Versitile building. Served well by local tranpsort. Good…read morerooms for hire, church, cafe and a separate counselling centre.

I have been to Carrs Lane Church on more than one occasion for work training sessions…read more It's location is very convenient for me as I was familiar with the bulding but had never entered it. The Church provides a large hall and smaller conference type rooms and catering was part of the deal. The service was friendly and the conference room was ample. The larger congregation room was full when I visited and a band played with full PA. Best seats in the house were up on the balcony!

If the community of the Jewellery Quarter was a human body, St Paul's Church would be it's beating…read moreheart. It's one of the most picturesque places in the Quarter and really worth a visit if you've never popped in before. The church is overseen by the lovely and eccentric Vicar Mary (who's love of Craft and Film is something to behold). It really is a lovely place to have a wander around, even if you're not in the least bit religious. Honestly, I can vouch that I have been in several times and have never even been singed (it was a relief not to burst into flames). As one of the more hospitable green spaces in the Centre of Birmingham, over summer it's a haven for picknickers, lunch-timers and readers. Over the winter, it's a magnet for sledgers and intrepid snowman makers. As well as Churchy-things, the building has been used for a multitude of cool events. Did you know Elbow hosted a super secret gig in the catacombs a couple of years ago? I have been to Jameson's events, Film screenings and live music based events here. It's well worth keeping an eye on the noticeboards as you pop by, you never know what the Vicar has up her sleeves!

I'm not a church-goer, nor am I religious - but I absolutely love the architecture of churches and…read morereligious buildings, and I love the ambience and calm that descends whenever I am in one. St Paul's has taken a surprising and progressive approach to business by expanding their reach to include operating as a music venue - presumably to carefully handpicked acts only. I've been fortunate enough to see Laura Marling and Lisa Hannigan play gigs here, and both of them suited the venue perfectly. The vaulted ceilings carry their voices clearly across pews and pews of fans, and the acoustics meant the instruments all sounded crystal clear. I'm sure more performers will start seeing churches as an alternative venue to perform in (particularly if they're acoustic and/or folk) though I really can't see any loud heavy metal being performed here!

I wouldn't recommend Emmanuel church to anyone...I visited it once but never ever again...don't…read morebother with this church...Sutton Coldfield has way better churches...the best been Sutton Coldfield Baptist church.

One of the smallest cathedrals in the country apparently. Still quite big actually. It's called St…read morePhillips cathedral. It's a barque church. Queen Elizabeth has been here. It has a lot of greenery and benches around it, right in the city centre. Nice place to relax, but always remember going to church doesn't make you religious any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

Birmingham Cathedral is an impressive Cathedral in the Snowhill area of Birmingham, it is fairly…read moreclose to the train station on Colmore Row. Also referred to as St Philip's Cathedral, it was built over 15 years starting in 1710 and is also surrounded by some nice gardens where there are benches, although the benches could have been better maintained in terms of appearance (paint, cleanliness etc) I was surprised to hear this is the third smallest cathedral in England - with only Derby and Chelmsford being smaller, but it still carries about that charm and grand structure so it does look good within the city and it's surrounding gardens, with even some information about the Cathedral too. It did suffer bombings during the second world war but was restored its current condition shortly after. A small but stunning church in the city centre of Birmingham, and one of my favourite Cathedrals in the UK despite it being one of the smallest. 4*

Great Church! God is on the move…read more Prayer is central Kids work is awesome! Londonderry is a growing church with a vision to reach the lost. Vision of the Church.... build a bigger lifeboat (extend church). Plant churches from here to the coast, then into Europe and the world. Jesus at the centre of it all!!!

RIverside Church is a great, friendly, local church that I have been attending pretty much since I…read morearrived in Birmingham 15 years ago. The thing that attracted me to it initially was the fact that it was full of people my age, rather than just being old grannies. Not that there is anything wrong with old grannies - it's just nice to meet people you can connect with who are at a similar life stage to you. It meets in a school (Queensbridge) - which is good for people who are a bit scared of church buildings, but has a building on the Alcester Road in Moseley, which can also be hired out for events, and their performing arts training school runs from there. Riverside has a good outward-looking, community ethos: running various stay & play groups, youth groups, sports groups and courses so there's plenty to get stuck into during the week - it's not all about sitting on pews on Sundays.

I got married here, many years ago and on a rare visit to the UK I attend a Baptism am delighted to…read morereacquaint myself with Holy Trinity. It's an older church but very well maintained with off street parking and many choices for masses. Fr. Michael is currently the Parish Priest and and nicer, more Holy gentleman you'd probably never meet.

OK, it's not really a square, neither is it a shop, restaurant, bar etc, etc. But I think it adds…read morequite a bit to the local flavour of Kings Heath. I don't mean the centre here either. In my view, we've been needing something like this locally for years. Kings Heath is bucking the trend and has a thriving local high street with a great number of independent local shops. What it didn't have was somewhere to 'hang out'. I don't mean a place for locals to sit and consume cheap booze, I mean a space that welcomes the whole community and provides a place to sit and enjoy the surrounding space in safety. If you haven't actually checked it out properly. Please do take a moment to sit on one of the benches. Take a look at the maze, encourage you're children to give it a try, or to put their hands in the little water fountains, or just do it yourself. It's a lovely spot to take a moment from the shopping or just stop off on your journey home. I'm not in any way religious, but our local space is a much nicer place to be now that the All Saints project has been finished, so thank you to all those involved.

This space was previously a grassy church yard to All Saints church, with a knee-high wall around…read moreit. The idea came up of developing the space to turn it into a public square, like a suburban version of a village green. The area is functional and pretty. There is a central maze that kids can navigate while mum catches a breather. Sturdy and eye-pleasing seats surround the square, and there is a group of them huddled together where schoolkids can catch up on gossip. The existing gravestones have been sensitively incorporated into the design. The centre piece is a two dimensional maze where you can read calming words of wisdom and inspiration as you make your way to the centre. On the sunny evening that I went there with a group of 7-10 year olds, the space had a somewhat Mediterranean feel. A dark haired man lay with his eyes closed on one of the seats. A pretty woman waited for her date. He arrived on a bicycle and they strolled off. Over-weight teenagers ate chicken and chips out of polystyrene containers. And the kids who were meant to be making crayon rubbings of the mosaics, gravestones and words of wisdom at ground level, splashed around in the bubbly fountains getting soaking wet. Even though it's been there for quite a while, this was the first time that I'd been to the square. It presents itself as a place to take time out, so I'll make time to do just that sometime soon.