Jewellery Quarter Pavement Trail

I love this. I used to work in the Jewellery Quarter and it took me ages to even realise the pavement trail was there — which is, perversely perhaps, one of the reasons that I love it. To me, it sums up a lot about the Jewellery Quarter — it’s the kind of place where, initially, there may not be all that much that meets the eye, but once you start looking properly and digging things out, amazing things come to the surface.
I suppose that, unless you spend a lot of time staring at your feet as you walk, you won’t necessarily realise this is here. Each aspect of the trail represents something about Birmingham’s history — particularly as regards manufacture, as you’d expect from this historic quarter. There are actually 2 trails: the Charm Bracelet Trail and the Findings Trail. Both incorporate art and sculpture integrated into the pavements of the Jewellery Quarter, and both are really fascinating.
Historical, understated and a bit quirkily creative — that kind of sums up this area of Birmingham, to me.

For a great way to explore the Jewellery Quarter and learn a bit about Birmingham’s history from wooden roller coasters, spitfire manufacturing and key dates, then following and looking out for the pavement trail is great fun. Whenever I’m walking to the Jewellery Quarter I always check them out no matter how many times I walk over them.
Admittedly I’ve marked the address for the pavement trail starting with the one at the Chamberlain Clock which is actually the last one listed on the trail but I have to admit that i’ve never observed or seen the key which is the start of the trail. So that is now my task to myself, i will find the key.
I urge you to check the pavement trail out as the first time I learned about the Hockley Flyer Roller coaster I was very excited by this discovery and it’s all thanks to this trail.