easyHotel Birmingham City Centre
Birmingham city centre
0.35 miles from The
Best for: Consider it for a shorter walk to New Street
8.1/105,404 reviewsBudget
Guest house
The Duke of Wellington Hotel & Bar
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.
Our verdict
The Duke of Wellington Hotel & Bar stands on Bristol St in Birmingham city centre, 0.40 miles from New Street. New Street is around 10 minutes on foot and the Bullring around 10 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 25 minutes on foot.
On sleeping configuration: guests report a family room sleeping up to five.. That comes from guest reports rather than the operator, so confirm it when you book. There is no 24 hour desk, and arrival instructions are given by phone.
Within about fifteen minutes on foot: O2 Academy Birmingham (2 min), Birmingham Hippodrome (7 min), Birmingham New Street Station (10 min) and the Bullring (10 min). That combination is what you are really booking here.
It holds 7.2 out of 10 on Booking from 1,503 reviews, a normal sample for the city. That is 1.1 below the 8.3 average across the other 22 rated properties we compare in Birmingham city centre.
In the pricing snapshot behind this guide it listed at around £40 a night. That is about £63 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 ibis budget Birmingham Centre, 92 metres away. Against that one, this hotel has the family rooms it lacks.
It qualifies for our cheap hotels, family hotels and best city centre hotels comparisons, which is a reasonable shorthand for what it is good at.
Set against that, there is no hotel car park, so a driver needs one of the public garages around Bristol St and the walk that comes with it.
Practical details checked: September 2026
Parking at The Duke of Wellington Hotel & Bar
No hotel car park. An unsupervised car park around five minutes away on foot. Note that there is no lift and the stairs are steep.
Distances from The Duke of Wellington Hotel & Bar
| Destination | Straight line | On foot |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street Station | 0.40 miles0.65 km | around 10 minutes |
| Utilita Arena Birmingham | 0.98 miles1.6 km | around 25 minutes |
| the Bullring | 0.46 miles0.74 km | around 10 minutes |
| the ICC and Symphony Hall | 0.69 miles1.1 km | around 20 minutes |
| the NEC Birmingham | 7.8 miles12.5 km | Not a walk |
| Birmingham Airport | 6.5 miles10.4 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
- Family and room setup
- Guests report a family room sleeping up to five. Guest report
- Check-in
- There is no 24 hour desk, and arrival instructions are given by phone.
- Listed on Booking
- Bar, Bath or shower, Evening entertainment, Family rooms, Flat-screen TV, Free WiFi, Heating, Non-smoking rooms, Private bathroom, Restaurant
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
- 17th of the 85 properties we compare, measured from coordinates
- Closeness to Utilita Arena
- 36th of 85
- Guest rating within Birmingham city centre
- 23rd 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
- 5 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
The Duke of Wellington HotHotels 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
Novotel Birmingham Centre
Birmingham city centre
0.67 miles from The
Best for: Consider it if you need the hotel's own car park
8.1/104,588 reviewsMid-range
Birmingham Central Backpackers
Birmingham city centre
0.63 miles from The
Best for: Consider it for a stronger guest rating close by
8.3/103,437 reviewsBudget
Common questions
Does The Duke of Wellington Hotel & Bar 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?
0.98 miles in a straight line, around 25 minutes on foot. For an event night that works in both directions.
Can a family of four stay in one room?
Guests report a family room sleeping up to five.. Maximum occupancy is set per room type rather than per hotel, so confirm the exact room sleeps your party before booking.
Is there anything to know about checking in?
There is no 24 hour desk, and arrival instructions are given by phone.
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