*Visits to the Birmingham Back to Backs houses are by guided tour only and must be booked in advance. Accessible ground floor tours are also available. Please book your visit through the website.* …
*Visits to the Birmingham Back to Backs houses are by guided tour only and must be booked in advance. Accessible ground floor tours are also available. Please book your visit through the website.* Experience 200 years of working people's lives in the heart of the city. An atmospheric glimpse into the lives of the ordinary people who helped make Birmingham an extraordinary city. On a fascinating guided tour, step back in time at Birmingham's last surviving court of back to backs; houses built literally back-to-back around a communal courtyard. Moving from the 1840s through to the 1970s, discover the lives of some of the former residents who crammed into these small houses to live and work. The Birmingham Back to Backs are cared for by the National Trust. Please note, the houses have steep winding staircases. A ground floor only tour is also available which is accessible by wheelchair.
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Mar 26, 2025
I'd waited several years to visit, and was not disappointed! As you walk through the entry into the Courtyard and see the houses you really are stepping back in time. As someone with Birmingham gene…Full review by juliedC6229YU
Mar 25, 2025
I'd been really looking to visiting the Back to Backs and they didn't disappoint. Fascinating place where you could really get a feel for how the residents lived. Our guide Jeff brought it all to lif…Full review by JennyWren08
Mar 23, 2025
We greatly enjoyed our long-awaited visit to the Birmingham Back to Backs. Our guide, Jeff Williams, was full of anecdotes about the former occupants and their way of life, and was more than happy to…Full review by HeyNonnyMouse
Hello. Are these tours available every day? I can only see availability on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Thanks
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Hi Ceci C, sorry for the delayed response. We're closed on Mondays, but our tours run Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and all day Thursday-Sunday. All visits to the …
Hi Ceci C, sorry for the delayed response. We're closed on Mondays, but our tours run Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and all day Thursday-Sunday. All visits to the Back to Backs must be booked in advance and are by guided tour only.
Hi, how much of the tour is indoor vs outdoor? Planning our very rainy days visit ! Thankyou
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Hi Jodie, yes only a small amount of the tour is outdoors. We normally start just over the road opposite the houses, but if it's very rainy tour guides will do this elsewhere or move on …
Hi Jodie, yes only a small amount of the tour is outdoors. We normally start just over the road opposite the houses, but if it's very rainy tour guides will do this elsewhere or move on quickly! A brolly/raincoat is recommended for the short outside sections. The majority of the 90 minute tour is inside, probably only 10-15 minutes outside.
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If you’re looking for residential National Trust rental properties that are currently available in England and Wales, please visit the National Trust pages on rightmove.co.uk.
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