Entrance to LEGOLAND Discovery Centre with colourful LEGO brick-style walls, yellow railings, and a glass door labelled "ADMISSIONS." Reflections and visitors are visible through the glass. The adjacent building has red trim and large windows.
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LEGOLAND Discovery Center Birmingham – Our Very First Visit.

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LEGOLAND Discovery Center Birmingham.
Our Very First Visit.

The entrance to a LEGOLAND Discovery Centre, styled with colourful LEGO brick designs around the door and windows. A red sign above the door reads “LEGOLAND Discovery Centre ADMISSIONS.” Glass walls reflect nearby buildings, and yellow railings line the entrance.
With two very excited children in tow, this morning, we headed into the City Centre to visit the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre which we’ve been dying to visit since it opened up last year. It’s aimed at children aged between 3 and 10, making us, ideal aged visitors. OK, so Lily is 11 now but she’s practically still 10 to us. Ryan, aged 8 and Lily both love LEGO.

We booked a spot for Midday and headed over to check it all out. We’ve not been to any of the Discovery Centres before so we had no idea what to expect. We’d checked out the website before our visit to see what was there and have to say we were looking forward to it.

Upon entry, we were greeted by lots of friendly staff and show toward an elevator which was the start of our adventure. The elevator took us down a level to the main areas of play. Our first stop was the Kingdom Quest Ride which was lots of fun. It’s a ride along ride where you sit in a carriage and shoot your way through a sequence of challenges to save the LEGO characters. I never win at these kind of things but today I did it, today I won!! Whoop, go me.

Next up was MiniLand which was my favourite part of today. MiniLand is a room filled with LEGO creations of famous Birmingham buildings. We saw the Mailbox and the Bullring. Grand Central Station and the Birmingham Library which was really cool. The creations were amazing, so well built and realistic. There were lots of little features that worked too so the children could get involved and help move some of the pieces in the displays which was cool. We got to move the horses in a Warwickshire Castle horses duel and play a game of football at the Aston Villa football ground. It was us against the Blues, so of course we won!

A detailed LEGO model of a city scene features a canal with a green and red boat, modern and classic style LEGO buildings, including one labelled "The Mailbox," and many tiny LEGO people on the pavements. Reflections of the buildings appear in the water.
A large, detailed LEGO city features many minifigures, roads, cars, and buildings. A prominent modern building with a circular-patterned façade sits at the centre. Other red-brick structures and numerous tiny figures fill the lively urban scene.
A girl and a young boy interact with controls in front of a large LEGO model of a stadium filled with minifigures. The stadium displays a football match. Other people observe the scene. There are buildings and trees in the background of the model.
A young girl with glasses and a ponytail, wearing a striped jacket, holds a camera and looks at a large, detailed model city behind glass. The model features buildings, trees, cars, and many small figurines on streets and pavements.
One of the really cool parts of MiniLand is that every so often the whole room goes dark so all the buildings can light up just like they would in real life at night time. There was even a fireworks display which lit up the walls, that was really great to watch. The kids loved it.

A tall, cylindrical LEGO building glows with blue and yellow lights in a nighttime city scene. Miniature cars, buses, and other buildings surround it. A sign in the foreground lists attractions: Moor Street Station, National SEA LIFE Centre, and LEGOLAND Discovery Centre.

Once out of the MiniLand room, we went into the main area which had everything else in. It’s one big room with lots of little areas within it. There’s lots of LEGO stations for you to build at, Daddy and Ryan had lots of fun building their own cars for the Build and Test Area. 

A child wearing a colourful shirt with cars holds a LEGO vehicle made of white, red, and orange bricks with four large wheels. The child is smiling, but only the lower half of their face is visible. The background shows a blue wall.
Two children stand at the top of a black ramp with white dashed lines, resembling a road, inside a play area. One child lets go of a toy car, whilst the other watches. Colourful hanging lights and a red wall are in the background.
There’s a Creative Workshop that runs every half hour or so where you can meet the Master Builders and even build something with them. There’s a 4D cinema which shows 3 different movies every half hour too. We got to watch the NEXO KNIGHTS 4D Movie which was great fun, I don’t want to spoil it for you but it does rain inside which gave us a little shock.

Indoor scene of a LEGO-themed cinema with bright sign reading “CINEMA” in vertical red letters and marquee announcing “NOW SHOWING 4D LEGO FILMS.” Popcorn stall and playful, colourful brick decor evoke a fun, child-friendly atmosphere.

We had a great time today, spending a good two hours in total. If I’m honest, it’s much smaller than I was expecting but overall we had a nice time. The kids enjoyed the soft play area, I think they disappeared into there for a good half hour so they must have been having a good time. The Merlin’s Apprentice Ride was a flying kind of ride that was powered by you pedaling to make it go up. Lily and I had a go on this which was fun but it did make my legs ache a little as Lily wanted to fly as high as it would go the whole time it was moving, ouch.

Tickets for the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Birmingham cost £20 each on the door or £15 if you book in advance online which I would recommend that you do to save yourself some money. For a family of 5 like mine it will cost you £100 for a visit which is quite a lot really.

Please note: All adults and children aged 3 years and over will require a ticket. Adults aged 18 and over must be accompanied by a child aged 17 years or younger to gain entry.

Two children stand in front of a large giraffe sculpture made from yellow and brown Lego bricks. The giraffe is outdoors on a paved area, with buildings and a cloudy sky in the background. The children are smiling and appear happy.
I think we’ll definitely go back again for another visit at some point in the year as there was lots to do that we didn’t get around to doing today. I’m hoping they’ll build some new amazing Birmingham Buildings for us to see in the future as they were the highlight of my day. Lily’s best bit was the soft play area whilst Ryan loved racing cars with Daddy.

Watch this space to see what happens on our next visit.

Disclosure: We were invited to the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Birmingham as guests today for the purpose of this review. All opinions expressed are 100% honest and our own.

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