Legoland Discovery Centre, Birmingham, for families
The Legoland Discovery Centre in Birmingham has troll-shooting rides, incredible miniature buildings and Lego-making workshops for kids.
Why visit the Legoland Discovery Centre in Birmingham?
The Legoland Discovery Centre in Birmingham is an interactive celebration of the world’s favourite building bricks. It kicks off with a giant Lego giraffe outside the front entrance, and continues inside with a mixture of rides, activities and impressive buildings and displays made from the plastic bricks.
The most impressive section for adults is Miniland, which is a mini-Birmingham built from hundreds of thousands of Lego bricks. The model of Birmingham Arena is made from 25,308 bricks, while the miniature Warwick Castle took 318 hours to build.
There are also Lego interpretations of Cadbury World, the Edgbaston cricket ground and a Black Sabbath concert.
Children, however, are more likely to enjoy the interactive sections of the Legoland Discovery Centre.
Legoland Discovery Centre with kids
The Legoland Discovery Centre in Birmingham is obviously primarily designed for children. There are a couple of rides that act as headliners – Merlin’s Apprentice is a spinning ride where you go higher if you pedal, while Kingdom Quest has children shooting trolls with laser guns as the carriage moves along a track.
There’s also a 4D cinema with rain effects, which is usually a winner for the little ones.
But the sections of the Legoland Discovery Centre that keep the family occupied for longest are the ones where children can build and create. These, naturally, include large buckets of Lego and Duplo where kids can create whatever’s in their imagination from scratch.
There are also creative workshops where staff take participants through building a Lego model step-by-step.
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The section of Birmingham’s Legoland Discovery Centre that families can really sink their teeth into and get competitive over, however, is Lego Racers: Build and Test.
This sees visitors build their own race car out of Lego, then let it loose on a speed test track, where it is timed with a stopclock. This leads to everyone repeatedly tweaking the designs of their car in a bid to go faster.
Infants, juniors or secondary?
Even older children who think they have outgrown Lego will find themselves getting back into it, but the Legoland Discovery Centre in Birmingham is ideal for five to eleven-year-olds.
Legoland Discovery Centre entry prices
Anytime entry tickets to the Legoland Discovery Centre in Birmingham cost £30. You’re better off going for the timed entry tickets, which vary in price according to date and demand.
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The official Legoland Discovery Centre site has much more variable pricing, but it can be cheaper, with certain timeslots costing from £18.
Prices were last checked and updated on 11 October 2024.
Full day, half day or a couple of hours?
If you do the workshop and the children sink their teeth into making their cars and assorted other models, a visit to the Legoland Discovery Centre in Birmingham can easily last half a day.
Attractions near the Legoland Discovery Centre
Nearby attractions in Birmingham that can be combined with a visit to the Legoland Discovery Centre include:
- The ThinkTank Science Museum.
- Cadbury World in Bourneville.
- The National Sea Life Centre.
Nearby cities
The Legoland Discovery Centre is in central Birmingham.
Other cities within a 90 minute drive of the Legoland Discovery Centre include Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester, Stoke-on-Trent, Nottingham, Derby, Coventry, Leicester, Lichfield and Milton Keynes.
Is it open on Mondays?
The Legoland Discovery Centre in Birmingham is open on Mondays. A teacher training day is a prime day to go here, as it can get very busy on weekends – particularly if the weather is ropey.
More information
For more information, visit the Legoland Discovery Centre website.
