It is coming up to the most wonderful time of the year and Birmingham’s iconic Mailbox is ready for the festive season. I headed along yesterday to explore and wanted to share my experience with you to inspire you to visit this Christmas Time. As you enter the Mailbox you are greeted with twinkly Christmas…
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Halloween Events in the Midlands for Adults 2022
Halloween is not just for the kids these days, companies are going all out with some fabulous creations to scare and excite adults too. Immersive experiences, mazes, club nights. Whatever floats your boat (“we all float down here”… okay, enough of the Horror Film references, right?). Browse our list of events in the Midlands and…
Bluebells in the Midlands
A guide to the best places to see Bluebells in the Midlands
Buy in 2 Warwick Trail
If you follow me on Instagram @smallhousebigtrips you may remember that we visited Warwick last month to take part in the Buy in 2 Warwick Trail. The trail is FREE to take part and you can pop into Warwick Visitor Centre located in The Court House to pick up the itinerary from the lovely members…
Easter Events 2022
Welcome to our Midlands based Easter Guide. Perfect for if you are trying to decide what to do this Easter? Take a look through this post to find lots of exciting things to do. Let us know of any more that we may have missed and please do tag us in your posts on social…
Things to do in the West Midlands in 2022
A paid collaboration with National Express West Midlands. Another year is here and living in the West Midlands has never been better. A wealth of attractions, places to visit and events that people will travel far and wide to see; including Birmingham Commonwealth Games and Coventry City of Culture events. There is going to be…
Top 24 Annual Passes
It is that time of year where either a) family ask what you would like for Christmas or b) you’re trying hard to think of what to get people. As time goes by, more and more people realise how important experiences and memories of days out are, so we at Small House Big Trips thought…
10 Easter Half Term Ideas
The Easter Holidays in Birmingham and the Black Country are here and it’s time to plan what we are going to do with the children for Week 1 (5th – 11th April 2021). Here are 10 SmallHouseBigTrips ideas. 4 to do at home and 6 to do outside. Let us know any other great ideas…
PYO Pumpkin Midlands Guide
Halloween is getting more and more American-like in the UK as the years go by and being a huge Autumn and Halloween fan myself, I thought a post detailing the best places to visit in 2020 to pick your pumpkins was a must! As more information comes in about the individual places, we will update…