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Help preserve working-class history at the Birmingham Back to Backs. Donate today to help relight our fires and preserve these unique homes, for everyone for ever.
Experience 200 years of working people's lives in the heart of Birmingham.
55-63 Hurst Street/50-54 Inge Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 4TE
Book a visitAsset | Opening time |
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Birmingham Back to Backs | 10:00 - 15:00 |
Second-hand bookshop | 10:00 - 17:00 |
Exhibition space | 10:00 - 17:00 |
Ticket type | Gift aid | Standard |
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Adult | £9.90 | £9.00 |
Child | £4.95 | £4.50 |
Family | £24.75 | £22.50 |
Family (one adult) | £14.85 | £13.50 |
Ticket type | Gift aid | Standard |
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Adult | £12.10 | £11.00 |
Child | £6.05 | £5.50 |
Family | £30.25 | £27.50 |
Family (one adult) | £18.15 | £16.50 |
Visits to the houses are by guided tour only and must be pre-booked online.
Second-hand bookshop on Hurst Street, free to enter.
There is accessible drop-off available outside the property, on Inge Street, by our gated alleyway. You can notify your arrival at the visitor reception on the corner of Hurst Street and Inge Street. The alleyway access on Inge Street provides level access into the yard. A wheelchair is available for accessing the ground floors of the houses. Please note, tours feature multiple winding, narrow staircases, a ground floor only tour is also available.
Ground floor only tours are available with level access to the courtyard and all four show houses
Nearest parking is at the Arcadian Centre which is not National Trust, use postcode B5 4TD. The entrance is off Bromsgrove Street. Pricing information available here http://www.thearcadian.co.uk/whos-here/euro-carpark/ Birmingham City Council has introduced a Clean Air Zone. Please visit https://www.brumbreathes.co.uk/ for your vehicle's eligibility.
Parking: Arcadian Centre, Bromsgrove Street. B5 4TD (not National Trust). Birmingham City Council has introduced a Clean Air Zone. Please visit https://www.brumbreathes.co.uk/ for your vehicle's eligibility.
Sat Nav: For property, use B5 4TE, for Arcadian Centre car park use B5 4TD. No National Trust car parking available. Please be aware that Birmingham City Council has introduced a Clean Air Zone.
within easy walking distance of bus and railway stations (follow signs for Hippodrome Theatre). Visitor Reception is on the corner of Inge Street and Hurst Street right next to the Hippodrome and Pride Plaza.
Birmingham New Street ¼ mile: When leaving station, head for exit sign-posted "Southside" (on maps labelled "Hill Street Exit"). Upon leaving exit, turn left onto Hill Street and walk down hill. Cross dual carriageway onto Hurst Street and walk towards Hippodrome Theatre from where the Back to Backs is visible. Birmingham Moor Street ½ mile: At station exit, cross the road towards Bullring entrance but do not enter Bullring. Turn right to walk along St Martins Queensway, this will take you under a road bridge and bring you onto Smallbrook Queensway. Follow road till you reach a cross roads, turn left onto Hurst Street and walk towards Hippodrome Theatre from where the Back to Backs is visible.
Various Travel West Midlands routes from across city into the city centre. Find out more here https://nxbus.co.uk/
55-63 Hurst Street/50-54 Inge Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 4TE
See our upcoming events, including special tours and talks.
Birmingham Back to Backs are open for visits by guided tour only, book online in advance to explore the stories of Court 15.
School visits to the Birmingham Back to Backs are a fun and interactive way to engage young minds. Find out more about our workshops.
If you live or work near the Birmingham Back to Backs, you, another adult and up to three children could visit us for free.
Learn what volunteer opportunities are available at the Birmingham Back to Backs and how volunteering with the National Trust could benefit you.
The Birmingham Back to Backs run an annual Summer Challenge programme aimed at engaging young people from the local area in heritage. The programme allows 16-21 year olds to gain valuable work experience and practical skills.
Carefully restored, atmospheric 19th-century courtyard of working people's houses. Visits by pre-booked guided tour only.
