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The Hive at New Standard Works

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The Hive is a community hub for Birmingham
We are located in a grade II listed historic building in the historic Jewellery Quarter. You can find us on the ground floor of the New Standard Works building in Vittoria Street. Formerly a jewellery manufactory, today you can eat at an award-winning vegetarian organic café, take part in craft workshops, enjoy exhibitions, events and connect with us in many different ways.

We are socially and environmentally responsible.
We run a vibrant inclusive community makers and heritage programme too, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

At the Hive we are proud to offer an inclusive and friendly welcome to all our visitors. We are socially enterprising. Groups and organisations regularly book our spaces which enables us to continue offering free and low cost activities.


Winner of a West Midlands Tourism Award 2020 in the category of Ethical, Environmental and Sustainable Tourism.
Winner of a GOLD Visit England Award for Excellence 2020

 


Detailed Information

Contacts:

Address:
The Hive, New Standard Works, 43-47 Vittoria Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B1 3ND

Tel. 07977 174750

Contact :


The Hive Website


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About New Standard Works:

We share the building with Argent College, a Ruskin Mill Trust specialist educational college for young people aged 16 – 25 with learning differences, which operates from the upper floors; including the roof where you’ll find the UK’s only bio-dynamically farmed rooftop garden. The tradition of craft and making in the building since 1879 continues today; the students are mastering the arts of jewellery, silversmithing, leatherwork, felting, catering, horticulture and candle making.

Until it was bought in 2014 by the sister educational charity Ruskin Mill Land Trust, the derelict Standard Works had been left empty and unused for over 28 years.  
The New Standard Works now comprises the Hive (including the café and bakery) and the Argent College.

Admission

  • FREE entry to all exhibitions and public spaces.
  • Tours of the complete building and onto the rooftop are available by special arrangement for groups outside college opening hours, and for the public on special event days. displays and colourful craft materials

Opening Hours

  • Tuesday to Friday 10am – 3.30pm
    CLOSED on

    Mondays, Saturdays, and Sundays

    Open all year round.

Average length of visit

  • 1-1+ hours to explore all exhibitions.
  • No pre-booking required to access the free heritage and art exhibitions.work area with table and displays Across the whole ground floor which includes the café, we can accommodate big tour groups. Tours of the whole building only available by special arrangement.


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  • At the Hive we have an award-winning organic café & bakery that makes 100% of our food fresh. The food we serve is healthy, affordable and 100% vegetarian. Vegan options are also available.

    We make every dish by hand and we change our menu monthly. There is no set cuisine, it is inspired by the produce in season. We get some supplied produce from our very own rooftop garden & micro-farm. It's wonderful being able to pick your own vegetables and herbs and look at the Jewellery Quarter skyline as you do so!


How to get here

  • Train: from Birmingham Snow Hill to the Jewellery Quarter (1 stop; the Jewellery Quarter station is just 300 metres (640 steps) from The Hive, New Standard Works).

  • Midland Metro tram to the Jewellery Quarter (Directions as above)

  • Bus: nos. 101 from the city centre stops in front of the building.

  • Car/coach: A41 Birmingham-Wolverhampton road, turn into Vyse Street approx. 1 mile from city centre. Continue to the Chamberlain Clock roundabout and turn left onto Warstone Lane, at the Rose Villa Tavern. Take the first right into Vittoria Street (one-way street). On street parking BEFORE the first road on the left (us); afterwards this is resident permit only parking. 

Disabled Visitors

  • Lift from street level (wheelchair access to all areas).
  • Two accessible toilets on ground floor.
We are working hard to make our heritage as accessible as possible. Please ask for large print versions of heritage display text. From 2019; films for all written text panels which includes British Sign Language, captions and audio.

Parking

  • Cars. Multi-storey pay-and-display car park in Vyse Street, approx. 200 m from the The Hive or on-street (2 hour limited stay).
  • Coaches. Set down/pick up only outside the building. One-bay coach space in Branston Street and Fleet Street

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