National Trust Birmingham

Unfortunately, due to staff shortages, the Birmingham Back to Backs and Court 15 Bookshop will be closed this weekend (27th and 28th June).

Anyone with a tour booking will be contacted by our bookings team.

Thank you for your patience and understanding, and we’re sorry for any inconvenience caused.

We look forward to welcoming everyone back as normal from next week.

This Sunday (28 June) join us at Birmingham Settlement's Neighbourhood Futures Festival next to Edgbaston Reservoir!

The festival runs for three days, starting tomorrow (Friday 26 June) and we'll be there Sunday 28 June hosting our free Sky Gardening Workshops throughout the day.

Drop in, say hi and find out more about how to green your balcony, window box or outdoor space. Activities including seed sowing and planting combinations of flowers and food you can grow yourself.

We’d love to see you there.

The festival is a vibrant community-powered three days of FREE activities, workshops, performances, wellbeing sessions and family fun focusing on community, creativity and nature.

📅 26–28 June 2026
📍 Nature & Wellbeing Centre, Edgbaston Reservoir
🎟 Free entry
To find out more and book your FREE tickets search 'Neighbourhood Futures Festival 2026' on Eventbrite.

📖✨ Poem in Your Pocket ✨📖

Join us for a special evening of poetry and prose at the Birmingham Back to Backs in collaboration with The Hearth Centre for Healing Arts Festival.

Take a moment to slow down, listen and connect through a thoughtfully chosen selection of readings that may make you laugh, reflect or even shed a tear. In uncertain times, poetry can help us make sense of the world and remind us of our shared experiences.

💭 Do you have a poem that has stayed with you through moments of joy or challenge? Bring a poem in your pocket and share it with others!

📅 25 June, 6:30pm–8:30pm
☕ Teas and coffees included in the ticket price.
🎟️ To book your ticket, visit https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/birmingham-west-midlands/birmingham-back-to-backs/events/4db7a4ba-a653-4b87-ac49-4857b819dff0

On Sunday 28 June, join us at Birmingham Settlement's Neighbourhood Futures Festival next to Edgbaston Reservoir!

The festival runs for three days, and we'll be there Sunday 28 June hosting Sky Gardening Workshops throughout the day.

Drop in, say hi and find out more about how to green your balcony, window box or outdoor space. Activities including seed sowing and planting combinations of flowers and food you can grow yourself.

We’d love to see you there.

The festival is a vibrant community-powered three days of FREE activities, workshops, performances, wellbeing sessions and family fun focusing on community, creativity and nature.

📅 26–28 June 2026
📍 Nature & Wellbeing Centre, Edgbaston Reservoir
🎟 Free entry

Find out more and book your FREE tickets here: http://bit.ly/4fPPSYi

We’re hiring at National Trust Clent Hills!

Love working with people and in the outdoors? You could help us care for 200 hectares of countryside, enjoyed by over 350,000 visitors each year.

This is a fantastic opportunity to help inspire communities to connect with nature, heritage and wildlife, while supporting the day-to-day running of a busy visitor site.

The Senior Visitor Officer role includes:
• Supporting operations and delivering great visitor experiences
• Working with Rangers and Visitor Experience teams on outdoor programming
• Duty managing and helping the operation run smoothly

This role is based at Clent Hills (with opportunities across the wider portfolio)
37.5 hours per week (incl. weekends & Bank Holidays)
We’re looking for someone proactive, enthusiastic and passionate about people and nature.

Find out more and apply here: https://tinyurl.com/y7peb6wp

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📣 New exhibition opening tomorrow, Friday 5 June, at the Birmingham Back to Backs

FROM AROUND HERE
Creative Responses to the Culture and Community of Birmingham’s Southside

Created in partnership with Birmingham City University's Department of Fashion & Jewellery, 'From Around Here' showcases work from over 150 students inspired by the people, places, and creative spirit of Birmingham’s Southside.

Featuring jewellery, fashion, textiles, photography, illustration and more, the exhibition celebrates the communities and cultures that make Southside unique, while exploring how Birmingham’s heritage continues to inspire new creative voices.

We're looking for a new Business Services Co-ordinator to help support us in Birmingham and the West Midlands. 💻

It's the perfect role for someone who's brilliant at organisation, upholding high standards in service and presentation, and enjoys working across beautiful locations within the National Trust.

The details:
• 37.5 hour work week
• Occasional weekend working (roughly 1 in 6)
• Required to travel to four National Trust sites within the portfolio. Main base at Birmingham Back to Backs.

Find out more about the role: https://rebrand.ly/tgrefh6
📸: National Trust Images/Oskar Proctor

🐧 Birmingham, the puffins are coming!

Join us in Centenary Square tomorrow (31 May) to watch LIVE footage from the Farne Islands and discover more about one of the UK's favourite seabirds.

✨ Live puffin footage
✨ Free puffin badges
✨ Quizzes and activities
✨ Talks from nature specialist Ajay Tegala at 2.30pm and 4pm

📍 Outside the Library of Birmingham
⏰ 11am–5pm, 31 May

🌈 We were proud to join thousands of people from across the city at Birmingham Pride on Saturday for the annual parade and festival. 🏳️‍🌈💜💛💚💙

There was plenty of colour, fun and smiling faces, and it was amazing to be part of such a positive celebration.

Thanks to everyone who marched, cheered and celebrated alongside us. What a day Birmingham! 🙌

National Trust in the Midlands

Coming soon! 📣

Sounds of Birmingham is a collaborative project led by Birmingham Music Archive, Birmingham City FC Foundation, National Trust and The Listening Planet, celebrating the city’s cultural and natural heritage through sound. Bringing together communities, musicians and Martyn Stewart’s extraordinary sound archive, the project will create new music that connects people to place and honours Martyn’s legacy in his home city.

🐦Volume One: The Birmingham Dawn Chorus🐦

Launching the project’s first chapter, The Dawn Chorus will explore the city's early-morning sounds - from parks and gardens to canals, streets and schools. Featuring archival and new recordings, community listening walks, school workshops, musician commissions and shared public moments, it will be an open invitation to listen, connect and co-create new music that celebrates Birmingham’s . 🌳🦆🎶



📸Rob Coleman