Cathedral · Birmingham · West Midlands

St Philip's Cathedral

St Philip's Cathedral is a cathedral in Birmingham, West Midlands. It is a Grade I listed building. Within 15 km there are 75 more places to visit, starting with Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (300 m).

Photo: St Philip's Cathedral (Public domain)

Where

In Birmingham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 3%

#246 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Cathedral in Birmingham

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#246 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (19 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Birmingham

St Philip's Cathedral is inside Birmingham’s built-up area, with 37 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I 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

Weather by the month

From June to September, Birmingham sees highs of 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

St Philip's Cathedral

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 19 languages.

Birmingham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Cathedral
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 19 languages
Town: in Birmingham
Official site: birminghamcathedral.com

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

The map

Map of St Philip's Cathedral and nearby

Orange is St Philip's Cathedral; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

In size, Birmingham comes first of the 8, with 1,121,367 people. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Birmingham

1,121,367 people · 61 places to visit

2 · 3.5 km west of it

Smethwick

56,343 people · 42 places to visit

3 · 7.4 km west of it

Oldbury

45,188 people · 30 places to visit

4 · 8.4 km northwest of it

West Bromwich

103,099 people · 38 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where St Philip's Cathedral is	People	Places to visit
Birmingham	It’s in town	1,121,367	61
Smethwick	3.5 km west of it	56,343	42
Oldbury	7.4 km west of it	45,188	30
West Bromwich	8.4 km northwest of it	103,099	38
Pheasey	8.5 km north of it	9,498	4
Solihull	9.2 km southeast of it	107,754	14
Blackheath	9.5 km west of it	6,950	14
Major's Green	10 km south of it	976	3

Make a day of it

Pair St Philip's Cathedral with these

Nearby, 75 places within 15 km include 6 museums and 2 cathedrals.

Big drawMuseumBirmingham Museum & Art Gallery300 m away · 856K visitors a year 2

CathedralSt Chad's Cathedral500 m away 3

MuseumThinktank Birmingham Science Museum800 m away 4

MuseumAston Hall3 km away 5

MuseumSoho House Museum2.6 km away 6

MuseumThe Barber Institute of Fine Arts3.9 km away 7

Museum · National TrustBack To Backs800 m away 8

CathedralBirmingham Orthodox Cathedral1.1 km away

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

St Philip's Cathedral: what to know

Where is St Philip's Cathedral?

St Philip's Cathedral is in Birmingham, West Midlands, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is St Philip's Cathedral?

Cathedral in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit St Philip's Cathedral?

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

Is St Philip's Cathedral a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near St Philip's Cathedral?

Within 15 km: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (300 m), St Chad's Cathedral (500 m), Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum (800 m) and Aston Hall (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)

St Philip's Cathedral: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
Aston Hall: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Soho House Museum: Wehwalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: GavinWarrins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Back To Backs: User Oosoom on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Birmingham Orthodox Cathedral: Original uploader was Oosoom at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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