Be sure to visit the area’s top sightseeing spot, the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, which offers an insider’s look at the trade in the fascinating Smith & Pepper Factory. Also worth checking out is the nearby Hall of Memory opposite Baskerville House, erected in 1925 to commemorate the 14,000 city men who lost their lives in WWI, and St. Paul’s Square with its attractive church.

If time permits, be sure to pop over to the Pen Museum. Situated in the Jewellery Quarter’s old pen factory, this first-rate museum showcases the city’s former role as a hotbed of pen making along with the history of writing instruments.

A special treat is having the opportunity to make your own steel nib using the same machinery and techniques used in the 19th century. Also fun is the reproduction Victorian schoolroom, where guests can practice their penmanship using traditional quills.