Explore Birmingham at your own pace

Beneath the polished facade of Birmingham lies a frantic heartbeat forged in iron and fueled by radical rebellion. This city is not just a hub of industry but a theater of forgotten scandals and silent political warfare.

Download this self guided audio tour to unlock the secrets tucked away from the typical tourist trail. Wander through the corridors of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Ikon Gallery to uncover the hidden layers of local history that most visitors walk right past.

Why did the Town Hall almost burn to the ground during a protest that shook the foundations of the nation? What dark secret lies buried in the shadows of the city center? Can you find the exact spot where a scandalous betrayal once altered the course of British history?

Photo: farin sadiq, Unsplash

Tour details

Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes, entirely at your own pace

Distance: around 5.2 km (3.3 miles)

Stops: 15 landmarks, including Birmingham Town Hall, Council House, Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Audio: up to 38 minutes of narration

Starts at: Birmingham Town Hall

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How it works

Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.

Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.

Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.

Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop

An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks

Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal

Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like

Lifetime access - your code never expires

Where you will stop

Birmingham Town Hall

Council House, Birmingham

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Centenary Square

Library of Birmingham

Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Roundhouse, Birmingham

Ikon Gallery

The Cube, Birmingham

BBC Birmingham

Birmingham Back to Backs

Birmingham Hippodrome

The Old Rep

St Martin in the Bull Ring

Custard Factory

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary

Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere

At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want

Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.

It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.

The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.

You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.

Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: SilentVicinity (Wikimedia Commons, public domain); farin sadiq, Tom W (Unsplash).

Description supplied by the event organiser.