Equator
A stylish lounge and restaurant bar that opened in 2002 in a former solarium, good for after-work drinks or a Saturday night. It hosts a trans social group on the first…
Hurst Street, Birmingham
The heart of the village: Glamorous Bar, Equator, Sidewalk, Medusa Lodge and the new Birmingham LGBT centre, with the Hippodrome at the top.
History
Street trees, wider pavements and new lighting came with the council's 2009 scheme.
Venues on Hurst Street
Glamorous Bar
A late-night venue next to the Hippodrome at the top of Hurst Street.
Sidewalk
A bar and restaurant over a basement and ground floor, on the site of the former Angel.
Medusa Lodge
An adult nightclub and lounge bar with a 1920s-style purple interior and burlesque, formerly Route 2.
Where it is
The village is in Southside, in Birmingham city centre beside the Chinese Quarter, centred on Hurst Street and running into Kent Street, Gooch Street and Sherlock Street. The Smallbrook Queensway section of the inner ring road forms its edge, and the Hippodrome theatre and Arcadian centre are next door.
More streets in the Gay Village
- Kent Street and Lower Essex Street: The Nightingale Club, the Village Inn (inside the Nightingale building) and The Fox.
- Gooch Street and Sherlock Street: Eden, reopened in 2025.
- Wrentham Street: The Fountain Inn, a bar with rooms.
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