Tag: Birmingham

  • AFOL Nights schedule revealed for LEGOLAND Discovery Centres

    AFOL Nights schedule revealed for LEGOLAND Discovery Centres

    The LEGOLAND Discovery Centres in Birmingham and Manchester have revealed their upcoming AFOL Nights schedule for 2022. With 2022 now in full swing, both LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Birmingham and Manchester have announced when their AFOL Nights will be taking place. Each centre is set to hold monthly events on different dates, with each night having…

  • LEGO CITY, Friends, VIDIYO and DOTS to tour UK

    LEGO CITY, Friends, VIDIYO and DOTS to tour UK

    A new LEGO event has been announced for touring in the UK that will bring CITY, VIDIYO, DOTS and Friends-themed activities completely free of charge. The LEGO Pop & Play Tour is about to start a UK road trip to shopping centres across the region with a 30-minute experience based on four LEGO themes –…

  • A new university course is using LEGO to shape the future of smart cities

    A new university course is using LEGO to shape the future of smart cities

    A new university course offered by Birmingham City University is among the first in the world to use LEGO in its teachings of smart city development. The new, short university course titled ‘Co-developing a real Smart City: planning for future of living’ will offer partakers a chance to learn how smart cities are developed, all…

  • LEGO stores coming to Southampton, Birmingham

    LEGO stores coming to Southampton, Birmingham

    The LEGO Group has announced that two new LEGO stores will be opening in the UK before Christmas, in Birmingham and Southampton. The 14 LEGO stores currently open in the UK are set to be joined by two more before 2019 is through. In Southampton, a store is due to be opened in the West…

  • First hints at the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Birmingham

    First hints at the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Birmingham

    The LEGOLAND Discovery Centre is coming to Birmingham, and the first artist impressions of the attraction have been revealed. Fans will be familiar with the indoor LEGO attraction for children, with the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre opening in Birmingham next Summer. It is only the second of the venues to open in the UK, with…

  • LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Birmingham set to open in 2018

    LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Birmingham set to open in 2018

    The new Birmingham-based LEGOLAND Discovery Centre, only the second to be located in the UK, is scheduled to open in 2018. The Barclay Card Arena in Birmingham will house the new LEGOLAND experience, which as with the rest of the worldwide attractions, will be operated by Merlin Entertainments. It is seen as a boon to…

  • Brick giraffes at the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Birmingham

    Brick giraffes at the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Birmingham

    Planning permission has been requested for two huge LEGO giraffes to be installed at the new LEGOLAND Discovery Centre that is coming to Birmingham. The old Barclaycard Arena will be the home to the new attraction, with the two giraffes making for a suitably impressive entrance in a similar way to the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre…

  • Brick Live 2016 Event Report

    Brick Live 2016 Event Report

    The UK’s biggest LEGO show returned to Birmingham at the NEC last weekend for another four days of fan exhibitions, merchandise stands and interactive entertainment. For newbies to Brick Live, there was plenty of fun to keep visitors enthralled for a day or so – but for returning guests, it was very much a case…

  • Largest ever caravan made from LEGO® unveiled at the Motorhome & Caravan Show

    Largest ever caravan made from LEGO® unveiled at the Motorhome & Caravan Show

    The world’s largest caravan built with interlocking plastic LEGO bricks has been unveiled today at the Motorhome & Caravan Show 2015 to celebrate 130 years of leisure caravanning this year. The LEGO brick caravan was certified the world’s largest by an official Guinness World Records adjudicator with celebrities Carl ‘Foggy’ Fogarty and Matt Baker laying…

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