Birmingham UK Map: Tourism & Travel Guide (Free PDF Maps)

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Birmingham is the United Kingdom’s second-largest city boasting plenty of exciting attractions, events, and landmarks, but is often overlooked by tourists.

The city has everything from museums, historical landmarks, and beautiful parks, to shopping malls, chic cafes, family attractions, a chocolate factory, and an epic street art scene.

It’s one of the most important and historical cities in the country – having been around for a millennia, Birmingham is also the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

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This post provides a collection of FREE downloadable, printable PDF maps to help you plan your perfect visit, and guide you around all the exciting things that Birmingham has to offer.

Simply click on the link beneath each preview image to download your free maps!

Birmingham Maps with Cities Guide [2023 Edition]

A collection of Birmingham maps free printable PDFs, including street map of Birmingham, useful Birmingham maps satellite images, and more.

Interactive Map: Birmingham Highlights

Check out the interactive map below to see 13 of the most popular and iconic landmarks and attractions across Birmingham city, including museums, adventure attractions, historical sites and iconic landmarks.

Illustration Map: Birmingham Icons & Landmarks

Here’s an illustrated visual map of Birmingham city center that I sketched. It features all the main attractions, districts, main roads, and the canals that run through the heart of the city, to help give a visual guide of the city in general.

Birmingham Transport Map

A complete map of Birmingham’s public transport network, this well-designed map is color-coded and labeled, covering all the bus, train and tram routes in the city as well as in the larger West Midlands region.

You can download the full, high quality printable PDF here:

Birmingham City Center Map

A detailed map with labels of all the roads as well as all the parking sites, bus and tram stops, and the train stations and stops.

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Birmingham Tourist Map

This map covers all the major landmarks and attractions in the centre of Birmingham, with street names, highlighted areas, and a legend chart coordinated with numbered points on the map.

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Birmingham Shopping Map

A useful map that details all the main shopping centers and malls across the city, highlighting some of the biggest brands and stores (like Primark, House of Fraser etc.) as well as various restaurants, cafes, cinemas, hotels, banks, and also toilet and baby-changing facilities.

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Birmingham Surroundings: Bus Map

An enormous map covering the entire bus and rail network in Birmingham and the surrounding areas of the West Midlands.

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Birmingham Rail Network Map

A simple but easy-to-read and use rail network of Birmingham maps city centre, featuring color-coded routes with labeled stops along the routes.

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Birmingham Bus Network Map

Another simple and easy-to-read map of Birmingham’s bus network only, with colored routes and labeled stops along the routes.

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Top 10 Budget Restaurants in Birmingham

Below are interactive google maps, this one is of the top 10 budget restaurants in Birmingham in yellow markers.

Birmingham’s Top 10 Budget Independent Cafes on a Budget

And here’s a map displaying the top 10 budget independent cafes around Birmingham.

General Information about Birmingham

Area: 267.8km squared
Weather: 8C (winter), 24C (summer)
Population: 1.1 million (2nd in UK)
Founded: 600AD
International Airport: Birmingham (BHX)
Famous Residents: Ozzy Osbourne, Led Zeppelin, UB40, David Edgar (poet), Benjamin Zephaniah (writer)

Birmingham FAQs:

Here are some commonly asked questions about maps of Birmingham:

What towns are in Birmingham?

Some of the most popular and historic towns and districts in Birmingham are Aston, the Bali Triangle, Bournville, Chinese Quarter, Digbeth, Edgbaston, Five Ways, Perry Barr, Jewellery Quarter, Ladywood, Moseley, and Birmingham City Centre. Click here for a complete list of all the neighborhoods in Birmingham, UK.

What is Birmingham famous for?

Here’s a list of 10 things that Birmingham is world famous for. Come and discover the very best of the UK’s most underrated city.
Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution – the dawn of the modern era.
Peaky Blinders – home of the gangs made famous by the global hit TV show.
Cadbury World – the nation’s favorite chocolatier.
Music heritage – home to prestigious music venues and global superstars like Black Sabbath, Duran Duran, UB40, The Moody Blues, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Streets, and more.
Largest public park in Europe – the UK’s second largest city is also the greenest, and has over 200 more parks than Paris!
More canals than Venice – the water networks made Birmingham the world’s first manufacturing city
Home of Balti – not only the chocolate capital, Birmingham is also the curry capital of the UK.
Youngest city in Europe – 40% of the city’s inhabitants are below the age of 25
Digbeth – vibrant digital and creative scene with independent cafes, music venues, graffiti art and tech startups.
World’s largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite Art – the city is also home to numerous art galleries and museums.

What areas are in south Birmingham?

Bartholomew, St. Martins & Deritend, Saltley, Selly Oak, Small Heath, Smethwick, Sparkhill, Sparkbrook, and Yardley wards of Birmingham County Borough).

What are the bad areas of Birmingham?

Though much of the city is beautiful and packed with attractions, Central Birmingham (also known as “Town” to the Brummies), does suffer from the city’s highest crime rate, especially in Ladywood, Dale End, the Bullring, and the Grand Central shopping areas.

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Essential West Midlands Travel Resources:

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