The Firs (Elgar Birthplace Museum)

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Edward Elgar was born in this brick cottage at Lower Broadheath on 2 June 1857, and it’s now a museum run by the National Trust, with the composer’s manuscripts, letters and belongings shown in the house and a separate exhibition centre in the garden. Open to visitors with an admission charge. It sits in quiet countryside west of the city; Worcester Foregate Street station is about 4km east.

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