Travel Instructions
From Birmingham New Street Railway Station to the ETAP-hotel
When you enter the main concourse of Birmingham New Street station,
turn left. Pass the WH Smiths and M&S-shops and exit the concourse and
reach a driveway. Follow the driveway
until you reach a set of traffic lights. Cross the main road, which is
called Smallbrook Queensway, and turn right.
Walk along Smallbrook Queensway until you reach a large roundabout. Turn left at this roundabout into Bristol Street (the
A38). Walk along Bristol Street for about 300m until you reach an
underpass at the junction of Bristol Street and Bromsgrove
Street. The
ETAP-hotel is now on the other side of Bristol Street, so just take the
underpass to end up very close to the entrance of the hotel. A map of
the surrounding area may be found
here.
There is also a taxi rank at New Street Station. Taxis to the
ETAP-hotel will cost about 5 pounds.
From the ETAP-hotel to the University
The best way is to use a bus. If you leave the hotel, cross Bristol Road (the big
dual carriageway) via the underpass. Turn right on the other side of
the underpass and walk along Bristol Road until you reach the next bus
stop. The numbers 61, 62 and 63 are all equally useful. Take any of
these ones and stay on the bus for about 15 mins until you reach a
pub on the right, called the Gunbarrel Pub. Next you pass a gate
which leads to the University on your right hand side and shortly
afterwards a Tesco Express combined with a petrol station. Leave the
bus at the next bus stop after the petrol station, which
is called Dawlish Road. Now turn into Grange Road,
which leaves Bristol Street at the Goose at the OVT pub on the other
side of the road. There are traffic lights behind the bus stop. Follow this
street into the University campus via the Grange Road gate (on the
bottom of the
University map).
To reach the Haworth lecture theatre from Grange Road gate, continue
on the road on which you entered the University past a junction and
the Mechanical Engineering building (Y3) on your left until you reach
a square. The building on the left of the square is the Haworth
building (marked Y2 on the map). The entrance to the building is
towards the end of the square on the left hand side underneath of one
wing of the building.
From the University to the ETAP-hotel
Go back to Bristol Road. If you reach Bristol Road at the Goose at the OVT
turn left and walk along Bristol Road until you reach the next
bus stop. Take a 61, 62 or 63 bus towards the City Centre. Follow it
for about 15 minutes until you reach a big junction, where on the left
hand side before the junction there is a McDonalds and on the
right-hand side after the junction there is a church followed by a Ford
garage. Leave the bus at the second stop after this junction. The
ETAP-hotel is on the left of the main road.
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