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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.

Self guided tours

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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