The tour is a linear one starting from the Rainbow on the corner of Adderley Street and High Street Bordesley and going up to Digbeth Police Station, via High Street Deritend and Digbeth. It then returns the same way back to the Rainbow.
This first part will the focus on the story of the real peaky blinders, taking in locations associated with them. It begins at the place where, in March 1890, the first attack took place by men named as peaky blinders in the press; it ends at Digbeth Police Station because of the importance of policing in ending the reign of ruffianism of the peaky blinders.
The return will go back down Digbeth and High Street Deritend to the Rainbow in Adderley Street. This route is distinguished by many historic buildings that enable a telling of the wider history of Birmingham.