Places to visit

Thinktank - Museum of Science and Discovery

Thinktank
Millennium Point
Curzon Street
Birmingham B4 7XG

Tel: 0121 202 2222
Web: www.thinktank.ac.uk

Thinktank offers an extraordinary, fun-packed day out for all the family. From steam engines to intestines, this modern museum is home to over 200 hands-on displays...

Love your bus to go shopping

Summertime shopaholics won't be disappointed by what's on offer in and around Birmingham and the West Midlands:

• Bullring - shop 'til you drop in over 160 stores, including the iconic Selfridges department store. As part of an exciting calendar of summer events Bullring's iconic Bull

Love your bus for family days out at the park

Picnic in a different spot every weekend throughout the summer or try out great activities in Birmingham's (West Midlands' / Coventry's ?) many parks while saving money by travelling with National Express West Midlands Family Daysaver. 

• Sutton Park: This park is Birmingham's largest, covering 2,400

Shopping and more at Touchwood

Visit Touchwood for award winning shopping and entertainment located in the heart of Solihull.

• The only John Lewis store in the West Midlands
• Over 80 shops including French Connection, H&M, Mango and Gap
• Dining Terrace with a

Tesco Arena and Ricoh Arena

Buses to Tesco Arena

• Service 2 provides a link from Cheylesmore via the City Centre to the Tesco Arena site during the shopping period Monday to Fridays only. Buses leave the City every 24 minutes.
• Service 4 provides a link from Rugby Road/Eastern Bypass

Kenilworth Castle

Open all year round

• Castle Green,
• Kenilworth,
• Warwickshire CV8 1NE
• Telephone: 01926 852078

Admission: Visit their website for opening times and admission prices (free for English Heritage members).

Kenilworth Castle is the largest ruined castle in England, boasting an imposing Norman keep, Tudor gardens, John of Gaunt's Great Hall...

Coventry Canal Art Trail

Open all year round, visit the award winning Coventry Canal Art Trail, 5 miles of art, the longest waterside art gallery in Britain.

There are access points at Coventry Canal Basin and various bridges along the route:

• Coventry Canal Basin,
• Nicholas Street /

Coventry Transport Museum

Coventry Transport Museum, Millennium Place, Hales Street, Coventry, CV1 1PN

Tel: 024 7623 4270
www.transport-museum.com

The largest collection of British Road Transport in the world with 240 cars and commercial vehicles, over 200 cycles and 100 motorcycles. There are loads of hands on activities and...

Summer Days Out

There are so many great reasons to travel by bus - we wanted to share our bus travel secrets with you!

Theme parks by bus

Once again National Express West Midlands is offering popular day trips to two of the regions biggest Theme Parks - Alton Towers Resort and Drayton Manor Theme Park.

When can I go? 

Our trips run on the Sunday and Monday of the Easter, Mayday and...