the water at dusk. The pink sky reflected on the reservoir's water.

Join Our Active Outdoors Team

We have an incredibly exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about the outdoors, heritage, creative tour programming, engagement and partnership development.

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Old metal tricycle on grass

Cycling Researchers Needed

Can you help us research Birmingham’s cycling heritage?
We’d love to know more about the companies that made bikes and the people that rode them from the past right up to the present day.

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Picture of a sign help up that reads : Your Feedback Matters!

We need your feedback

Have you been on a tour or visited us this year? We would love to hear your feedback. Tripadvisor? Facebook? Google? Or simply our feedback form – we’ll gratefully receive your comments whichever way works for you. Head this way…

Read More »
Poster for My Voice-My Path project. It contains a college of four pictures of black activators at Roundhouse Birmingham working on the Black Heritage audio tour of Ladywood. On the lefthand side there is a list of the participants on this project. It reads: Roundhouse Birmingham, Don't Settle, Black Heritage Walks Network , Geotourist. All working in collaboration with 5 activators to develop My Voice -My Path- Black Heritage audio tour of Ladywood

My Voice – My Path

Over the last few months the Roundhouse Team has been working in collaboration with Beatfreeks and The Black Heritage Walks Network to develop a new audio tour alongside five incredibly passionate and talented Birmingham/West Midlands-based young people of colour

Read More »
Photograph Birmingham by Night, by Ahsen Sayeed. It depicts the Birmingham skyline at lines with tall building and several construction cranes in the distance.

Birmingham by Night: Exhibition

Birmingham by Night is our winter exhibition, produced with curators from Beatfreeks’ Don’t Settle project. The exhibition focuses on the perception of some of Birmingham’s night shift workers from the late Victorian period, and from today.

Read More »
Collage of two photographs. On the left hand side a picture of bike back wheel on the wet towpath, with a blue narrowboat and buildings in the background. On the right hand side a picture of two women, at Edgbaston Reservoir watching the water at dusk. The pink sky reflected on the reservoir's water.

Join Our Active Outdoors Team

We have an incredibly exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about the outdoors, heritage, creative tour programming, engagement and partnership development.

Read More »
Old metal tricycle on grass

Cycling Researchers Needed

Can you help us research Birmingham’s cycling heritage?
We’d love to know more about the companies that made bikes and the people that rode them from the past right up to the present day.

Read More »

Update

The ‘Roundhouse Birmingham’ charity was set up in 2016 to care for the historic Grade II* listed Roundhouse building. Nine years on and the restored building is now used as office space and is home to a much-loved Italian restaurant.

Since 2021, the Roundhouse has also been a base for guided walks, kayak tours, boat trips and other activities. Whilst these have been well received, rising external costs mean this element of Roundhouse Birmingham is no longer providing the sustainable income we need to fund the ongoing care of this historic building. For this reason, we’ve made the difficult decision to close the leisure activity offer and visitor centre.

The office spaces will remain open as usual. Visitors can still access the site (see www.arenaltd.co.uk for opening hours) and Ristorante Caffe Arena will continue to welcome visitors.

We’re hugely proud of what the Roundhouse Birmingham team has achieved, and we’d also like to thank all of our visitors for their support. The trustees of Roundhouse Birmingham remain fully committed to caring for this important part of Birmingham’s heritage.

If you’ve already booked a tour, you’ll be contacted via email and the cost of your booking will be refunded. We apologise for any inconvenience.   

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