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Birmingham Walking Tour: Explore Black Heritage and Local Culture in 2.5 Hours
4.9
47 Ratings
West Midlands
Immerse yourself in Birmingham’s black heritage and local culture on a 2.5-hour walking tour. Explore diverse communities, visit historic sites, and discover the real heartbeat of the city.
Immerse yourself in Birmingham’s black heritage and local culture on a 2.5-hour walking tour. Explore diverse communities, visit historic sites, and discover the real heartbeat of the city.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Soho House - The House of Industrial designer Matthew Boulton and The Lunar society. We don’t enter the house as that is part of another tour.
- Handsworth Park - We visit the Arts trails and The Leisure center
- Handsworth - A walk through the whole area exploring the people, heritage and architecture.
- Soho House - The House of Industrial designer Matthew Boulton and The Lunar society. We don’t enter the house as that is part of another tour.
- Handsworth Park - We visit the Arts trails and The Leisure center
- Handsworth - A walk through the whole area exploring the people, heritage and architecture.
What's Included
- Licensed guide included
- Licensed guide included
What's Not Included
- Bottled water
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
This excursion offers an intimate immersion in the local culture, providing an insight into the city’s multifaceted communities. Despite its notorious reputation, Handsworth possesses a robust personality created by its diverse inhabitants, which include musicians, celebrities, and athletes. Renowned figures such as Prince Charles have graced this area…
This excursion offers an intimate immersion in the local culture, providing an insight into the city’s multifaceted communities. Despite its notorious reputation, Handsworth possesses a robust personality created by its diverse inhabitants, which include musicians, celebrities, and athletes. Renowned figures such as Prince Charles have graced this area with their presence. Many argue that the authentic pulse of the city can only be discovered in the rougher neighborhoods which tourists are usually advised to steer clear of. The BHWN team will ensure a safe exploration of this historical district to chronicle the distinctive legacy of the city’s African Caribbean community.
- This is a walking tour and people mus be of relative fitness,
- We can adapt the tour should it be necessary
- But we can arrange an alternative tour or even a static presentation
Location
Soho House Museum
Soho Avenue
Inside the Visitor centre
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(47 Ratings)
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Mariaines_f
Jul 14, 2025
This tour was very... - This tour was very interesting, we learn a lot from Marcia, a wonderful teacher. The activity was very well planned and entretaining. We very much recommend this experience.
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Jamesmb8831ue
Jul 6, 2025
Madiba Black Heritage walking tour - What a great experience! Marcia is a great tour guide and exceeded our expectations! She adapted her tour to our needs. Her knowledge about the Black UK culture and it's history in Birmingham was excellent! (Not to be confused with the Black Country tours.) She helped us gain an understanding about the Black experience from 1800s to present day! We were very pleased to have chosen the correct experience through the Madiba Black Heritage Walks Network tour. We ended our tour with a custom clothing experience through a local tailor. We are truly ready for our Stevie Wonder concert! Thank you Marcia!
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Cliver101
Mar 15, 2025
Very Good - I had the pleasure of taking a walk with Marcia as our guide. It was a fantastic experience, Marcia was nothing short of exceptional—knowledgeable, engaging, and genuinely passionate about Birmingham's rich black heritage.
What stood out most was how Marcia made the tour interactive, encouraging us to engage with the city's history through interesting facts and thought-provoking questions.
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Deanw969
Dec 17, 2024
Enjoyable and Educational - On this walking tour we learnt about some of the Afro-Caribbean influence and history of the Handsworth area of Birmingham.
We enjoyed it and found out things we didn't know or hadn't thought about before. Our guide, Marcia was lovely. She was knowledgable and passionate and made us very welcome. She challenged us too. There is a lot to see on this tour including a couple of impressive murals that you wouldn't know about unless you were local to Handsworth.
As a bonus, at the end of the tour we visited the shops and take-away restaurants in the area. The freshly baked samosas we had were outstanding.
I would recommend this tour for anyone interested in finding out a bit more about the amazing contribution black people have made to not only Birmingham but to the world. Also, to hear about some of the unpleasant aspects of the past so that we don't make the same mistakes again.
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Arlis_b
Nov 13, 2024
Excellent History Lesson on Black Heritage in Birmingham - Our tour guide, Marcia was well versed and knowledgeable about Black History in Birmingham and showed us local sights while giving us plenty of background to understand what we were seeing and how it fit with Black Heritage. She is a product of that history and you can tell how important it is to her. This tour gives a great overview and a lot of information was packed into the well paced 2.5 hours but there is so much more to see and learn. The value truly exceeded the price and my expectations. I would return to take other tours with Marcia. A highlight of my trip to Birmingham.
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M
Aug 18, 2024
Not to be missed whatever your background - Reading the reviews before I booked I can wholeheartedly agree that Marcia is one heck of a guide.
We walked and talked and I listened and learned, occasionally adding my own relevant experiences of Handsworth.
It was an honest, informative, eye-opening and enjoyable walk.
I look forward to experiencing many more walks that Black Heritage offer and to meet the rest of the Black Heritage team soon.
Thank you Marcia
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Soniacu8336cj
Jul 7, 2024
Walking, Talking and being Amazed in Birmingham on the Madiba Tour! - This walking tour was an informative experience of the notable omission of acknowledgment of some cultural history in the city of commerce in Handsworth Birmingham. There is much to see and understand in the streets being walked daily and the tour guide was very knowledgeable delivering information and sharing stories of the area. If you, like me, enjoy exploring places of note from a different perspective filled with relatable gems to add to your knowledge bank this is the walking tour for you.
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David_l
Apr 28, 2024
Wonderful Insight tour, bringing culture to life. - Fascinating walk with tour guide Marcia, bringing to life the buildings, amenities and introducing us to some of the local characters from this multi cullural part of Birmingham. Marcia is very knowledgeable and even took time to repeat the earlier part of the tour due to my late arrival.
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G3715vgjulied
Feb 20, 2024
Great experience - It was a great experience, fun and informative. I come from France and I am very happy to have done it. The guide was passionate and flexible, merci beaucoup. Julie
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Kagiso_o
Dec 30, 2023
Must do Black history tourwhen in Birmingham :) - What an amazing experience my partner and I had on this tour.
My partner grew up in Birmingham but rediscovered this treasure hidden in plain site.
We learnt the history that isn't spoken about that created what we know today as modern Birmingham.
An abosuletely must do tour!!
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