Crowne Plaza Birmingham Nec by IHG
Solihull and the NEC
0.74 miles from Novotel
Best for: Consider it if a pool matters
8.5/103,753 reviewsMid-range
Hotel
Novotel Birmingham Airport
Solihull and the NEC, 7.3 miles from New Street. What follows is the practical detail: distances, parking, who it suits and where it does not.
Our verdict
Novotel Birmingham Airport stands on Ambassador Rd in Solihull and the NEC, 7.3 miles from New Street. It is on the NEC and Resorts World complex, so the halls are a walk rather than a drive.
Only one of the Birmingham destinations we measure is within fifteen minutes on foot from here: the NEC Birmingham, about 15 minutes. Everything else means transport.
It holds 8.3 out of 10 on Booking from 4,326 reviews, a normal sample for the city. That sits almost exactly on the average of 8.4 across the other 3 rated properties we compare in Solihull and the NEC.
In the pricing snapshot behind this guide it listed at around £125 a night. It is a snapshot rather than a live rate, and it will not match your dates.
Its closest neighbour in our selection is ibis Birmingham Airport - NEC, 56 metres away. Against that one, this hotel usually costs more.
It shares Ambassador Road with the ibis, and they are not interchangeable. This is the full-service option, and the difference shows in the ratings: 4.6 from more than seven thousand reviews against 4.3 from four and a half thousand. You pay for that gap, roughly a third more per night in the pricing snapshot.
It qualifies for our last-minute hotels comparison, which is a reasonable shorthand for what it is good at.
The other side of that: the city centre is 7.3 miles away, so an evening in town needs a plan for the journey back.
Practical details checked: September 2026
Parking at Novotel Birmingham Airport
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 Novotel Birmingham Airport
| Destination | Straight line | On foot |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street Station | 7.3 miles11.7 km | Not a walk |
| Utilita Arena Birmingham | 8.0 miles12.9 km | Not a walk |
| the Bullring | 7.1 miles11.3 km | Not a walk |
| the ICC and Symphony Hall | 7.8 miles12.5 km | Not a walk |
| the NEC Birmingham | 0.58 miles0.93 km | around 15 minutes |
| Birmingham Airport | 0.70 miles1.1 km | around 20 minutes |
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
- Listed on Booking
- Air conditioning, Bar, Facilities for disabled guests, Family rooms, Fitness centre, Flat-screen TV, Free WiFi, Good breakfast, Non-smoking rooms, Parking, Pets allowed, Private bathroom, Restaurant, Room service, Tea/coffee maker in all rooms
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
- 66th of the 85 properties we compare, measured from coordinates
- Closeness to Utilita Arena
- 67th of 85
- Guest rating within Solihull and the NEC
- 3rd of 4 rated properties in the area
- Price within Solihull and the NEC
- 1 of 4 properties in the area sit in a lower band
- Other properties within 500 metres
- 1 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
Novotel Birmingham AirportHotels 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 Tri-Star Hotel
Solihull and the NEC
0.75 miles from Novotel
Best for: Consider it if you need the hotel's own car park
Not on BookingPrice not listed
ibis Birmingham Airport - NEC
Solihull and the NEC
0.04 miles from Novotel
Best for: Consider it for a lower typical rate nearby
8.1/107,880 reviewsLower mid-range
Common questions
Does Novotel Birmingham Airport 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?
7.3 miles, which is too far to walk. From the centre that is a drive, a taxi or a train depending on where you are coming from.
Where this hotel appears on the site
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