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This week · Culture in the West Midlands
Culture👋 Meet peopleUntil 20 Sept · Birmingham
Birmingham Heritage Week
Ten days of rare access to Birmingham's hidden history — tunnels, catacombs and buildings usually closed to the public.
Venues across Birmingham city centre and suburbs, West MidlandsMostly free; some tours ticketed
Culture👋 Meet peopleUntil 20 Sept · Coventry
Coventry Heritage Open Days
Ten days of free tours and rare access across Coventry, from timber-framed cottages to the War Memorial's Chamber of Silence.
Venues across Coventry city centre, West MidlandsFree entry (Heritage Open Days)
Culture👋 Meet peopleUntil 20 Sept · Ironbridge
Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Festival
Ten days of guided walks, a coracle regatta and free heritage open days across the UNESCO Ironbridge Gorge.
Ironbridge Gorge, Ironbridge, Telford, Shropshire TF8Free entry to most events; some activities separately ticketed
CultureMon 14 – Fri 18 Sept · Worcester
Croome Heritage Open Days
Five days of free entry, tours and talks at the National Trust's Capability Brown landscape near Worcester, including the rarely-open Panorama Tower.
Croome, near High Green, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR8 9DWFree entry (Heritage Open Days)
CultureTue 15 Sept · Stoke On Trent
Middleport Pottery Free Heritage Trail
A free self-guided Heritage Open Days trail around Middleport Pottery's bottle oven, steam engine and Victorian mould store.
Middleport Pottery, Port Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 3PEFree
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