Shortest walk
Hyatt Regency Birmingham
Birmingham city centre
around 2 minutes on foot to the ICC
Best for: the shortest walk to the venue and a 10 minute walk into the centre
8.4/105,061 reviewsUpper mid-range
Hotels near
Hotels near the ICC and Symphony Hall
Hotels near the ICC and Symphony Hall compared on walking distance, parking and price, for conferences, concerts and Centenary Square events.
The ICC and Symphony Hall share a site at the Centenary Square end of Broad Street, which makes this one of the few Birmingham venues where a genuinely short walk is available at almost every price level.
Two different trips book this page. A conference delegate wants a reliable room, a desk and a walk of under ten minutes for three consecutive mornings. A concert audience wants somewhere pleasant to eat first and a short walk back afterwards. The comparison below serves both, ordered by distance, with the parking and price columns to separate them.
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 parkingBest for rail arrivals
Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre, an IHG Hotel
Birmingham city centre
around 5 minutes on foot to the ICC
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 7 minutes on foot to the ICC
Best for: the shortest walk to the venue and a 10 minute walk into the centre
8.4/106,257 reviewsLower mid-range
Compare
Hotels near the ICC and Symphony Hall, closest first
Scroll the table sideways on a small screen. Tap a column heading to sort.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
 Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham | 4 min walk0.16 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and a 15 minute walk into the centre | Own car park, charged | Mid-range |
 Holiday Inn Express Birmingham - City Centre by IHG | 5 min walk0.19 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 walk0.20 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (8 min from New Street) | Own car park, charged | Mid-range |
 Novotel Birmingham Centre | 5 min walk0.21 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and arriving by car | Own car park | Mid-range |
 Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham Brindleyplace | 6 min walk0.21 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and a 15 minute walk into the centre | Paid parking nearby, not on site | Mid-range |
 Hotel ibis Styles Birmingham Centre | 7 min walk0.27 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and a 10 minute walk into the centre | Not established | Lower mid-range |
 Hampton by Hilton Birmingham Broad Street | 8 min walk0.29 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and a 15 minute walk into the centre | No hotel car park | Lower mid-range |
| Premier Inn Birmingham City Centre Broad Street hotel | 8 min walk0.30 miles | the shortest walk to the venue | No hotel car park | No price band listed |
 Staycity Aparthotels, Birmingham, City Centre | 8 min walk0.32 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and stays of several nights | Limited spaces | 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.
Thumbnails show the nearest landmark or the area each property sits in, never the property itself. We hold no licensed photograph of these hotels and we do not generate one.
Practical details checked: September 2026
Where they are
How the hotels sit around the ICC and Symphony Hall
The ICCHotels on this pageRailway stations
Roads, canals, parks and stations are drawn from OpenStreetMap. Hotels are plotted from their own coordinates.
Centenary Square and the venue approach
The complex fronts onto Centenary Square, with the Library of Birmingham on one side and the canal and Brindleyplace behind. The Library tram stop is on the square itself, on the West Midlands Metro line that continues down Broad Street to Five Ways and Edgbaston Village and back through the centre to Grand Central.
For a conference, the useful detail is that Centenary Square is about a 15 minute flat walk from New Street, so a station-side hotel is workable if the ICC hotels are full or overpriced during a large event. For an evening concert, the same walk in reverse is the part people underestimate.
Parking for the ICC
Conference weeks push demand into the surrounding public car parks, and the Brindleyplace and Broad Street garages are the usual fallback. A hotel car park within walking distance is worth a premium during a large event, because it takes the daily search out of the schedule entirely.
Where the table shows a hotel using a nearby garage rather than its own car park, treat the walk from that garage as part of every arrival and departure, not just the first one.
Who should stay where
- Shortest walk
- Hyatt Regency Birmingham. Around 2 minutes on foot to the ICC and Symphony Hall.
- 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
- Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre, an IHG Hotel. Around 8 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
Which hotels are within walking distance of Symphony Hall?
The top of the table covers the Centenary Square and Brindleyplace cluster, all of which are a short flat walk. The list continues out to the New Street side, which is roughly 15 minutes.
Is the ICC the same place as Symphony Hall?
They share one site at Centenary Square and are usually treated as a single destination for travel purposes. Symphony Hall is the concert venue within the complex; the ICC is the conference and exhibition side.
Can I get a tram to Centenary Square?
Yes. The Library tram stop sits on Centenary Square, on the West Midlands Metro line that runs from Grand Central through the centre and along Broad Street to Edgbaston Village.
Which hotels suit a multi-day conference?
Look for the combination of a walk under ten minutes and either on-site parking or a workable rail arrival, depending on how you travel. For three consecutive early starts, the shorter walk earns its premium; for a single day it usually does not.
What is the nearest station to the ICC?
New Street is the main one, at roughly a 15 minute flat walk, and it connects to the venue by tram as well. Five Ways station is closer to the western end of Broad Street if your service calls there.
