Skip to main content
Find a Pharmacy

Pharmacies Open Now in Birmingham

100 pharmacies found near Birmingham; none currently open. Find a Pharmacy pulls live opening hours from NHS data and the most recent pharmacy rota, so you only see chemists that are actually open, not just the ones that are meant to be. Tap any result for directions, the phone number and today’s full opening schedule. For late-night and 24-hour cover, see the links below.

No pharmacies currently open in Birmingham

No pharmacies are open right now near you.

Here’s how to get what you need.

  1. Step 1: Nearest open chemist

    We couldn’t find an open chemist nearby. Try expanding your search radius.

  2. Step 2: Next local opening

    HALLMARK CHEMISTS opens at 06:00 (in 7 hours)

  3. Step 3: Urgent medication advice

    For urgent medication advice, NHS 111 can arrange an emergency supply.

    Call NHS 111

  4. Step 4: Medical emergency

    If it’s a medical emergency, call 999.

Frequently asked questions

How do I find a pharmacy open now in Birmingham?

Enter your postcode or allow location access at the top of this page. Find a Pharmacy will show every pharmacy within five miles of you in Birmingham, sorted by distance, with a live open-or-closed badge on each one. Tap a result to call, get directions, or see today’s opening hours.

What if no pharmacy is open when I need medication?

If every nearby pharmacy is shut, Find a Pharmacy shows the address and phone number of the nearest pharmacy that will open next, along with an NHS 111 quick-dial for urgent medication advice. Call NHS 111 free, any time of day, for prescription emergencies; they can arrange an emergency supply from an on-call pharmacy anywhere in the UK.

Does Birmingham have a 24-hour pharmacy?

That depends on the live NHS opening-hours data for each Birmingham pharmacy, and very few UK cities have a true round-the-clock chemist. See our 24-hour pharmacies in Birmingham page for the honest answer; it tells you straight whether a 24-hour pharmacy exists, or lists the latest-closing alternatives and the nearest out-of-hours service if it doesn’t.

How accurate are the opening hours?

Find a Pharmacy uses the NHSBSA Consolidated Pharmaceutical List for the pharmacy directory and pulls live opening hours from each pharmacy’s NHS.uk profile, updated weekly. Bank holiday rota data, where published by your local NHS region, overrides the standard NHS hours so you never get sent to a shut shop on Christmas Day or Easter Monday. If you spot an error, please let us know.

Is Find a Pharmacy free?

Yes. Find a Pharmacy is free for everyone, forever. No sign-up, no tracking for ad-targeting, no install gate. We use privacy-friendly analytics (Plausible) to count anonymous visits. The data we rely on is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

About pharmacies in Birmingham

  • 247 pharmacies serve the Birmingham area
  • 55 open on Sundays
  • The nearest chemist is Boots (0.46 miles away).
  • Hours last verified: 15 May 2026

Finding a pharmacy open now in Birmingham

Birmingham is served by a large network of NHS pharmacies across the city and the wider West Midlands conurbation. The city centre has a high density of chemists, with the Boots flagship store on New Street among the most prominent — it operates extended hours on weekdays.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust runs an on-site pharmacy at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Mindelsohn Way in Edgbaston. This branch serves patients and visitors to the QE campus and keeps clinical hours aligned to hospital activity, making it a useful option outside normal retail hours if you are already on site.

Bank holiday rotas for Birmingham are published by the Birmingham and Black Country Integrated Care Board (BBC ICB). PharmFinder pulls in the confirmed rota hours as they are released each year, covering Good Friday, Easter Monday, early and late May bank holidays, summer, Christmas and Boxing Day. Confirmed pharmacies show a green badge; unconfirmed show amber — always phone ahead on a bank holiday if you are unsure.

For urgent medication outside pharmacy opening hours, call NHS 111 (free, 24 hours). The 111 service will direct you to the nearest on-call pharmacy or out-of-hours GP service anywhere in Birmingham and the Black Country.

100-hour pharmacies in Birmingham

100-hour contracted pharmacies are spread across Birmingham's residential areas, including large branches in Sparkhill, Handsworth, Erdington and Selly Oak. These branches are the most likely to be open on Sunday evenings and early on bank holiday mornings.