Getting here - Edgbaston Campus

By rail

Most cross-country services to Birmingham arrive at New Street Station. Up to six trains an hour depart for the University on the cross-city line (ten minutes to University station, final destination Bromsgrove or Redditch). The centre of the main campus is a five-minute walk from University Station.

By bus

Numbers X61 and 63 travel from the Bus Mall, Moor Street Queensway, and from New Street Station, St Martin’s Queensway, to the Bristol Road, at the corner of Edgbaston Park Road. The services all run frequently from the city centre.

Online bus timetables for X61 and 63 are available on the National Express West Midlands website.

There is a travel information office outside New Street Station, where you can obtain bus timetables and departure point information. Maps can be found throughout the city centre indicating bus stop locations.

You can also access Network West Midlands' Live Travel Map for current rail and bus information.

By coach

There are frequent express coach services to Birmingham from London, Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, and many UK cities. The long-distance coach station is in Digbeth in the city centre.

Digbeth coach station is a short walk from New Street train station. Ask at the coach station for directions to New Street and then either catch the local train service to University station or catch the bus as described above. 

By taxi

There are taxi ranks at New Street Station and throughout the city centre. The journey to the University takes about ten minutes.

Surrounded by the suburbs of Selly Oak, Edgbaston and Harborne, the campus is easily accessible by bicycle or on foot from any of these locations and as part of our commitment to sustainable living, we encourage the use of local cycle routes.  

Cyclist facilities

Cycle parking facilities are provided in numerous locations across campus including a 40 space compound at the Munrow Sports Centre. The Munrow Sports Centre also provides free use of its shower and changing facilities.

Local cycling routes

The canal which runs next to the University of Birmingham is known as the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. The new A38 cycle route is now open offering a safe, segregated route from the city centre right to the gates of the University.

For further details on cycling on the canal towpaths visit  our Bicycle Users Group website.

Approaching from the north west or south east along the M6

• Leave at Junction 6 (signposted Birmingham Central) to join the A38(M)
• At the end of the motorway, keep to the right, go over a flyover, then through some underpasses to join the A38 Bristol Road
• The University is on your right, two and a half miles from the city centre

Approaching from the M42 north:

• Leave at Junction 8 to join the M6 northbound and follow the instructions above

Approaching from the south west:

• Leave the M5 at Junction 4 signposted Birmingham SW) to join the A38
• The University is approximately eight miles from the motorway

Approaching from the M40:

• It is easier to turn south on the M42 and leave at Junction 1, heading north on the A38 Bristol Road
• The University is approximately eight miles from the motorway

Visitor car parking

Visitor parking is available at North East Multi-storey Car Park (Pritchatts Road, B15 2SA). 

There are five floors in total, however, the ground floor is reserved for Edgbaston Park Hotel guests only. Should you wish to charge your electric car, there are two EV charging stations on the car park's roof level (charges apply). Please note that this car park does not have a lift. 

Parking charges apply Monday to Sunday, between 8am and 6pm. This includes bank holidays and University Closed Days. Parking after 6pm is free. Charges start from £3.40 and are capped at £10 (as of October 2024) Monday to Friday. If you park here at the weekend or on a bank holiday, you will be charged a flat day rate of £2.50. Payments can be made through RingGo (location 15677) or via the payment machines on floors one to five. 

If you require access to campus for business purposes, the department you're visiting may issue you with a daily visitor permit. Please get in touch with your main contact to arrange this.

Please be advised that enforcement procedures are in place at all University car parks and that penalty notices may be issued to drivers that fail to comply with University Traffic Regulations.

Birmingham International Airport has direct flights from locations in the UK, as well as from the USA, Canada, Europe and the Middle East.

The journey by taxi from the airport to the University takes approximately half an hour. Alternatively, Air-Rail Link provides a free, fast connection between the airport terminals and Birmingham International railway station. Air-Rail Link operates every two minutes (journey time 90 seconds). Birmingham International railway station has frequent services to New Street Station in the city centre (journey time around 15 minutes).

If you are arriving at London, there is a frequent train service from London Euston railway station to New Street Station (journey time around 1 hour 30 minutes).

• From Heathrow Airport. Take the Heathrow Express train to Paddington Station and then the Underground or a taxi to Euston Station. Alternatively, an Airbus runs from Heathrow Airport direct to Euston Station
• From Gatwick Airport. Take the Airport Express train to Victoria Station and then the Underground or a taxi to Euston Station