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Guest house

Westbourne Lodge

Edgbaston and Hagley Road, 2.4 miles from New Street. What follows is the practical detail: distances, parking, who it suits and where it does not.

  • Edgbaston and Hagley Road
  • 9.1 from 55 reviews
  • Checked September 2026

Quick verdict

Best for
a smaller, owner-run stay and arriving by car
Main advantage
Parking on site is reported as free, which is worth real money against central garage rates.
Main trade-off
The city centre is 2.4 miles away, so an evening in town needs a plan for the journey back.
Location
Edgbaston and Hagley Road, 2.4 miles from New Street.
Price position
Mid-range. Guide band from listing data, not a live rate.
Address
27-29 Fountain Rd, Birmingham B17 8NJ
Stay type
Guest house
Star rating
4-star, as classified on its Booking listing
Review score
9.1 out of 10 on Booking.com from 55 reviews
Parking
Own car park, reported free
Typical price band
Mid-range
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Our verdict

Westbourne Lodge stands on 27-29 Fountain Rd in Edgbaston and Hagley Road, 2.4 miles from New Street. Parking on site is reported as free, which is worth real money against central garage rates.

On parking, own car park, reported free. Guests report parking on the forecourt.

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.

It holds 9.1 out of 10 on Booking from 55 reviews, a small sample for a Birmingham hotel. That is 1.0 above the 8.1 average across the other 9 rated properties we compare in Edgbaston and Hagley Road.

In the pricing snapshot behind this guide it listed at around £94 a night. That is about £10 below the £104 median across the other 9 priced properties we compare in Edgbaston and Hagley Road. It is a snapshot rather than a live rate, and it will not match your dates.

Its closest neighbour in our selection is Premier Inn Birmingham Central (Hagley Road), 0.68 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 guest houses and b&bs comparison, which is a reasonable shorthand for what it is good at.

Where it is weaker: the city centre is 2.4 miles away, so an evening in town needs a plan for the journey back.

Practical details checked: September 2026

Parking at Westbourne Lodge

Own car park, reported free. Guests report parking on the forecourt.

Distances from Westbourne Lodge

Distances from Westbourne Lodge
DestinationStraight lineOn foot
Birmingham New Street Station2.4 miles3.9 kmNot a walk
Utilita Arena Birmingham1.7 miles2.8 kmaround 45 minutes
the Bullring2.6 miles4.2 kmNot a walk
the ICC and Symphony Hall1.9 miles3.1 kmaround 50 minutes
the NEC Birmingham10.1 miles16.3 kmNot a walk
Birmingham Airport8.8 miles14.2 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.

What we could establish

Listed on Booking
Daily housekeeping, Family rooms, Free WiFi, Free parking, Garden, Laundry, Luggage storage, Non-smoking rooms, Parking, Pets allowed, Private parking, Shared kitchen, Street parking, Terrace

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
49th of the 85 properties we compare, measured from coordinates
Closeness to Utilita Arena
47th of 85
Guest rating within Edgbaston and Hagley Road
1st of 10 rated properties in the area
Price within Edgbaston and Hagley Road
3 of 10 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

Schematic map showing Westbourne Lodge and the hotels around it, with the main roads, canals and railway stations

Westbourne LodgeHotels 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 Westbourne Lodge have parking?

Own car park, reported free. Guests report parking on the forecourt. Charges and access change, so confirm the current arrangement when you book.

How far is it from Birmingham New Street Station?

2.4 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.

Can I walk to Utilita Arena from here?

1.7 miles in a straight line, around 45 minutes on foot. For an event night that works in both directions.

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