Directions

Meeting

• The oral and poster presentations will be based in room R121 of the Muirhead Tower (Red Zone Building 21)
• Lunch, lab demonstrations and post meeting drinks will be served in Hills (Red Zone Building R3).

By car

Approaching from the north west or south east along the M6:

• Leave at Junction 6 (signposted Birmingham Central) to join the A38(M)
• At the end of the motorway, keep to the right, go over a flyover, then through some underpasses to join the A38 Bristol Road
• The University is on your right, two and a half miles from the city centre

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
• The University is approximately eight miles from the motorway

Approaching from the M40:

• It is easier to turn south on the M42 and leave at Junction 1, heading north on the A38 Bristol Road
• The University is approximately eight miles from the motorway

Car park

Visitors to campus are requested to park in any of the 4 pay & display car parks, those are:

• South Car Park (access via Edgbaston Park Road)
• North Car Park (access via Pritchatts Rd)
• Vincent Drive Car Park (access via Vincent Drive)
• Pritchatts Rd Car Park (at the junction with Vincent Drive)

All of the above are peripheral car parks and can be accessed without entering the main campus.

The current cost is £1.00 per day.

By rail

Most cross-country services to Birmingham arrive at New Street Station. Up to six trains an hour depart for the University on the cross-city line (ten minutes to University station, final destination Longbridge or Redditch). The centre of the main campus is a five-minute walk from University Station.

Campus map

Here is the link to  view or download a pdf of the campus map