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National Trust: Birmingham Back to Backs

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National Trust: Birmingham Back to Backs
Address: 50-54 Inge Street , Birmingham B5 4TE, ABE, GB
Phone: 0121 622 2442
State: ABE
City: Birmingham
Zip Code: B5 4TE

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Really amazing and interesting visit. Tiny courtyard and houses and shops saved from demolition and run preserved and managed by the National Trust. 1840s to 2000, how people lived and got by. How different life was.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedYes
Our guide Richard told us many interesting facts and stories about the residents of the back-to-back houses. We learned how people lived and worked in very small spaces. The tour takes visitors through different decades, which is reflected in the furnishings of the houses. I highly recommend the visit.
You have to pre-book tickets at least the day before as you can't get them on the door. This is an interesting museum where you can see how people lived and worked in these cramped conditions. You get a 90 minute guided tour and experience the houses over different periods of history. There are a lot of original narrow twisty stairs, dark dingy candle-lit rooms and low doorways, and if the group is full, it can feel a bit crowded, but that is part of the experience as that is how people lived here. There is a separate exhibition space and shop. There was an interesting and thought-provoking exhibition about the recently forced clearance of a housing estate in Birmingham called Druids Heath, and its impact on the residents and community.
I just wanted to leave a review with a massive thank you to Pat Davies who led our tour this morning. Pat was very informative and presented the whole tour in a fun and interesting way. We believe that she is an asset to the National Trust company and we hope that if we returned for another tour in the future that she would be the one leading us. The houses were all very well presented, there were many genuine items on display that you could view close up, there was different smells and sounds created in various rooms and we felt that everything had been well preserved since the restoration process. We had a lovely time at the Birmingham Back to Back houses today and would definitely return and recommend it to friends and family members. Thank you again Pat. You are a lovely person.
Excellent guided tour today by a guide called Paul G. He was really knowledgeable about the history of the houses and the area in general and made our two daughters feel comfortable and included throughout the 90 minutes+ tour he did with us. We loved seeing the artefacts in each house as the tour takes you through approximately 100 years of history for these dwellings. Thoroughly recommend this attraction to anyone as it is a brilliant glimpse of the lives our forefathers lived and should make us appreciate all the conveniences and technology we have today to make our lives better.
Travel in time - from Victorian times to 1970's. I found this National Trust place the best attraction in Birmingham - absolutely must see, especially for younger visitors. All guides are so knowledgeable, our guide - Betty was the loveliest person you could meet, coming herself from back to backs and giving you the real feel of this place. You have to book online in advance - don't hope to get tickets just before the visit, especially at weekends. Your National Trust membership and also one day passes work here. There is accessible route ground floors only, bookshop and gift shop and modern toilets no need to use the Victorian one .
Exceptionally informative. Well worth a visit. We had Neil as a guide who was fabulous, knew his stuff, very friendly and the tour seemed to flash by. It's about a 90 minute tour , up some very steep stairs, I believe you can book just a ground floor tour if you can't manage stairs.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedYes
Interesting and well renovated Victorian houses with a story to tell. Would have been a 5* had all rooms been open when I visited.Visited onWeekendWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedYes
Fascinating tour showing how people lived 200 years ago - great guide as well…Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedYes
Never since Telly Savalas looked at Birmingham in the early 1980s has so much passion and knowledge been given by one man to so many. John was an excellent tour guide and deserves at least a 20% pay rise. Unfortunately he is a volunteer, so 20% of nothing is nothing and even a 100% pay rise would be nothing. He may end up living in the back to backs unless something is done about this.
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