Birmingham, West Midlands

“An extraordinary jewel of a city” US

President, Bill Clinton

The West Midlands

Population: 5.6 millionWorkforce: 2.5 millionStudents: 165,000Football Clubs: 6 (2 Premier league)

Jobs/ work places: 1.7 millionUniversities: 6Theatres: 10

Birmingham

• Regional capital of the West Midlands • At the heart of the UK’s communications

network• 42,000 companies• Europe's largest city centre retail

regeneration scheme, Bullring• Four universities with over 63,000

students

Around Birmingham

• Stratford-upon-Avon• Oxford• The Cotswolds• Warwick

Birmingham hasmore miles of canal than Venice

Famous People from the

West Midlands• Ozzy Osborne• John Ronald Reuel (J.R.R.) Tolkien • William Shakespeare • Slade• Samuel Johnson• Charles Darwin • Sir Alfred Frederick Bird

We look forward to seeing you soon!