Best with parking
Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre
Edgbaston and Hagley Road
2.0 miles from the city centre
Best for: arriving by car and a well reviewed choice (8.7 from 4,164 guests)
8.7/104,164 reviewsUpper mid-range
Birmingham area
Hotels in Edgbaston and on Hagley Road
Edgbaston and the Hagley Road corridor compared: more parking, lower prices than the centre, and a tram line back into town.
Hagley Road is Birmingham's hotel corridor in the literal sense: a long arterial road running west from Five Ways, lined with the larger properties that could not fit in the centre. Edgbaston around it is greener and more residential, with the cricket ground, the university and the QE hospital to the south.
The reason to stay here is space. Hotels on this corridor generally have their own car parks, rooms are often larger, and typical nightly prices sit below the city centre. The reason not to is that you are a mile or two out, so every evening in town involves a tram, a bus or a walk of twenty minutes and up.
Who this area suits
Best for
- drivers, because this is where the hotel car parks actually are
- Utilita Arena and Broad Street events, via the tram or a walk down the hill
- university and QE hospital visits on the southern side
- getting more room for the money than the centre allows
Less suitable if
- anyone who wants to step out of the hotel into the city
- late nights without a plan for the journey back
- very short stays where the commute eats the time saved on price
The trade-off
You gain parking, space and a lower typical rate. You give up the walk-everywhere convenience of the centre, and you need to think about how you get back after an evening out.
Where they are
The hotels on a map
Edgbaston and on Hagley RoadHotels on this pageRailway stations
Roads, canals, parks and stations are drawn from OpenStreetMap. Hotels are plotted from their own coordinates.
Editorial picks
Where to stay in this area
Each pick names the situation it suits. A hotel that is right for one trip is usually wrong for another.
Best value here
Hampton by Hilton Birmingham Broad Street
Edgbaston and Hagley Road
around 15 minutes on foot to New Street
Best for: a 15 minute walk into the centre
8.1/108,802 reviewsLower mid-range
Best for rail arrivals
ibis budget Birmingham Centre
Edgbaston and Hagley Road
around 10 minutes on foot to New Street
Best for: a 10 minute walk into the centre and a tight budget
7.1/1012,776 reviewsBudget
Compare
Every property here in our selection
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| Hotel | Stay type | Walk to New StreetStraight-line distance between coordinates, converted to an indicative walking time with an allowance for street routing. It is for comparing these hotels against each other, not a measured route. | ParkingWhat we could establish about parking. A blank means we did not establish it, not that there is none. | Price bandThe band this property normally sits in according to listing data. Not a live rate and not a quote for your dates. | Review scoreReview score with the number of reviews it is based on, because a high score from a handful of reviews is a weaker signal. |
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 Park Regis Birmingham | hotel | 20 min walk0.85 miles | Nearby parking, not the hotel's own | Mid-range | |
 Hampton by Hilton Birmingham Broad Street | hotel | 15 min walk0.66 miles | No hotel car park | Lower mid-range | |
 Delta Hotels Birmingham | hotel | 25 min walk0.96 miles | Not established | Mid-range | |
| Premier Inn Birmingham Central (Hagley Road) | hotel | 45 min walk1.8 miles | Own car park, reported freeReported no charge | No price band listed | No Booking review score |
| Travelodge Birmingham Central Broadway Plaza | hotel | 25 min walk1.0 miles | Uses the Broadway Plaza garage | No price band listed | No Booking review score |
| Premier Inn Birmingham City Centre Broad Street hotel | hotel | 20 min walk0.71 miles | No hotel car park | No price band listed | No Booking review score |
 ibis budget Birmingham Centre | hotel | 10 min walk0.44 miles | Limited spaces | Budget | |
 Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre | hotel | 2.0 milestoo far to walk | Own car park | Upper mid-range | |
 Best Western Plough and Harrow Hotel | hotel | 35 min walk1.2 miles | Not established | Lower mid-range | |
 Domo Boutique Hotel Birmingham | hotel | 25 min walk0.91 miles | Free on-street parking | Premium | |
 The High Field Town House | hotel | 30 min walk1.2 miles | Own car park, reported free | Upper mid-range | |
 Westbourne Lodge | guest house | 2.4 milestoo far to walk | Own car park, reported free | Mid-range | |
 Peter Scott House | hotel | 50 min walk1.9 miles | Own car park | Mid-range |
Distances are straight-line, calculated from each property's own coordinates. Walking times are derived from those distances with an allowance for street routing, so treat them as indicative for comparing hotels against each other rather than as measured route times.
Thumbnails show the nearest landmark or the area each property sits in, never the property itself. We hold no licensed photograph of these hotels and we do not generate one.
A dash means we could not establish that detail, not that the answer is no. We leave it open rather than guess.
Practical details checked: September 2026
Getting in and out
West Midlands Metro runs along Broad Street to Five Ways and terminates at Edgbaston Village on Hagley Road, which puts the eastern end of the corridor on a direct tram into the centre and Grand Central. Five Ways railway station sits at the same end.
Further west along Hagley Road you are into bus territory or a longer walk. That is the practical dividing line on this corridor: hotels near the Five Ways end behave almost like city-centre hotels, and hotels a mile out do not.
If this area does not work
For a shorter walk into town at a similar price, the Jewellery Quarter is worth comparing. For the arena specifically, the Broad Street hotels remove the journey altogether at a higher rate.
Common questions
Is Hagley Road a good place to stay in Birmingham?
It is the strongest choice in the city if you are driving, because this is where the hotel car parks are and rates typically sit below the centre. It is a weaker choice if you want to walk out of the hotel into the city.
How far is Hagley Road from Birmingham city centre?
The Five Ways end is roughly a mile from Centenary Square and a walk of around twenty minutes, or a few stops on the tram. Further west along the road that grows quickly, so the distance from the tram matters more than the postcode.
Can I get a tram from Edgbaston to the city centre?
Yes. West Midlands Metro terminates at Edgbaston Village on Hagley Road and runs down Broad Street through the centre to Grand Central at New Street.
Is Edgbaston good for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital?
The southern part of Edgbaston is close to the QE and the university, though hotel stock right beside the hospital is thin. Our hospital page compares the realistic options for both sites.
Do Hagley Road hotels have free parking?
Some do and it is one of the main reasons to stay here, but it is not universal and free is not the same as unrestricted. The parking column on each hotel page shows what we could establish.
