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Birmingham Assay Office

Birmingham Assay Office is one of the four assay offices. It is within Birmingham’s built-up area. Officially, it is a Grade II listed building.

Photo: Birmingham Assay Office, Tagishsimon (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Birmingham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 44%

#3,733 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Birmingham

Inside Birmingham

Birmingham Assay Office is inside Birmingham’s built-up area, with 36 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Birmingham has 1,410 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

A month-by-month guide

Afternoons in Birmingham reach 19–22°C from June to September.

Jan7° / 2°68 mm

Feb8° / 2°52 mm

Mar10° / 3°50 mm

Apr14° / 5°53 mm

May17° / 7°59 mm

Jun20° / 10°70 mm

Jul22° / 12°62 mm

Aug21° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°61 mm

Oct14° / 7°75 mm

Nov10° / 4°75 mm

Dec8° / 2°75 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Birmingham, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Birmingham. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Birmingham’s full climate →

About

Birmingham Assay Office

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages. A short trip away is Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 400 m off, the first of 75 within 15 km.

Birmingham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Birmingham

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where Birmingham Assay Office is

The map centres on Birmingham Assay Office, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

By population, Birmingham leads the 3 with 1,121,367. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in town

Birmingham

1,121,367 people · 61 places to visit

2 · 2.9 km west of it

Smethwick

56,343 people · 42 places to visit

3 · 4.9 km northwest of it

West Bromwich

103,099 people · 38 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Birmingham Assay Office is	People	Places to visit
Birmingham	It’s in town	1,121,367	61
Smethwick	2.9 km west of it	56,343	42
West Bromwich	4.9 km northwest of it	103,099	38

Make a day of it

Other places close by

Our list has 75 more within 15 km, among them 5 museums and 3 cathedrals.

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery400 m away · 856K visitors a year 2

CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral600 m away 3

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral500 m away 4

MuseumThinktank Birmingham Science Museum1.3 km away 5

MuseumSoho House Museum2.1 km away 6

MuseumAston Hall2.9 km away 7

CathedralBirmingham Orthodox Cathedral600 m away 8

MuseumThe Barber Institute of Fine Arts4 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Birmingham Assay Office: what to know

Where is Birmingham Assay Office?

Birmingham Assay Office is in Birmingham, West Midlands, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Birmingham Assay Office?

One of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Birmingham Assay Office?

June to September are the warmest months in Birmingham, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Birmingham Assay Office a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Birmingham Assay Office?

Within 15 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (400 m), St Philip's Cathedral (600 m), St Chad's Cathedral (500 m) and Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum (1.3 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Birmingham Assay Office: Tagishsimon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Chad's Cathedral: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum: Amandachan1106, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Soho House Museum: Wehwalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aston Hall: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Orthodox Cathedral: Original uploader was Oosoom at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: GavinWarrins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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