Shortest walk
Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham
Birmingham city centre
around 1 minutes on foot to Broad Street
Best for: the shortest walk to the venue and a 15 minute walk into the centre
8.5/1016,607 reviewsMid-range
Hotels near
Hotels on Broad Street, Birmingham
Hotels on and around Broad Street compared on distance to the arena and the ICC, parking and evening noise, with quieter alternatives a street back.
Broad Street is Birmingham's main nightlife corridor and its main venue corridor at the same time. Utilita Arena, the ICC and Symphony Hall all sit at or just off its length, which is why so many hotels are here and why the street divides opinion so sharply.
The useful distinction is not whether a hotel is on Broad Street, but where on it, and whether it faces the street at all. The comparison below covers the whole corridor from Centenary Square to Five Ways, with distances to the arena and the ICC, so you can weigh the short walk against the Saturday night.
Editorial picks
Top picks
Each pick names the situation it suits. A hotel that is right for one trip is usually wrong for another.
Best with parking
Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre, an IHG Hotel
Birmingham city centre
around 5 minutes on foot to Broad Street
Best for: the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (8 min from New Street)
8.8/102,828 reviewsMid-range
Best value here
Hotel ibis Styles Birmingham Centre
Birmingham city centre
around 10 minutes on foot to Broad Street
Best for: a 10 minute walk into the centre
8.4/106,257 reviewsLower mid-range
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Hotels near Broad Street, closest first
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| Hotel | WalkStraight-line distance between coordinates, converted to an indicative walking time with an allowance for street routing. It is for comparing these hotels against each other, not a measured route. | Best for | ParkingWhat we could establish about parking. A blank means we did not establish it, not that there is none. | Price bandThe band this property normally sits in according to listing data. Not a live rate and not a quote for your dates. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham | 1 min walk0.03 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and a 15 minute walk into the centre | Own car park, charged | Mid-range |
 Hyatt Regency Birmingham | 2 min walk0.09 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and a 10 minute walk into the centre | Own car park, charged | Upper mid-range |
 Novotel Birmingham Centre | 3 min walk0.12 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and arriving by car | Own car park | Mid-range |
 Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham Brindleyplace | 4 min walk0.17 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and a 15 minute walk into the centre | Paid parking nearby, not on site | Mid-range |
 Holiday Inn Express Birmingham - City Centre by IHG | 4 min walk0.17 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and a 9 minute walk into the centre | No hotel car park | Mid-range |
 Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre, an IHG Hotel | 5 min walk0.18 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (8 min from New Street) | Own car park, charged | Mid-range |
 Hampton by Hilton Birmingham Broad Street | 5 min walk0.19 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and a 15 minute walk into the centre | No hotel car park | Lower mid-range |
| The Cube | 6 min walk0.21 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and a 10 minute walk into the centre | No hotel car park | Mid-range |
| Premier Inn Birmingham City Centre Broad Street hotel | 6 min walk0.22 miles | the shortest walk to the venue | No hotel car park | No price band listed |
 AC Hotel Birmingham | 6 min walk0.22 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and a 9 minute walk into the centre | No hotel car park | Mid-range |
 Malmaison Birmingham | 8 min walk0.30 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (5 min from New Street) | Own car park, charged | Mid-range |
 Hotel ibis Styles Birmingham Centre | 10 min walk0.38 miles | a 10 minute walk into the centre | Not established | Lower mid-range |
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.
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Practical details checked: September 2026
Where they are
How the hotels sit around Broad Street
Broad StreetHotels on this pageRailway stations
Roads, canals, parks and stations are drawn from OpenStreetMap. Hotels are plotted from their own coordinates.
The corridor from end to end
Broad Street runs roughly west from Centenary Square, past Brindleyplace and the canal basin, out to the Five Ways roundabout where it becomes Hagley Road. West Midlands Metro trams run its length, with stops at Library (Centenary Square), Brindleyplace, Five Ways and Edgbaston Village. That tram is the practical reason a hotel at the Hagley Road end still works for a city-centre evening.
The character changes as you go. The Centenary Square end is civic and convention-facing, with the library, the ICC and Symphony Hall. The middle is the bar and restaurant stretch. Towards Five Ways it thins out into offices and larger hotels with car parks.
Parking on Broad Street
Broad Street hotels split fairly cleanly. The larger properties towards the Five Ways end tend to have their own car parks, because they were built with the space. The ones in the middle of the strip generally do not, and use Brindleyplace or other public garages instead.
If you are driving and attending an arena event, the combination worth looking for is a hotel car park within walking distance of the venue, so the car stays put all evening. That is easier here than anywhere else in Birmingham.
Who should stay where
- Shortest walk
- Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham. Around 1 minutes on foot to Broad Street.
- Best if you are driving
- Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre, an IHG Hotel. Own car park, charged. A garage beneath the hotel, run by a third party operator. Several guests report penalty charges from the numbered bays, so register your vehicle at reception.
- Best if you arrive by train
- Malmaison Birmingham. Around 5 minutes on foot from New Street.
- Best value in this group
- Hotel ibis Styles Birmingham Centre. Sits in the lower mid-range band with a review score of 8.4 from 6,257 reviews.
Common questions
Is Broad Street too noisy to sleep on?
Weekend late-night activity is a genuine feature of the middle stretch, and it is the most common complaint about hotels that face directly onto it. Hotels set back from the street, on the Centenary Square end, or towards Five Ways are noticeably less exposed. If quiet is the priority, the Jewellery Quarter or Edgbaston are better starting points.
Which Broad Street hotels are closest to Utilita Arena?
The arena sits just off the canal side near Brindleyplace, so the hotels in the middle and western part of the strip are closest. The distance column above gives the order.
Can I get a tram along Broad Street?
Yes. West Midlands Metro runs the length of Broad Street, with stops at Library (Centenary Square), Brindleyplace, Five Ways and Edgbaston Village. It connects through to Grand Central at New Street.
Is Broad Street a good base without a car?
It is one of the better ones. The arena, the ICC, Symphony Hall and Brindleyplace are all walkable, the tram covers the length of the street, and New Street is a flat walk of roughly 15 minutes from the middle of the strip.
What is a quieter alternative with the same access?
Look at the hotels around Centenary Square and the Jewellery Quarter side, or at Edgbaston along Hagley Road with the tram for the last stretch. Both keep venue access without putting your window over the bars.
