Concessions available to adult carers when accompanying cared for

Public Swimming Pools

Tudor Grange Leisure Centre  Carer is free Blossomfield Road, Cared for 90p at public Solihull, B91 1NB  swimming times

Tel: 0121 705 6371 NOTE: Carer DOES NOT Website: need to attend with Cared- www.leisurecentre.com/centres/56/home/Tudor- For to access the free Grange-Sports-Centre.aspx swimming.

North Solihull Sports Centre  Carer is free Conway Road, Cared for 90p at public Chelmsley Wood, B37 5LA  swimming times

Tel: 0121 770 3822 NOTE: Carer DOES NOT Website: need to attend with Cared- www.leisurecentre.com/centres/37/home/North- For to access the free Solihull-Sports-Centre.aspx swimming.

Fox Hollies Leisure Centre Shirley Road, Acocks Green B27 7NS

Carer needs to buy a Tel: 0121 464 4112 ‘Passport for Leisure Card’ Website: www..gov.uk

Follow links for Leisure and Tourism Cinemas, Theatres and Concert Halls

There are several cinemas in the region including Carer is free if accompanying Cineworld, Odeon, Star City, IMAX cared for with a Cinema Exhibitors' Association Card (CAE). CAE costs £5.50 and can be applied for with proof of DLA via their website : www.ceacard.co.uk

Birmingham Alexandra Theatre Station Street, Birmingham B5 4DS Carer is free

Tel: 0844 871 3011

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Website: www.alexandratheatre.org.uk

Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Hurst St, Southside, Birmingham B5 4TB Carer is free

Additional cared for visitor Tel: 0844 338 5000 gets £5 discount Website: www.birminghamhippodrome.com

Birmingham Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EP

Carer is free Tel: 0121 245 2000 Website: www.birmingham-rep.co.uk

Birmingham Symphony and Town Halls Symphony Hall Broad Street Birmingham B1 2EA For CBSO concerts, carer

and cared for are half price. Town Hall

Victoria Square All other concerts need to be Birmingham B3 3DQ checked individually.

Tel: 0121 644 5198 Website: www.thsh.co.uk mac Birmingham Carer is free. Cannon Hill, Park, Birmingham B12 9QH NB: Cared for must show

they are in receipt of DLA or Tel: 0121 446 3232 Attendance Allowance Website: www.macarts.co.uk Solihull Arts Complex Homer Road, Solihull B91 3RG Carer is free if accompanying Tel: 0121 704 6962 a registered disabled or blind person Website: www.solihull.gov.uk/artscomplex

Stratford Royal Shakespeare Theatre Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BB Concessions vary with performances - phone for Tel: 0844 800 1110 details Website: www.rsc.org.uk Charity No 1092613 Registered in England 4378042 2

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The 20 Sheepcote Street, , Birmingham B16 8AE Carer is half price Tel: 0121 643 5858 Website: www.crescent-theatre.co.uk

The Theatre Station Street, Birmingham B5 4DY Carer is free if accompanying Tel: 0121 605 5116 a wheelchair user Website: www.oldreptheatre.org.uk

Museums and Galleries Trinity Road, Aston, Birmingham B6 6JD

Carer is free Tel: 0121 675 4722 Cared for £3 Website: www.bmag.org.uk/aston-hall

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3DH

Tel: 0121 303 1966 Entry is free to all, but some Website: www.bmag.org.uk/birmingham- exhibitions charge museum

Blakesley Hall Blakesley Road, Yardley, Birmingham B25 8RN

Carer is free Tel: 0121 464 2193 Cared for £3 Website: www.bmag.org.uk/blakesley-hall

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Ikon Gallery 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham B1 2HS Entry is free to all Tel: 0121 248 0708 Website: www.ikon-gallery.co.uk

Museum of the Jewellery Quarter 75-79 Vyse Street, Hockley, Birmingham B18 6HA Carer is free Tel: 0121 554 3598 Cared for £3 Website: www.bmag.org.uk/museum-of-the- jewellery-quarter

Sarehole Mill Cole Bank Road, Hall Green, Birmingham B13 0BD Carer is free Cared for £3 Tel: 0121 777 6612 Website: www.bmag.org.uk/sarehole-mill Soho Avenue (off Soho Road), Handsworth, Birmingham B18 5LB Carer is free

Cared for £3 Tel: 0121 554 9122 Website: www.bmag.org.uk/soho-house

Gardens and National Trust

Baddesley Clinton National Trust Rising Lane, Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire B93 0DQ

Carer is free Tel: 01564 783 294 Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w- baddesleyclinton

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Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3TR Carers and disabled visitors £4.75

each Tel: 0121 454 1860 Website: www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk

Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Carer is free Chester Road, Castle Bromwich, (showing ID is advised) Birmingham B36 9BT

Tel: 0121 749 4100 Website: www.cbhgt.org.uk

Ryton Organic Gardens Garden Organic, Coventry CV8 3LG Carer is free when accompanying Tel: 024 7630 3517 a disabled visitor Website: www.gardenorganic.org.uk

Other Visitor Attractions

Black Country Living Museum Tipton Road, Dudley, DY1 4SQ

Carer is free Tel: 0121 557 9643 Website: www.bclm.co.uk

Cadbury World Cadbury World, Linden Road, Bourneville, Birmingham, B30 2LU Carer and cared for get concessionary price Tel: 0844 880 7667 Website: www.cadburyworld.co.uk

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Drayton Manor Family Theme Park near Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3TW

Carer gets concessionary price Tel: 0844 472 1950 Website: www.draytonmanor.co.uk

Dudley Zoological Gardens 2 The Broadway, Dudley DY1 4QB Carer is free if accompanying a Tel: 0844 474 2272 disabled visitor Website: www.dudleyzoo.org.uk

Hatton Farm Village Dark Lane, Hatton, Warwick, CV35 8XA Carer is free if accompanying a disabled visitor. Tel: 01926 843 411 Reduced rate for disabled visitors – Website: www.hattonworld.com/farmvillage please call for details.

National SEA LIFE Centre 3 Brindley Place, Birmingham B1 2HL Carer £5 Tel: 0871 423 2110 Disabled concession £17.40 Website: www.visitsealife.com/birmingham

Thinktank, Planetarium Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG Carer is free Tel: 0121 202 2222 Website: www.thinktank.ac

Other Visitor Attractions

Twycross Zoo Burton Road, Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9 3PX Carer is free if accompanying cared

for with special needs Tel: 0844 474 1777 Website: www.twycrosszoo.org/home.aspx

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Carer and cared for £10.60 if Warwick Castle booked in advance. Warwick CV34 4QU On the day: from £10.50 Cared for needs to show proof of Tel: 0871 222 6688 disability. Website: www.warwick-castle.co.uk NB: many areas inaccessible to wheelchairs Alwold Road, Weoley Castle, Birmingham B29

Entry is free to all Tel: 0121 464 2193 Website: www.bmag.org.uk/weoley-castle

West Midland Safari Park, Spring Grove, Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 1LF Carer is free when travelling with a Tel: 01299 402114 blue badge holder Website: www.wmsp.co.uk

Carers Trust Solihull The Carers Centre Solihull Fire Station Annexe 620 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B91 1QY

Tel: 0121 788 1143 Email: [email protected] Web: www.solihullcarers.org

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