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Top 10 reasons to visit The West Midlands, from Peaky Blinders to Cadbury bars

Updated on 12 April 202615 September 2025
Exterior view of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery with its grand clock tower and neoclassical façade, featuring tall columns and ornate stonework, under a clear blue sky with people walking and sitting in the square outside.

The West Midlands has always been a place of industry and invention, where things were hammered, smelted, cast and riveted with a kind of cheerful …

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