Soho House, Birmingham

Name: Soho House
Address: 5 Soho Avenue, Birmingham, B18 5LB, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 121 348 8150

#89 among attractions in Birmingham

Museum, History museum, Specialty museum, Historical place

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Facts and practical information

Soho House is a museum run by Birmingham Museums Trust, celebrating Matthew Boulton's life, his partnership with James Watt, his membership of the Lunar Society of Birmingham and his contribution to the Midlands Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. It is a Grade II* listed 18th-century house in Handsworth, part of Birmingham since 1911, but historically in the county of Staffordshire. It was the home of entrepreneur Matthew Boulton from 1766 until his death in 1809, and a regular meeting-place of the Lunar Society. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1756 (268 years ago)Coordinates: 52°29'59"N, 1°55'22"W

Address

5 Soho AvenueSohoBirmingham B18 5LB United Kingdom

Contact

+44 121 348 8150

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Soho House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, Handsworth Park, St Mary's Church, Key Hill Cemetery.

0.8 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham
20 min walk • The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter is a museum at 75-79 Vyse Street in Hockley, Birmingham, England. It is one of the nine museums run by the Birmingham Museums Trust, the largest independent museums trust in the United Kingdom.
0.7 miN
Park
Handsworth Park, Birmingham
18 min walk • Handsworth Park is a park in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, England. It lies 15 minutes by bus from the centre of Birmingham and comprises 63 acres of landscaped grass slopes, including a large boating lake and a smaller pond fed by the Farcroft and Grove Brooks, flower...
0.8 miN
Church
St Mary's Church, Birmingham
20 min walk • St Mary's Church, Handsworth, also known as Handsworth Old Church, is a Grade II* listed Anglican church in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. Its ten-acre grounds are contiguous with Handsworth Park. It lies just off the Birmingham Outer Circle, and south of a cutting housing the site of the former Handsworth Wood railway station.
0.7 miSE
Cemetery
Key Hill Cemetery, Birmingham
18 min walk • Key Hill Cemetery, originally called Birmingham General Cemetery, is a cemetery in Hockley, Birmingham, England. It opened in 1836 as a nondenominational cemetery, and is the oldest cemetery, not being in a churchyard, in Birmingham.
0.7 miW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Bishop Latimer Memorial Church, Birmingham
19 min walk • Bishop Latimer Memorial Church, Winson Green is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Winson Green, Birmingham.
0.9 miSE
Neighbourhood
Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham
24 min walk • The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, UK, in the north-western area of Birmingham City Centre, with a population of around 19,000 people in a 1.07-square-kilometre area.
~810 ftNW
Memorial
Guru Nanak Nishkam Sevak Jatha, Birmingham
4 min walk • The Gurdwara Sahib is a Sikh place of worship or Gurdwara in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. It was built in the late 1970s under the spiritual guidance of Puran Singh and the leadership of Norang Singh. The Spiritual leadership of the jatha is now continued through the vision of Mohinder Singh.
1 miSE
Tower
Chamberlain Clock, Birmingham
25 min walk • The Chamberlain Clock is an Edwardian, cast-iron, clock tower in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England. It was erected in 1903 to mark Joseph Chamberlain's tour of South Africa between 26 December 1902 and 25 February 1903, after the end of the Second Boer War.
0.8 miSW
Museum
Centre of the Earth, Birmingham
20 min walk • The Centre of the Earth is a purpose-built environmental education centre in Birmingham, England, run by the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country.
0.9 miSE
Cemetery
Warstone Lane Cemetery, Birmingham
22 min walk • Warstone Lane Cemetery, also called Brookfields Cemetery, Church of England Cemetery, or Mint Cemetery, is a cemetery dating from 1847 in Birmingham, England. It is one of two cemeteries in the city's Jewellery Quarter, in Hockley. It is no longer open to new burials.
0.9 miS
Church
St Peter's Church, Birmingham
24 min walk • St Peter's Church, Spring Hill is a Grade B listed former Church of England parish church in Birmingham.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

When is Soho House open?

Soho House is open:

Monday closed
Tuesday closed
Wednesday 11 am - 4 pm
Thursday 11 am - 4 pm
Friday closed
Saturday closed
Sunday closed

Which popular attractions are close to Soho House?

Nearby attractions include St Michael's Church, Birmingham (2 min walk), Guru Nanak Nishkam Sevak Jatha, Birmingham (4 min walk), St Francis of Assisi Church, Birmingham (8 min walk), St Mary's Convent, Birmingham (9 min walk).

How to get to Soho House by public transport?

The nearest stations to Soho House:

Tram

Soho, Benson Road • Lines: 1 (10 min walk)
Winson Green, Outer Circle • Lines: 1 (18 min walk)

Bus

Boulton Rd / Soho Rd • Lines: Sb (18 min walk)
Sl1 • Lines: 7 (33 min walk)

Train

Jewellery Quarter (21 min walk)
Birmingham Snow Hill (37 min walk)