The Jewellery Quarter is within walking distance of Birmingham city centre. For over 200 years jewellery manufacturers have operated from this area of the city. The area is now a tourist attraction in its own right.

As you walk through the side streets many of the traditional craftsmen's workshops will look much the same as they did in the nineteenth century. However, this is not a museum. This is a living and thriving business community. Jewellery is still produced here and indeed sold to the general public as well as the trade. The shops in the Jewellery Quarter offer a wide selection of classical jewellery, often at prices far less than in the high street stores. After all, it is made here.

The jewellery industry by it nature has always tended to congregate in a central area. The process of manufacture and requirement for a variety of skills is one reason why traders prefer to work in the same locality in this close knit community.

If you are interested in taking a tour round a real working example of jewellery in the making and the history of the jewellery quarter you might like to take a look at the Discovery Centre.

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