easyHotel Birmingham City Centre
Birmingham city centre
0.65 miles from Birmingham
Best for: Consider it for a shorter walk to New Street
8.1/105,404 reviewsBudget
Hostel
Birmingham Central Backpackers
Birmingham city centre, around 15 minutes on foot from New Street. What follows is the practical detail: distances, parking, who it suits and where it does not.
Our verdict
You will find Birmingham Central Backpackers on 61-65 Coventry St, Birmingham city centre, 0.55 miles from New Street. New Street is around 15 minutes on foot and the Bullring around 9 minutes on foot, so the centre is walkable without planning transport.
Arriving by train, it is around 15 minutes on foot from the platforms.
Reception is staffed around the clock, and guests describe capsule beds with a blackout curtain.
Within about fifteen minutes on foot: the Bullring (9 min), Birmingham Hippodrome (10 min), Birmingham New Street Station (15 min) and O2 Academy Birmingham (15 min). That combination is what you are really booking here.
It holds 8.3 out of 10 on Booking from 3,437 reviews, a normal sample for the city. That sits almost exactly on the average of 8.3 across the other 22 rated properties we compare in Birmingham city centre.
In the pricing snapshot behind this guide it listed at around £24 a night. That is about £79 below the £103 median across the other 23 priced properties we compare in Birmingham city centre. It is a snapshot rather than a live rate, and it will not match your dates.
Its closest neighbour in our selection is The Old Crown, 252 metres away. Against that one, this hotel rates 0.3 higher and usually costs less.
It qualifies for our cheap hotels, last-minute hotels and hostels and budget stays comparisons, which is a reasonable shorthand for what it is good at.
The main trade-off is that we could not establish a parking arrangement, and this part of the city has very little of it. Confirm before you drive in.
Practical details checked: September 2026
Parking at Birmingham Central Backpackers
We could not establish a parking arrangement for this property from a source we trust, so this page does not claim one. A blank here means unknown, not none.
Distances from Birmingham Central Backpackers
| Destination | Straight line | On foot |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street Station | 0.55 miles0.88 km | around 15 minutes |
| Utilita Arena Birmingham | 1.3 miles2.1 km | around 35 minutes |
| the Bullring | 0.35 miles0.56 km | around 9 minutes |
| the ICC and Symphony Hall | 1.1 miles1.7 km | around 30 minutes |
| the NEC Birmingham | 7.3 miles11.7 km | Not a walk |
| Birmingham Airport | 6.0 miles9.7 km | Not a walk |
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.
What we could establish
- Check-in
- Reception is staffed around the clock, and guests describe capsule beds with a blackout curtain.
- Listed on Booking
- 24-hour front desk, Adults only, Bar, Designated smoking area, Free WiFi, Garden, Laundry, Lockers, Luggage storage, Non-smoking rooms, Shared kitchen
Booking’s own amenity list for this property, recorded as published. It is not part of what we verified above.
A facility missing from this list means we did not establish it, not that the hotel lacks it. We do not fill gaps with assumptions.
In context
How it compares with the rest of the selection
- Closeness to New Street
- 27th of the 85 properties we compare, measured from coordinates
- Closeness to Utilita Arena
- 43rd of 85
- Guest rating within Birmingham city centre
- 13th of 23 rated properties in the area
- Price within Birmingham city centre
- 0 of 24 properties in the area sit in a lower band
- Other properties within 500 metres
- 2 in our selection
Positions are worked out across all 85 properties we compare, using straight-line distance from coordinates and the price band each property normally sits in.
Where it sits
On the map
Birmingham Central BackpacHotels on this pageRailway stationsThis hotel
Roads, canals, parks and stations from OpenStreetMap. The steel dot is this hotel, the darker dots are other properties we compare, and the named points are New Street and the five landmarks closest to this address.
Compare it with these
The Duke of Wellington Hotel & Bar
Birmingham city centre
0.63 miles from Birmingham
Best for: Consider it if you need one room for four
7.2/101,503 reviewsBudget
Clayton Hotel Birmingham
Birmingham city centre
0.37 miles from Birmingham
Best for: Consider it as a comparable option in the same part of the city
8.2/104,880 reviewsMid-range
Common questions
Does Birmingham Central Backpackers have parking?
We could not establish a parking arrangement for this property from a source we trust, so we are not going to guess. If you are driving, ask the hotel directly before you book.
How far is it from Birmingham New Street Station?
0.55 miles in a straight line, around 15 minutes on foot.
Can I walk to Utilita Arena from here?
1.3 miles in a straight line, around 35 minutes on foot. For an event night that works in both directions.
Is there anything to know about checking in?
Reception is staffed around the clock, and guests describe capsule beds with a blackout curtain.
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