Visit Harborne Places

Welcome to Visit Harborne Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Harborne

  

Harborne Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Harborne

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Harborne history

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Harborne is a Victorian suburb with a large stock of housing dating from pre-1900. The oldest part of what is known locally as ‘Harborne Village’ is centred on St Peter’s Church, which dates from Anglo-Saxon times.

Harborne culture & places

Sport and leisure

Harborne Hockey Club was founded in 1903 and is the highest ranked Club in the local area . The club has six ladies and five mens teams as well as a thriving youth section . It is the only club in the West Midlands to be affiliated to Flyerz Hockey .

Food and drink

The Harborne Mile is a pub crawl from one end of Harborne High Street (and ancillary roads) to the other . It involves all or some of the public houses listed below .

Harborne geography / climate

Harborne lies to the west of Edgbaston, to the north of Selly Oak and to the east of Quinton. It is to the south of the Bearwood and Warley areas of neighbouring Sandwell.

You can visit Harborne places with Walkfo Harborne to hear history at Harborne’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Harborne has 274 places to visit in our interactive Harborne map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Harborne, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Harborne places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Harborne & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 274 audio facts unique to Harborne places in an interactive Harborne map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Harborne Places Map
274 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Harborne tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Harborne

  

Best Harborne places to visit

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Harborne has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Harborne’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Harborne’s information audio spots:

Chamberlain Memorial The Chamberlain Memorial is a monument in Chamberlain Square, Birmingham . It was erected in 1880 to commemorate the public service of Joseph Chamberlain . Chamberlain was a Birmingham businessman, councillor, mayor, Member of Parliament, and statesman .

Chinese Quarter, Birmingham The Chinese Quarter of Birmingham is located in the city centre’s Southside . It is an area with a predominantly Chinese influence as a result of a concentration of Chinese owned businesses . The area now covers a neighbourhood that includes Hurst Street, Ladywell Walk and Pershore Street .

Theatre Royal, Birmingham The Theatre Royal, until 1807 the New Street Theatre, or, colloquially the New Theatre, was a 2000-seat theatre located on New Street in Birmingham, England . It was erected in 1774 and demolished in 1956 .

Frankfurt Christmas Market, Birmingham Frankfurt Christmas Market and Craft Market is held in central Birmingham, England . The market started in 2001 with 24 stalls and has expanded every year . It opens in mid November and continues until late December, closing before Christmas .

Victoria Square House Victoria Square House, is an office building on the south side of Victoria Square, Birmingham, England . It was formerly Birmingham’s Head Post Office, designed in the French Renaissance style by architect Henry Tanner for the General Post Office .

Christ Church, Birmingham Christ Church, Birmingham, was a parish church in the Church of England on Colmore Row, Birmingham from 1805 to 1899 . Christ Church was a church in Birmingham from the 1805-1899 period .

St Peter’s Church, Spring Hill St Peter’s Church, Spring Hill is a Grade B listed former Church of England parish church in Birmingham . It was built in the 1960s and is now on Spring Hill .

Dhamma Talaka Pagoda Dhamma Talaka Peace Pagoda was opened in Birmingham UK in 1998 and is the only such building in traditional Burmese style in the Western hemisphere . On its grounds there are now a monastery and the teaching hall of a planned Buddhist Academy .

Christ Church, Summerfield Christ Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Summerfield district of Birmingham . It was built in the 1930s and is located in the summerfield district .

Perrott’s Folly Perrott’s Folly, grid reference SP047862, also known as The Monument, or The Observatory, is a 29-metre (96-foot) tall tower . It is a Grade II* listed building in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, United Kingdom .

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