The only collection of work by a Caribbean tailor in the UK. George operated a successful tailor's shop from the Back to Backs for many years and left some of his items to the National Trust to preserve this last living link to the houses.
With a range of new and used books, every penny you spend helps us to preserve this unique place. You can also donate your books to support the Back to Backs.
There is a free-to-enter exhibition space above the second-hand bookshop on Hurst Street.
Explore the story of iconic fashion legends Patti Bell and Jane Kahn through the contemporary photography of Gary Lindsay-Moore.
In this new exhibition, follow Twiggy’s journey from inspired shop assistant in the early 1980s at the well-loved Birmingham punk shop Kahn and Bell, to the powerhouse of flamboyance they are today, defying boundaries of gender and stereotype.
Join our award-winning team for monthly reminiscence groups at the Back to Backs.
The Birmingham Back to Backs run an annual Summer Challenge programme aimed at engaging young people from the local area in heritage. The programme allows 16-21 year olds to gain valuable work experience and practical skills.
Step back in time and experience life in Birmingham’s last surviving court of back-to-back houses, taking you from the 1840s through to the 1970s on an intimate guided tour.
Buy new and used books at Court 15, the second-hand bookshop at Birmingham Back to Backs. Donate your pre-loved books.
Join the award-winning Back in Time volunteer team from the Birmingham Back to Backs, for a group session designed to spark memory sharing in those with mild dementia.
A great spot for watching birds and butterflies near the Clent Hills with miles of walking trails nearby.
Join us for a special evening celebrating the creative process of three unique artists who push the boundaries of fashion and style. Please note that this event will be held at Missing Bar. 48 Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham B5 6NU
Kicking off Brum Buzzcut 2024 we welcome Lyza who created Blacklore as a safe and fun space to engage with BIPOC+ and Queer literature, aiming to create a booming book community in Birmingham.
Do you know someone living with mild dementia who enjoys reminiscing about the past? Our “Back in Time” sessions at the Birmingham Back to Backs are designed to spark memory sharing.
Sunday 26 May 12-1:30pm Queer Ecology with Annie Higgins For our first session on Sunday’s main Buzzcut Festival artist blacksmith Annie Higgins joins us to talk about reclaiming and centering our relationship to the environment from a queer...
An atmospheric glimpse into the lives of the ordinary people who helped make Birmingham an extraordinary city.
Visits to the Birmingham Back to Backs houses are by pre-booked guided tours only. Please book your visit online or read the how to book article for more information.
On a fascinating guided tour, step back in time at Birmingham's last surviving court of back to backs; houses built literally back-to-back around a communal courtyard.
Moving from the 1840s through to the 1970s, discover the lives of some of the former residents who crammed into these small houses to live and work. With fires alight in the grates, and sounds and smells from the past, experience an evocative and intimate insight into life at the Back to Backs.
Find out what life was like in back-to-back housing for the working classes of the 19th and 20th centuries and discover the people who brought the Back to Backs to life.
Discover the history behind the George Saunders’ collection at Birmingham Back to Backs, a story that is inextricably linked with Birmingham’s black history.
In collaboration with Findmypast, we've been exploring the 1921 Census of England and Wales. It's helped us get closer to the lives of people at the Back to Backs; people like Harry Dowell, one of only two residents in Birmingham who list their profession as ‘theatrical comedian’. Experts believe that Harry went on to have a successful career with the stage name Harry Shiels, likely performing just across the road at the Hippodrome. Discover more stories at Birmingham Back to Backs, as well as research from nine other places in our care. By clicking this link, you’ll access a third-party website. Please see their privacy policy for how they handle your personal data.
Explore the objects and works of art we care for at Birmingham Back to Backs on the National Trust Collections website.
Explore what goes into caring for a particularly unusual collection, which offers a glimpse into the lives of the ordinary people who helped shaped Birmingham.
The Birmingham Back to Backs are a court of Grade II listed buildings which have been lovingly restored, and now give visitors a chance to step back in time and experience working-class history. We need your support to raise the funds we need to care for these unique buildings.
Help preserve working-class history at the Birmingham Back to Backs. Donate today to help relight our fires and preserve these unique homes, for everyone for ever.