Must-see shopping in Birmingham

  • Great Western Arcade

    Birmingham

    Topped with a glass roof, this tile-floored Victorian-era arcade is a jewel filled with mostly independent shops.

  • Mailbox

    Birmingham

    Birmingham's stylish canal-side shopping experience, the redevelopment of the former Royal Mail sorting office, comes complete with designer hotels, a…

  • Swordfish Records

    Birmingham

    A Birmingham institution, this independent record shop down a tiny backstreet brims with new and secondhand vinyl (and some CDs), including its own label…

  • Bullring

    Birmingham

    Split into two vast retail spaces – the East Mall and West Mall – the Bullring has all the international brands and chain cafes you could ask for, plus…

  • Grand Central Birmingham

    Birmingham

    Atop the revitalised New St station, the gleaming Grand Central Birmingham shopping mall is anchored by a massive John Lewis department store.

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