Hotel

The Cube

Birmingham city centre, around 10 minutes on foot from New Street. What follows is the practical detail: distances, parking, who it suits and where it does not.

  • Birmingham city centre
  • Checked September 2026
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Quick verdict

Best for
a 10 minute walk into the centre
Main advantage
New Street is around 10 minutes on foot and the Bullring around 15 minutes on foot, so the centre is walkable without planning transport.
Main trade-off
There is no hotel car park, so a driver needs one of the public garages around Wharfside St and the walk that comes with it.
Location
Birmingham city centre, around 10 minutes on foot from New Street.
Price position
Mid-range. Guide band from listing data, not a live rate.
Address
196 Wharfside St, Birmingham B1 1RN
Stay type
Hotel
Parking
No hotel car park
Typical price band
Mid-range
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Our verdict

On Wharfside St in Birmingham city centre, 0.40 miles from New Street: that is where The Cube sits. New Street is around 10 minutes on foot and the Bullring around 15 minutes on foot, so the centre is walkable without planning transport.

Arriving by train, it is around 10 minutes on foot from the platforms. For an arena night it is around 15 minutes on foot.

Within about fifteen minutes on foot: Broad Street (6 min), the ICC and Symphony Hall (9 min), Birmingham New Street Station (10 min) and O2 Academy Birmingham (10 min). That combination is what you are really booking here.

In the pricing snapshot behind this guide it listed at around £115 a night. That is about £17 above the £98 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 AC Hotel Birmingham, 69 metres away, and the two are close enough on price and rating that the deciding factor is whichever is cheaper on your dates.

Set against that, there is no hotel car park, so a driver needs one of the public garages around Wharfside St and the walk that comes with it.

Practical details checked: September 2026

Parking at The Cube

No hotel car park. The Mailbox and Cube garage. Guests report a deposit taken at check-in.

Distances from The Cube

Distances from The Cube
DestinationStraight lineOn foot
Birmingham New Street Station0.40 miles0.64 kmaround 10 minutes
Utilita Arena Birmingham0.62 miles1.0 kmaround 15 minutes
the Bullring0.58 miles0.93 kmaround 15 minutes
the ICC and Symphony Hall0.34 miles0.54 kmaround 9 minutes
the NEC Birmingham8.1 miles13.1 kmNot a walk
Birmingham Airport6.8 miles11.0 kmNot 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
16th of the 85 properties we compare, measured from coordinates
Closeness to Utilita Arena
17th of 85
Price within Birmingham city centre
7 of 24 properties in the area sit in a lower band
Other properties within 500 metres
10 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

Schematic map showing The Cube and the hotels around it, with the main roads, canals and railway stations

The CubeHotels 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 Cube have parking?

No. There is no hotel car park here, so a driver needs a nearby public garage. In this part of Birmingham that is normal rather than unusual.

How far is it from Birmingham New Street Station?

0.40 miles in a straight line, around 10 minutes on foot.

Can I walk to Utilita Arena from here?

0.62 miles in a straight line, around 15 minutes on foot. For an event night that works in both directions.

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