Old Farm Hotel
The wider West Midlands
1.9 miles from The
Best for: Consider it for a shorter walk to New Street
7.8/10494 reviewsMid-range
Inn with rooms
The Black Horse (JD Wetherspoon)
Northfield, 5.5 miles from New Street. What follows is the practical detail: distances, parking, who it suits and where it does not.
Quick verdict
- Best for
- a room above a pub rather than a hotel
- Main advantage
- It is a pub with rooms rather than a hotel, with the food and the bar downstairs.
- Main trade-off
- It is well outside Birmingham, so anything in the city centre means a drive of twenty minutes or more in each direction.
- Location
- Northfield, 5.5 miles from New Street.
- Price position
- Mid-range. Guide band from listing data, not a live rate.
- Address
- Bristol Rd S, Northfield, Birmingham B31 2QT
- Telephone
- +44 121 477 1800
- Stay type
- Inn with rooms
- Parking
- Not established
- Typical price band
- Mid-range
Our verdict
The Black Horse (JD Wetherspoon) sits on Bristol Rd S in Northfield, which puts it 5.5 miles from New Street. It is a pub with rooms rather than a hotel, with the food and the bar downstairs.
None of the Birmingham destinations we measure is walkable from here, so plan the car, the train or a taxi into the trip rather than treating this as a base you can step out of.
In the pricing snapshot behind this guide it listed at around £115 a night. That is about £30 above the £85 median across the other 13 priced properties we compare in the wider West Midlands. It is a snapshot rather than a live rate, and it will not match your dates.
Its closest neighbour in our selection is Old Farm Hotel, 1.9 miles away, and the two are close enough on price and rating that the deciding factor is whichever is cheaper on your dates.
It qualifies for our hostels and budget stays comparison, which is a reasonable shorthand for what it is good at.
Where it is weaker: it is well outside Birmingham, so anything in the city centre means a drive of twenty minutes or more in each direction.
Practical details checked: September 2026
Parking at The Black Horse (JD Wetherspoon)
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 The Black Horse (JD Wetherspoon)
| Destination | Straight line | On foot |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street Station | 5.5 miles8.9 km | Not a walk |
| Utilita Arena Birmingham | 5.4 miles8.7 km | Not a walk |
| the Bullring | 5.6 miles9.1 km | Not a walk |
| the ICC and Symphony Hall | 5.3 miles8.6 km | Not a walk |
| the NEC Birmingham | 11.1 miles17.9 km | Not a walk |
| Birmingham Airport | 9.9 miles16.0 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.
In context
How it compares with the rest of the selection
- Closeness to New Street
- 60th of the 85 properties we compare, measured from coordinates
- Closeness to Utilita Arena
- 59th of 85
- Price within the wider West Midlands
- 8 of 14 properties in the area sit in a lower band
- Other properties within 500 metres
- none in our selection, so switching hotel here means moving area
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
The Black Horse (JD WetherHotels 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.
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Common questions
Does The Black Horse (JD Wetherspoon) 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?
5.5 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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