Offer-Holder Visit Day Travel and Parking

For Saturday 23 March, parking is free on campus. 

For Saturday 20 April, there will be a small parking charge of £2.50. 

This can be paid in cash or via the RingGo app (using location code 15677).

Anyone with a blue badge parking permit can park in the allocated parking bays on the main campus, arriving via the East Gate entrance on Edgbaston Park Road.

• Main car parks for visitors

North East Car Park (access via Pritchatts Road), Sat Nav Postcode B15 2SA.

Brailsford Drive Car Park (access via Vincent Drive), Sat Nav Postcode B15 2QU.

Please note, we cannot guarantee a parking space for visitors. 

The easiest way to reach the University is by train. Birmingham is the only University campus in mainland UK to have its own railway station - ‘University’ station. The journey takes approximately 7 minutes from Birmingham New Street and up to six trains an hour depart for the University on the Cross-City Line (final destination Longbridge or Redditch).

Please note: the new redeveloped University railway station opened in January 2024; the former station building is now exit-only and cannot be used to gain access onto the platforms. Passengers wishing to enter the station should do so via the entrances in the new station building. This is to help control the flow of passengers through the station and avoid queues. If you are visiting the new station building for the first time please allow additional time to familiarise yourself with the new entrance/exit arrangements.

For up-to-date information on train times and prices, please contact National Rail. 

There are frequent express coach services to Birmingham from London, Heathrow and Gatwick airports and many other UK cities. The long-distance coach station is in Digbeth in the city centre, this is just a 12-minute walk from Birmingham New Street station or a 15-minute taxi ride to our Edgbaston campus.

If you are travelling from within the West Midlands, then the following bus services stop at different parts of the University’s main Edgbaston campus, as well as the Vale Village accommodation site and the Selly Oak campus.

Bus service numbers: 1, 1A, 48, 61, 63, 76, X20, X21, X22

Further information is available on the National Express West Midlands website.

Clean Air Zones have been introduced to cities across the UK, including Birmingham. Unlike a congestion charge, such as the one in London which charges every vehicle to enter a designated area, the Clean Air Zone will only charge the most polluting vehicles. If you are travelling through the centre of Birmingham then you will need to bear this in mind.

For more information and to see if your car is exempt from the Clean Air Zone charge visit the Brum Breathes website.

There is further information on our website detailing how to get to the University, as well as downloadable maps of campus.

If you're considering staying in Birmingham and exploring our beautiful city, why not stay on the University campus itself in the University’s very own hotel – the Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre.

Alternatively please see the Visit Birmingham website to explore other accommodation options across the city.

We have dedicated parking bays on campus for Blue Badge holders and all new buildings and major campus developments are being designed with accessibility in mind. Please contact us to discuss any requirements and we can advise.