Built between 1618 and 1635 by Sir Thomas Holte, this fine Jacobean mansion is one of Birmingham's crown jewels. The house was used to harbor King Charles I for a short time during the Civil War, and the Great Stairs still bear scars left behind by cannon fire. Although changes were made to the Hall during the 17th and 18th Centuries, it remains largely Jacobean in style. Today, Aston Hall serves as an educational working museum and it has its own schools' liaison team. Over 20 rooms have been opened to the public, and it also hosts magical candle-lit guided tours every December. Managed by the Birmingham Museums Trust, Aston Hall shelters decadent rooms ornamented with splendid furniture, textiles and metalwork. It is also embellished with a spectacular elongated gallery. Skirted by a verdant, rolling park, this gargantuan, red-brick mansion is a magnificent remnant of the 17th-century regality.
Ouverts en 1832, ces jardins splendides ont étés conçus par John Claudius London, un paysagiste célèbre et journaliste horticole. Vous pouvez explorer de la verdure ravissante et des serres splendides ! N’oubliez pas de visiter ses volières, un restaurant avec une vue pittoresque du jardin, un jardin d’enfants, une boutique cadeaux, un centre de plantes et une gallérie avec des œuvres d’artistes de la région.
Un jardin parfait pour toute la famille, avec une grande sélection d’aménités : des lacs, des courts de tennis, des serres et des réserves de nature. Il héberge aussi le Midland Arts Centre. Des pistes de vélos qui serpentent le jardin ont été récemment ajoutées. Le jardin accueille aussi des spectacles, concerts et l’évènement annuel « Fireworks Fantasia. » Entrée gratuite.
Journey into the Moseley Park and embrace the placid beauty of the green land, ponds and trees. This private park allows you to wander through time as this green park has remained untouched for hundreds of years. The park has special attractions including an ice house which were primitive refrigerators built in the ground to store food and packed with snow and ice of winters. The park is also host to the a number of local festival including a summer folk festival that further brings an interest to the park's history.
Sutton Park is a beautiful reserve sheathed in aged woodlands, heaths, wetlands and sparkling lakes, teeming with kestrels, pheasants, plovers, buntings and other wildlife. One of the largest in the United Kingdom, this expansive urban park is also home to recreational facilities for cycling, pony rides, trekking and boating. Cattle graze on grass-laden hills while the Sutton Park Line slices through, lending this National Nature Reserve an old-world charm. Although the park encompasses several pools like Powell's Pool, Bracebridge Pool and the Longmoor Pool, it is the Wyndley Pool which is the oldest and perhaps, the most prized. Volunteer conservationists and park rangers help to keep this reserve in order and cattle grazing has been reintroduced in order to keep young birch trees from entirely taking over the land. Sutton Park has also a recognized Scheduled Ancient Monument and Site of Special Scientific Interest.