Church Open Days
12 Sep 2025 12:00PM — 21 Sep 2025 6:00PM
As part of Birmingham Heritage Week and the national Heritage Open Days 2025, St Alban's Church will be open for visitors on:
| Friday 12th September | Open 12 noon to 6:00 p.m. | |
| Saturday 13th September | Open 12 noon to 6:00 p.m. Talk 2:00 p.m. St Alban's Stained Glass Windows | |
| Sunday 14th September | Open 12 noon to 6:00 p.m. | |
| Monday 15th September | Open 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Talk 6:00 p.m. Founding St Alban’s: The Mission of the Pollock Brothers | |
| Tuesday 16th September | Closed | |
| Wednesday 17th September | Open 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Talk 6:00 p.m. Building Saint Alban the Martyr | |
| Thursday 18th September | Closed | |
| Friday 19th September | Open 12 noon to 8:00 p.m. Talk 6:00 p.m. The Bunce Altarpiece | |
| Saturday 20th September | Open 12 noon to 6:00 p.m. Talk 2:00 p.m. The Theology of the Pollock Brothers, Founders of St Alban’s Church | |
| Sunday 21st September | Open 12 noon to 6:00 p.m. |
St Alban’s is a Victorian Gothic Church opened in 1881, designed by John Loughborough Pearson, with spectacular stone vaulting.
A side chapel contains a fine Arts-and-Crafts altar piece by Birmingham artists Kate and Myra Bunce.
There are stained-glass windows by Henry Payne, Sidney Meteyard, John Hardman & Co., Morris & Co., Clayton & Bell, and Frank Albert Smallpiece.
You can look round with guide cards and leaflets or take a free guided tour (when a volunteer guide is available).
Free leaflets are available in the church for a heritage trail around the parish of 1.2, 1.6 or 2 miles (2, 2.6 or 3.2 km).
The main entrance is up steps from Stanhope Street, but step-free access to the church is available via a path beside the church from a gate on Stanhope Street.
There is wheelchair access to all internal areas except the choir and high altar. The Bunce altar piece is in an accessible side chapel.
Toilets are available (including a wheelchair-friendly one).
We hope to provide tea and coffee, if we have enough volunteers available.
There is no admission charge, but donations for church restoration or our organ fund are welcomed.
Visitors are also welcome to join our church services at 10:00 a.m. on each Sunday, but circulation around the church and photography are not allowed during the services.