Fort Dunlop

Fort Dunlop houses a fantastic Spa Cinema which is situated on the 8^th floor roof terrace. There is a bar serving a small selection of drinks and a DJ playing cool dance tunes whilst you enjoy the views of the city or chill on large bean bags. Drinks are purchased through buying tokens. 1 token is £5 which equals one drink. A bottle of prosecco is 5 tokens and worth getting. There is an awesome surfboard simulator with a prize for anyone who manages to stay on the longest. I attended a Unilocal Superspa cinema event here. As the evening got chilly, it was more than delightful to slip into a steaming hot tub and watch retro classic Jaws on a big screen. There is butler service to your hot tub serving drinks and even ordering pizza to your tub. The whole experience was very very cool and surreal as we watched the sun set in our cosy hot tubs, enjoyed the film and good conversation, occasionally gazing up at the moon and stars in the cold night. The service was second to none. Really friendly. Really professional and attentive. The only snag is the toilets are situated on the 4^th floor, however you can easily overlook this, when the rest of the experience is amazing! I highly recommend an experience here and i will not hesitate to try it out again! Parking is free after 6 for those who choose to drive. Thank you to Birmingham’s CM Vicky O for sorting this event out!

So on a warm Sunday evening we attended the fantastic spa cinema which was held on the rooftop of the Fort Dunlop building. There was a small bar serving and array of drinks and summer cocktails. Tokens were purchased for easy transactions. 1 token is £5. A suffer board competition was won by a dude who managed to withstand the jolts for a cool 100 seconds.
There was a DJ keeping everyone entertained and there were lots of inflatable items that added to the atmosphere. As the evening drew in and the alcohol warmed us up we slipped into our smalls and took the plunge into a warm soothing hot tub. Accompanied with drinks this was perfect in its own right but we were also treated to classic horror movie Jaws! Which was great to watch on a big screen as we sipped on cocktails in our private hot tubs.
We absolutely loved loved loved this event and recommend anyone and everyone to try it. It was chilly at times and we had to nip to the 4^th floor to use the toilet but it was worth it to slip back into the hot tub after being in the cold. We also enjoyed pizza delivery service straight to out hot tub which was a great idea. What more could you want on a Sunday evening. Fantastic event hats off to everyone. Thanks to Vicki Q for selecting me as the winner for these free competition tickets too! :)

Not to be confused with neighbouring Fort Retail Park, you’d imagine this distinctive-​looking complex to offer square foot after square foot of funky office space. You know, a professional setting complete with the tricycle-​filled fun associated with Pixar or Google Towers; meetings are at 1pm, air hockey is at 2.
Whether that’s how things have turned out for on-​site businesses is for their employees to tell you, but you can bet they’d be glad of something to do — the commercial and retail units below them don’t offer an awful lot in way of choice and window-​shopping.
For the shopper, then, there’s not massive visiting appeal. Mid-​to-​high-​end furniture store Dwell; two specialist cycling stores; an Indian-​Italian fusion restaurant; a convenience store; a florist and a recommended café are about your lot. If you want to say it with flowers to a mountain biker who wants naan with their pasta, you can’t go wrong.
And yet, it all still has a certain ghost town appeal, even if it’s only feeling like you’re in a 70s sci-​fi thriller. But it’s probably less Logan’s Run and more Sleeper… you may just, zzzz, drop off for a snooze.
For anyone with heavy eyelids, there is an on-​site hotel, although it’s hard to imagine how this strangely located pit stop would hold greater appeal than other edge-​of-​city rooms with equally easy access to motorways and Birmingham Airport.