Birmingham Is Hiding Something Nobody Talks About

Birmingham Is Hiding Something Nobody Talks About Did you know that more than half of all the Spitfires ever built came out of one factory in Birmingham? Or that much of the city's tap water travels 73 miles from the mountains of Wales, downhill all the way, for a day and a half? How about a watermill on the edge of Birmingham that a little boy grew up beside, and later turned into the mill at Hobbiton? And that's before we get to what's under the city itself. Birmingham looks like the least mysterious place in England: motorways, shopping centres, concrete and canals, the city most people only pass through on the train. But under the ring roads is one of the strangest stories in Britain, and most of it hides in plain sight, where even Brummies walk straight past it. Today, we're counting down 30 facts that will change how you see Birmingham. Let's get into it.