Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter

Architecture and Built Environment
Walk Leader
Philip Singleton ARPS
Capacity
10
An example of Victorian heritage flanked by modest more recent pieces

Take a walk through the heart of the Jewellery Quarter to look at the street patterns and the huge number of listed buildings.  Explore the contemporary insertions (including a Banksy) through the eyes of ex-resident, architect and photographer and choose to compose with your camera; the opportunities are multitudinous.  

The variety will include catacombs, Victorian and Georgian delights and a strong examples of intersecting rail and canal infrastructure. There are independent coffee shops along the way, if the need is there. We will complete the walk at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artist's gallery for the final day of the photography exhibition 'The Black Country: Photographs by Phil Loach 1970s – 90s'

The approximate time to complete the walk will be 2-2.5 hours.

Walk Location

Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter

Walk Directions

We will meet on the street immediately outside the Jewellery Quarter Station on Vyse Street - the postcode is B18 6LE.  The station serves both rail and metro.  There is on-street and multi-storey car parking a short stride away.

Accessibility

The walk is primarily on-street, thus accessible.  The catacombs access involves relatively steep slopes in a cemetery.  The canal is accessed via a series of steel steps.  Both catacombs and canal can be viewed from above with relative ease if access is an issue for any attendees.

Feedback Meeting Type
Decide At Walk
Feedback Talk Date and Time

Webform

Please note:

  • There is no charge for RPS members, non-members are charged £10.
  • You are booking the initial Zoom talk, the walk and the follow up discussion.
  • You will receive a link to the initial Zoom talk which will be recorded, a link to which will also be sent to you.
  • You may only book one person at a time using this form. If you wish to add several people, ensure you have all of the information you need at hand and visit this page for each person in turn.
  • If you book more than one person using the same email address then you will only receive one invitation to the initial Zoom talk because Zoom works on email addresses and not names.
  • You do not have to belong to either the Digital Imaging Group, Landscape Group or the RPS to take part. These events are jointly organised by DIG and Landscape.
  • A confirmation email will be sent to the address given here. Ensure that it is correct. If you don't receive a confirmation within 24 hours please check your spam folder and if it's not there use the contact form and we will investigate.
  • Either use the contact form or email TWT [at] rps.org (TWT[at]rps[dot]org) (include the walk title) for any enquiries you may have.
0 of 10 places taken
You  may enter one person using this form.
Enter your number in international format, i.e., for the UK +44 followed by your number without the leading zero, e.g., +44 7400 123456. Spaces are optional.

We will only use this to call you if there are last minute changes or cancellation of your walk or talk.
Please tick if you belong to the Royal Photographic Society.

You don't have to belong to the RPS to join this walk.
I also belong to ...
RPS Digital Imaging
RPS Landscape
Other RPS Special Interest Group
Please tick all of the boxes which apply, e.g., if you belong to Landscape then you also belong to the RPS.

You don't have to belong to the RPS to join this walk, just leave all the boxes unticked.
Enter the number in international format, i.e., for the UK +44 followed by your number without the leading zero, e.g., +44 7400 123456. Spaces are optional.

We will only use this to contact your next of kin in an emergency.
See terms and privacy.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.