What's On in Kings Heath
Birmingham is one of the UK's greenest cities & the youngest city in Europe with almost 40% of our population aged under 25.
We have more canals than Venice - Kings Heath is on the canal network, an easy way to walk or cycle into the city centre.
Kings Heath has a thriving High Street, village square, leafy parks, sporting facilities and a wealth of music venues, pubs, restaurants & cafés.
Apart from the regular chain stores on the High Street (Bonmarche, Boots, Burtons, Clarks, Costa Coffee, Dorothy Perkins, Greggs, New Look, Poundstretcher, Shoe Zone, Specsavers, WH Smiths), there are a host of independents:
Social & Entertainment
- All Saints Community Cafe B14 7RA
Café with live music
The best small music venue (pub) in the Midlands
Latin Dancing - Meet people & learn to SalsaSolihull & Birmingham centre
- MAC (Midlands Art Centre) B12 9QH
Alternative cinema, exhibitions, music, comedy, courses & bar
Eat & Drink
- Alicia's Micro Bakehouse B30 2JR
Pizzeria (independent)
Mediterranean tapas restaurant
- Cartlands B14 7TQ
Victorian tearooms in Kings Heath Park
- Fletchers B14 7SA
Café bar
Bar (independent) with cask ales
Real Ale & café bar
- Maison Mayci B14 7AD
French patisserie/ café
- Mezbaan B14 7AA
Bangladeshi dining & cocktails
- Rainbow B14 7BH
Cantonese restaurant
- Red Beer'd B30 3DJ
Micropub with cask ales
- Ristorante Veneziano B14 7JZ
Italian restaurant
- The Crown B14 6EN
Stonehouse pub with Pizza, carvery & cask ales
- The Old Court B14 7JZ
Pub food & sports coverage
- The Juke B14 7RZ
Café bar
Pub food, live music & sports coverage
- The Station B14 7BB
Traditional pub with food, cask ales, live music
- Wildcat B30 2JR
Micropub with cask ales
Balti Capital of the UK
Cardamon Kitchen, Kings Indian Balti, Mezbaan, Millenium Balti, Pangaea Spice Merchant, Pepe's Piri Piri, Poplar Balti, Punjabi Dhaba, Sylhet Spice
Takeaways - spoilt for choice . . .
Aroma Bakery, Big John's, Black Lab Café, Caspian Pizza, Chicken.com, Chillies Indian, Curry Garden, Dixy Chicken, Esme's Eats, Greggs, Happy Garden, HCF Chinese, Hi Tide, KFC, King Kebab, Mad Cup, Marino's Pizza, Masala Works, New Lotus, Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, Roma Bakery, Subway, What A Milkshake
Shops & Markets
- Asda B14 7BH
Main store, open 7am-11pm
- Celltech B14 7JZ
Mobile phone repairs (reasonably priced)
- Kings Heath Farmer's Market B14 7RA
Kings Heath Village Square, 1st Saturday of every month
- Kings Heath Food Assembly B14 7JZ
Collect your order from the Hare & Hounds every Tuesday
- MAC Food Market B12 9QH
Last Sunday in every month
- Tesco Express B14 6EB
5 minute walk, open 6am-11pm
- Sainsbury's B14 7PT
Main store, open 8am-9pm
Sports Clubs & Sports Stadiums
Gym, tennis, badmington (pay as you go)
Badmington, Martial Arts, Yoga
- Easygym B14 7SN
Gym
- Edgbaston Cricket Ground B5 7QU
Test cricket, events
- Golf Courses
Cocks Moors Woods, Fulford Heath, Hollywood, Kings Norton, Moseley, Robin Hood, Shirley . . .
- Gorilla Coffee Café B14 7LP
Bicycle workshop (highly rated) & café bar
Members only: Squash, Tennis, Hockey, Cricket, BowlsFresh food & CAMRA club of the yearNon Members: Classes (eg yoga, spin)
Beginners to marathoners/ ultra-runners
Yoga & spin
- Maurice Robinson B14 7RZ
Sports shop (tennis, badmington, squash)
- Moseley Rugby Club B13 0HN
Birmingham's premier rugby club
- Solihull Mountaineering Club B90 3PE
Mountaineering, rock climbing & hill walkingClub cottage (bunkhouse) in SnowdoniaIndoor climbing meets at Birmingham Bouldering,Creation Climbing, Depot Bouldering, Redpoint Climbing
Leisure Centres/Sports Club with Swimming Pools
Key ★★★ very clean - no need to wash hair after swimming
- Brittanic Park Apartments B13 8NQ ★★★
18m swimming pool, gym (Exclusive - residents/guests only)
21m swimming pool, Quiet
Wonderful Edwardian architecture (Grade 2* listed)
2nd 'Gala' pool has been emptied & is now used for craft workshops
- Sir Doug Ellis Woodcock Sports Centre B7 4BL ★★★
22m (25 yard) swimming pool, Quiet, Aston University owned
Wonderful Edwardian architecture (Grade 2 listed)
- Sparkhill Pool & Fitness Centre B11 4EA ★★★
25m swimming pool, Modern (2006)
- Sports Direct Fitness B14 7JG
18m swimming pool, gym (members only)
- Tudor Grange Leisure Centre B91 1NB ★★
25m swimming pool, separate diving pool with 3m platform
- Birmingham University Sport & Fitness B15 2TT ★★★
50m swimming pool (members/guests only)
Wild Swimming (Open Water)
Arrow Valley Lake (Redditch) B98 0LJ
Cliff Lakes (Tamworth) B78 2DL
Dosthill Quarry (Tamworth) B77 1LL
Droitwich Spa Lido (outdoor saltwater 40m pool) WR9 8AA
Spot On Wake (Henley-in-Arden) B95 6HJ