Conference Travel
Venue address
Alan Walters Building
University of Birmingham
Pritchatts Road
Edgbaston
B15 2TT
Sustainable Travel
The organising committee are committed to reducing the environmental impact of the conference wherever possible. Please help us by considering your method of travel carefully.
Travelling by rail from central Birmingham or Birmingham International airport to the University is simple. If you’re travelling from Western Europe, Eurostar connects a number of European cities to London St Pancras, with direct trains from London Euston to Birmingham New Street.
If you’re not able to complete your journey without travelling by road, please consider car sharing with other attendees.
Taxi
There are taxi ranks at New Street Station and throughout the city centre. If you hail a cab, you’ll may need to pay the driver in cash. The Uber and Ola apps are also available in Birmingham.
The journey to the Alan Walters Building from the city centre takes around 15 minutes, depending on traffic.
Train
Birmingham New Street is a hub for travel from across the country, and links directly with University via a high-frequency service that takes only six minutes. This train usually leaves Birmingham New Street from Platform 12, with a final destination of Bromsgrove or Redditch.
As you exit University station, turn left towards the University of Birmingham’s campus. Continue to follow the road (Westgate) down the hill without crossing over; you will walk past some car parks, which are now boarded up.
At the end of this road, turn left onto Ring Road North and walk up the hill, passing behind the Main Library and Teaching and Learning building.
At the top of the road, turn right onto Pritchatts Road and cross at the pedestrian crossing. Continue walking on Pritchatts Road until you see the Alan Walters Building.
Timetables and service updates are available from the National Rail website.
Bus
Frequent bus services run from the city centre. Numbers X61, 63, X64 and 886 travel to the University’s Edgbaston campus, with the most convenient campus stops located on the X64 route. Number 98 serves the Medical School and Queen Elizabeth Hospital. You can catch most of these buses directly outside Birmingham New Street station, on Smallbrook Queensway.
Maps can be found throughout the city centre indicating bus stop locations, and bus stops will display route information and times. Pay for your ticket on the bus with cash, or using a contactless card. The journey takes around 20 minutes, depending on traffic.
Online bus timetables are available on the National Express West Midlands website.
Car
Approaching from the north west or south east along the M6:
Leave at Junction 6 (signposted Birmingham Central) to join the A38 (M). Continue on the A48, then take the B4127. Turn left onto Wheeley’s Lane then continue straight until you reach the hotel (on your right).
Approaching from the M42 north:
Leave at Junction 8 to join the M6 northbound and follow the instructions above.
Approaching from the south west:
Leave the M5 at Junction 4 signposted Birmingham SW to join the A38.
Approaching from the M40:
From Junction 3A, head west on the M42. At Junction 3 take the A435 exit (Birmingham South).
As part of the organisation of this conference, the University of Birmingham is collecting income via registration fees and sponsorships on behalf of the
RegInnoPol 2026 organising committee.