Birmingham City Council building, restaurants, new fountain of one of the first phases of the £700m Paradise Scheme in the heart of Birmingham City.

Birmingham. Raise your expectations.

You've heard the stereotypes about Birmingham - now see the reality.
Birmingham City Council building, restaurants, new fountain of one of the first phases of the £700m Paradise Scheme in the heart of Birmingham City.

Birmingham. Raise your expectations.

You've heard the stereotypes about Birmingham - now see the reality.

Don’t believe everything you hear

We know what you've heard. Birmingham is dirty, unfriendly and a bit of a dump. Your friends say "Birmingham, really?". Your 'for you page' is a place where Birmingham is used as a punching bag. And your parents remember the city as the concrete jungle it perhaps once was.

Well, we just want to let you know that it's time to raise your expectations.

Grassy green Bournville Park

Come and see for yourself

Book on to an Open Day and make up your own mind about the UK's most underrated city.

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