Accommodation

Participants will be housed in Chamberlain Hall in the University's Vale Village, located roughly a 15 minute walk from campus.

A full English breakfast will be served from 07:30 – 09:00 in the main dining room.

Getting to Birmingham

By air

The closest and most readily accessible airport from the university is Birmingham International Airport. There is an Air-Rail link from the Airport terminal building to Birmingham International train station from which there are trains to Birmingham New Street, the city's main station, which take approximately 15 minutes.

Other choices for airports are the following: East Midlands is around 1h 30min away by Skylink to Derby and train to Birmingham New Street; London Heathrow and Gatwick are roughly 3 hours away via train and tube connections to London Euston and London Marylebone; London Luton has a coach service to Birmingham Coach Station, which takes approximately 2h 30min.

By train

The main Birmingham station is Birmingham New Street, where there are several trains each connecting Birmingham to London, the Midlands and the north. Another central station is Birmingham Moor Street, with connections to London Marylebone.

The University of Birmingham is the only university in the UK with its own train station which is of course the closest train station to the Watson Building, being approximately a 5 minute walk. Connections between Birmingham New Street and University stations are very frequent during the daytime and take less than 10 minutes.

By coach

Birmingham Coach Station is located in Oxford Street in Digbeth, a 10 minute walk from the city centre. There are regular services to central London, along with Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton airports and many major cities in the UK.

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