Posted: 28 July 2008 at 4:01pm | IP Logged

Birmingham is a difficult city to navigate, you have to think in three dimensions. It's like one of those Star Trek chess sets.

I mean, there's three different exits from New St that you may take, all of which would lead to a different route to the Clarendon Suites being most appropriate. There's the front entrance, the wise man's side entrance and the depressing Pallisades entrance.

Given such difficulties, Deadcal's suggestion makes sense - although cab fares are going through the roof lately.

Posted: 31 July 2008 at 11:58am | IP Logged

Duh_Prez wrote: Think I'm getting to the station for 9! So can hang on for people and get a group taxi, or take a chance with the walk  I assume there's ample coffee shops/meeting places and so on in the station?

New St is pretty crap for meeting places, to be fair, because it's attached to a shopping centre that's well stocked for coffee shops.

There's a Burger King, some food shops and a pub (which is inside the ticket barrier, meaning you can't drink in there without wanting to catch a train).

Posted: 01 August 2008 at 12:53am | IP Logged

ill be driving there, i do hope they have a car park there thats safe as ive never been there before

i should be there for about 10.30-11am depending on traffic

Posted: 01 August 2008 at 12:43pm | IP Logged

Specimen-17 wrote: For anyone going by train (especially from the South), Five Ways station is closer than New Street - You just head for the Five Ways roundabout then turn left up Hagley Road (right-hand side of it) until you get to the Clarendon. Should only take 20 minutes or so.

And just to add to this, you can get a train from New St - Five Ways every 10 minutes, and it takes about 5 mins to get to the station. It's a definite timesaver.

I will be at Five Ways station at some point. Isn't that exciting?