Shortest walk
Macdonald Burlington Hotel
Birmingham city centre
around 2 minutes on foot to New Street
Best for: the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (2 min from New Street)
8/104,700 reviewsMid-range
Hotels near
Hotels near Birmingham New Street Station
Every hotel in our Birmingham selection ranked by distance from New Street Station, with parking, price band and the practical detail that matters with luggage.
Arriving by train changes what a good location means. The question is not which hotel is central, because most of them are. It is how far you drag a suitcase, which exit you come out of, and whether the hotel sits on the side of the centre you actually need the next morning.
New Street sits under Grand Central, with exits onto Stephenson Street, Navigation Street and the Bullring side. The hotels below are ordered by straight-line distance from the station, and the shortest few are genuinely a few minutes with a bag. Beyond about 15 minutes the calculation changes: at that point a hotel closer to your reason for visiting usually beats a hotel closer to the platform.
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 8 minutes on foot to New 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
easyHotel Birmingham City Centre
Birmingham city centre
around 3 minutes on foot to New Street
Best for: the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (3 min from New Street)
8.1/105,404 reviewsBudget
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Hotels near Birmingham New Street Station, 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Macdonald Burlington Hotel | 2 min walk0.07 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (2 min from New Street) | No hotel car park | Mid-range |
| Premier Inn Birmingham City Centre (New St Station) hotel | 2 min walk0.08 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (2 min from New Street) | No hotel car park | No price band listed |
 easyHotel Birmingham City Centre | 3 min walk0.13 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (3 min from New Street) | No hotel car park | Budget |
 Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre by IHG | 4 min walk0.15 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (4 min from New Street) | No hotel car park | Mid-range |
 Radisson Blu Hotel, Birmingham | 4 min walk0.17 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (4 min from New Street) | No hotel car park | Mid-range |
 Malmaison Birmingham | 5 min walk0.21 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (5 min from New Street) | Own car park, charged | Mid-range |
 ibis Birmingham New Street Station | 6 min walk0.21 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (6 min from New Street) | No hotel car park | Lower mid-range |
 Staybridge Suites Birmingham Aparthotel by IHG | 6 min walk0.23 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and stays of several nights | No hotel car park | Mid-range |
| Travelodge Birmingham Central Bull Ring | 7 min walk0.25 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (7 min from New Street) | No hotel car park | No price band listed |
 The Grand Hotel Birmingham | 7 min walk0.28 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (7 min from New Street) | No hotel car park | Upper mid-range |
 Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre, an IHG Hotel | 8 min walk0.32 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (8 min from New Street) | Own car park, charged | Mid-range |
 Hotel du Vin Birmingham | 8 min walk0.32 miles | the shortest walk to the venue and rail arrivals (8 min from New Street) | Not established | Mid-range |
 Holiday Inn Express Birmingham - City Centre by IHG | 9 min walk0.34 miles | a 9 minute walk into the centre and a well reviewed choice (8.6 from 7,590 guests) | No hotel car park | Mid-range |
 Aparthotel Adagio Birmingham City Centre | 9 min walk0.35 miles | stays of several nights and a 9 minute walk into the centre | Not established | Mid-range |
 AC Hotel Birmingham | 9 min walk0.35 miles | a 9 minute walk into the centre | No hotel car park | 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 Birmingham New Street Station
New StreetHotels on this pageRailway stations
Roads, canals, parks and stations are drawn from OpenStreetMap. Hotels are plotted from their own coordinates.
Arriving with luggage
Which exit you use is worth thinking about for a couple of minutes before you book. The Stephenson Street and Navigation Street exits put you on the western side, facing the Broad Street direction. The Grand Central and Bullring exits put you on the eastern side, towards the Rotunda, Moor Street and Digbeth. A hotel that is 400 metres away on the wrong side of the station is not meaningfully closer than one 600 metres away on the right side.
Birmingham has two other central stations that matter here. Moor Street is a short walk east and handles Chiltern services to London Marylebone. Snow Hill is north of the centre, towards the Jewellery Quarter. If your itinerary uses one of those rather than New Street, the shortest walk on this page may not be your shortest walk.
Parking if you are not arriving by train
The hotels closest to New Street are the ones least likely to have their own car park, because the land does not exist. Several use nearby multi-storey garages instead, which is workable but adds a walk at both ends of the stay.
If you are driving to Birmingham and only using the station on one leg of the trip, it is usually worth comparing a hotel slightly further out with genuine on-site parking against a central hotel plus a public car park for two or three nights.
Who should stay where
- Shortest walk
- Macdonald Burlington Hotel. Around 2 minutes on foot to Birmingham New Street Station.
- 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 value in this group
- easyHotel Birmingham City Centre. Sits in the budget band with a review score of 8.1 from 5,404 reviews.
Common questions
Which hotel is closest to Birmingham New Street Station?
The table above is sorted by straight-line distance, so the top row is the nearest in our selection. The first several entries are all within a few minutes on foot, and the difference between them matters less than which station exit they sit near.
Can you walk from New Street to these hotels with luggage?
For the hotels at the top of the table, yes, comfortably. The centre is flat and the pavements are wide. Further down the list you are into 15 minutes or more, which is fine unencumbered and less pleasant with a large case.
Is New Street or Moor Street the better station to book near?
It depends on your operator. New Street handles Avanti, CrossCountry and West Midlands services; Moor Street handles Chiltern to London Marylebone. They are only a few minutes apart on foot, so a hotel near one is usually acceptable for the other, but check which one your ticket uses before you optimise for the wrong platform.
Are station-area hotels noisy?
The station itself is below ground level, so train noise is not usually the issue. The relevant factor is street activity, which is higher on the Broad Street and Hurst Street sides than on the quieter blocks north of Colmore Row.
Do hotels near New Street have parking?
Some do, many do not, and several use a nearby public garage rather than their own car park. The parking column above shows what we could establish for each property, and the individual hotel pages carry the detail.
