Novotel Birmingham Centre
Birmingham city centre
0.69 miles from The
Best for: Consider it if you need the hotel's own car park
8.1/104,588 reviewsMid-range
Hotel
The Grand Hotel Birmingham
Birmingham city centre, around 7 minutes on foot from New Street. What follows is the practical detail: distances, parking, who it suits and where it does not.
Our verdict
On Church St in Birmingham city centre, 0.28 miles from New Street: that is where The Grand Hotel Birmingham sits. New Street is around 7 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 7 minutes on foot from the platforms. For an arena night it is around 20 minutes on foot.
Within about fifteen minutes on foot: Birmingham Children's Hospital (6 min), Birmingham New Street Station (7 min), the Bullring (10 min) and Broad Street (15 min). That combination is what you are really booking here.
It holds 9 out of 10 on Booking from 3,708 reviews, a normal sample for the city. That is 0.8 above the 8.2 average across the other 22 rated properties we compare in Birmingham city centre.
In the pricing snapshot behind this guide it listed at around £174 a night. That is about £76 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 Hotel du Vin Birmingham, 74 metres away. Against that one, this hotel rates 0.6 higher and usually costs more.
It qualifies for our luxury and 5-star hotels, best city centre hotels and last-minute hotels comparisons, which is a reasonable shorthand for what it is good at.
Where it is weaker: there is no hotel car park, so a driver needs one of the public garages around Church St and the walk that comes with it.
Practical details checked: September 2026
Parking at The Grand Hotel Birmingham
No hotel car park. Valet parking and garages around Colmore Row. Guests mention a luggage service.
Distances from The Grand Hotel Birmingham
| Destination | Straight line | On foot |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street Station | 0.28 miles0.45 km | around 7 minutes |
| Utilita Arena Birmingham | 0.70 miles1.1 km | around 20 minutes |
| the Bullring | 0.37 miles0.59 km | around 10 minutes |
| the ICC and Symphony Hall | 0.52 miles0.83 km | around 15 minutes |
| the NEC Birmingham | 7.9 miles12.8 km | Not a walk |
| Birmingham Airport | 6.7 miles10.7 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
- Listed on Booking
- 2 restaurants, Air conditioning, Bar, Fabulous breakfast, Facilities for disabled guests, Family rooms, Fitness centre, Flat-screen TV, Free WiFi, Non-smoking rooms, Pets allowed, Private bathroom, 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
- 10th of the 85 properties we compare, measured from coordinates
- Closeness to Utilita Arena
- 23rd of 85
- Guest rating within Birmingham city centre
- 1st of 23 rated properties in the area
- Price within Birmingham city centre
- 22 of 24 properties in the area sit in a lower band
- Other properties within 500 metres
- 7 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 Grand Hotel BirminghamHotels 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 Grand Hotel Birmingham 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?
0.28 miles in a straight line, around 7 minutes on foot.
Can I walk to Utilita Arena from here?
0.70 miles in a straight line, around 20 minutes on foot. For an event night that works in both directions.
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