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Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Birmingham Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in Birmingham, West Midlands. On the official register, it is a Grade II* listed park and garden. A short trip away is Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 2.3 km off, the first of 75 within 15 km.

Photo: Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Annette Randle (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Birmingham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Garden in Birmingham

Inside Birmingham

Birmingham Botanical Gardens is inside Birmingham’s built-up area, with 41 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed park and garden

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

Aim for June to September, when Birmingham reaches 19–22°C.

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 Botanical Gardens

Wikipedia covers it in 5 languages.

Birmingham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Garden
Listed: Grade II* listed park and garden
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Birmingham
Official site: birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk

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

The map

Getting your bearings

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Birmingham Botanical Gardens is the orange one.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Largest of the 3 is Birmingham, home to 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 · 2.5 km northwest of it

Smethwick

56,343 people · 42 places to visit

3 · 3.8 km west of it

Oldbury

45,188 people · 30 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Birmingham Botanical Gardens is	People	Places to visit
Birmingham	It’s in town	1,121,367	61
Smethwick	2.5 km northwest of it	56,343	42
Oldbury	3.8 km west of it	45,188	30

Make a day of it

More near Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Among the 75 within 15 km are 6 museums and 2 cathedrals.

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery2.3 km away · 856K visitors a year 2

CathedralSt Philip's Cathedral2.6 km away 3

MuseumThe Barber Institute of Fine Arts1.8 km away 4

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral3 km away 5

MuseumSoho House Museum3.7 km away 6

MuseumCadbury World4.1 km away 7

MuseumThinktank Birmingham Science Museum3.4 km away 8

MuseumAston Hall5.4 km away

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

Questions about Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Where is Birmingham Botanical Gardens?

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

What is Birmingham Botanical Gardens?

Botanical garden in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Birmingham Botanical Gardens?

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

Is Birmingham Botanical Gardens a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed park and garden.

What else is there to see near Birmingham Botanical Gardens?

Within 15 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (2.3 km), St Philip's Cathedral (2.6 km), The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (1.8 km) and St Chad's Cathedral (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 Botanical Gardens: Annette Randle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: GavinWarrins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Chad's Cathedral: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Soho House Museum: Wehwalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cadbury World: Grutness at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum: Amandachan1106, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aston Hall: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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