Birmingham Back to Backs Candlelit Tour

Enjoy a tour of the Birmingham Back to Backs in the atmospheric glow of candlelight! This unique tour is a great way to discover Birmingham's industrial and working-class history.

As the nights draw in, come and experience Back to Backs by candlelight and hear the stories of the extraordinary lives of the ordinary people who called Court 15 home for over 200 years. To help keep you warm on these cold autumn nights, tea and cake will also be served in one of the houses.

About Back to Backs:

On a fascinating guided tour, step back in time at Birmingham's last surviving court of Back to Backs; houses built literally back-to-back around a communal courtyard.

The Birmingham Back to Backs, once known as Court 15, is the last surviving court of houses that once dominated cities in the Midlands. People from around the world came to live and work side-by-side in these houses, and these tours reveal the history of the working classes of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Moving from the 1840s through to the 1970s, discover the lives of some of the former residents who crammed into these tiny houses to live and work. With fires alight in the grates, and sounds and smells from the past, experience an evocative and intimate insight into life at the Back to Backs.

• Meeting point: Back to Backs bookshop
• What to bring and wear: Please wear warm and comfortable clothing, some of the tour takes place outside
• Accessibility: There are eight flights of steep, narrow stairs in the houses- please make your host aware of any access requirements