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Birmingham Hotels
Choose a Birmingham hotel to admire Victorian grandeur in the civic plazas like Chamberlain and Victoria Square and the space-age architecture of the Bullring. Explore a city of cultural flavours along the Balti Mile and in colourful Chinatown.
Birmingham neighbourhoods
Birmingham’s “concrete collar” inner ring road cordons off the thriving city centre from leafy, residential suburbs like Edgbaston and Handsworth. Underpasses and bridges skirt past the urban centre’s landmarks like grand Chamberlain Square and the glassy Birmingham Hippodrome. Bustling Birmingham New Street Station pinpoints the city centre. From here pedestrian New Street stretches west from Victoria Square’s Town Hall grandeur to the high street and its futuristic Bullring. Aston University’s triangular, high-rise campus marks the north-eastern edge of the city centre.
Shopping in Birmingham
Shoppers head to the Bullring for more than just the glossy fashion outlets. The unusual architecture, which involves an aluminium-clad Selfridges store fed by the curving Parametric Bridge, is something to behold. Yummy mummies flit between family stores in the Pallasades, plopped on top of Birmingham New Street station. Step out of your Birmingham hotel for New Street and high street household names. For haberdashery or fresh fish, head to the Bullring’s old-fashioned traders at the Rag Market.
Eating and drinking in Birmingham
Brummie nightowls hop along the long and lively Broad Street, crammed with big brewery bars like Walkabout and O’Neill’s. Crawl between six rooms and seven bars under one roof at brassy Bar Risa. World flavours are served on civilised, canalside Brindleyplace. Step out of your hotel in Birmingham for Brasserie Blanc or the Bank for posh nosh on this manicured development’s tree-lined squares. South of the city centre, Stoney Lane, Ladypool Road and Stratford Road are home to Birmingham’s well-loved Balti Triangle. Karack naan breads the size of tablecloths soak up the spicy national dish. Woks sizzle in central Chinatown’s favourite canteens at Chung Ying and Noodle Bar.
Culture and nightlife in Birmingham
Stalls sell out for slapstick pantomine and polished West End musicals at the Birmingham Hippodrome. You’re more likely to meet the Bard at old-style theatres like the Old Rep and the Crescent. Compères control heckling crowds between stand-up acts at the Glee Club and Bar Risa’s Highlight comedy nights. See headline acts lift the roof at the O2 Academy and NEC. The Drum celebrates black arts and showcases rap artists, hip-hop and calypso.
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