Yeah it’s small, but Tamworth has a lot to offer

Tamworth – the small town you have to explain as “just outside of Birmingham” because nobody really knows where it is. But we don’t care whether or not people have heard of it, because there’s so much about the town which makes it our home.

You’ll never have nothing to do

Whether it’s a visit to the famous Drayton Manor, the Snowdome or the bowling alley, there’s something for everyone here (despite the prices that’ll break the bank). For a little town though, there’s a lot you can do, except if you live here because once you’ve visited them once, you don’t really visit them again. So it’s pretty boring for the locals.

You’ll end up telling people ‘it’s near Birmingham’ because you can’t be bothered to explain 

Everyone from Tamworth knows the struggle of no-one actually knowing where Tamworth is. This leads to us all having to say “it’s near Birmingham” whenever we tell someone where we’re actually from.

The one and only Kuda

Everyone in Tamworth either hits Kuda (with the added bonus of Vinyl) on a Friday or Saturday night and that’s because there’s nowhere else to go. Ignoring the people from your school years you’d thought you’d escaped forever, we still love it and it can actually be a sick night out.

A day at the Beach seems like an imagination

Everyone from Tamworth understands the struggle from being nowhere near the beach. We’re that far away from the beach that people actually resorted to creating fake beaches. The Midlands has fake beaches, we’re just sick like that.

We’re quite historical

Us Tamworth locals may moan about the place, but once upon a time we were actually the centre of excellence. The one and only Sir Robert Peel educated and raised in Tamworth served as the Conservative Prime Minister, twice! He also created the Metropolitan Police as well. Pretty nifty for such a small town so we even have a fancy statue of him now.

We were once the capital

Ok, ok, not quite the capital of England but once upon a time we were the Capital of Mercia, the fancy Anglo-Saxon capital. Not quite London with a big wheel but at least we tried.

We love pork

Tamworth (well actually Staffordshire as a whole) is famous for its Packington Pig farm that supplies meat all over the place. We’re that proud of this that local communities all designed pigs and they’re (literally) all over the town.

Despite the fun activities Tamworth has to offer and the fact that it’s pretty historical, we are famous for the wrong reasons. In 2013 we were (shamefully) crowned the fattest town in the UK. However since then, Copeland in Cumbria have taken over (soz Northeners).

Tamworth may seem less than desirable for the people that live here because it’s so small, but for people visiting it’s actually quite exciting. And at least we’ve got a bit of famous historical culture about us as well. We (secretly) love you Tamworth!