| upgraded quarters add private showers, while others share facilities. check-in time: 4:00 pmcheck-out time: 10:00 am. 2 miles from birmingham city centre. there's also a guest lounge. the 9 unpretentious rooms come with complimentary wifi, tea and coffeemaking equipment, and tvs. 3 miles from winterbourne house and garden (an edwardian house with botanical gardens) and 6. a 4-minute walk from kings norton train station, this no-frills hotel is 3. freebies include breakfast and on-site parking
Birmingham Airport 32 min
Aston Hall (22 min)
Jacobean-style mansion with tours of its period rooms, scenic gardens & occasional special events. Cannon Hill Park (10 min)
Tennis courts, bowling green, boats on the lake and walking trails in 120 acres of woodland. Cadbury World (5 min)
Self-guided tours through colorful interactive displays about chocolate-making & Cadbury history. National Trust - Birmingham Back to Backs (15 min)
Guided tours of 4 fully restored historic houses that show how life changed between 1840 and 1977. National SEA LIFE Centre Birmingham (20 min)
Family-friendly exhibits with a variety of sea creatures (most offer play areas & group packages). Edgbaston Stadium (10 min)
Top-flight county cricket team's home at an England Test venue with a kit and memorabilia shop. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (11 min)
Art deco stone-and-brick gallery with small collection of great artists, sculpture and coins. Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (17 min)
Victorian building with domed Round Room showing Pre-Raphaelites, Staffordshire hoard and artefacts. The Birmingham Botanical Gardens (14 min)
16-acre site with exotic flora in elegant Victorian glasshouses, Bonsai garden and bird collection. Lickey Hills Country Park (13 min)
Sprawling woodland with walking trails, a sculpture walk and over 380 species of flowering plants. Library of Birmingham (15 min)
Europe's largest public library is a modern, 31,000-sq-m. building with a cafe & a gift shop. Thinktank Science Museum (18 min)
Close encounters with technology past, present and future in family-friendly interactive displays. Black Country Living Museum (29 min)
Exploration of life in an 1850s iron-working town, with a coal seam, forge, steam engine and shops. Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park (9 min)
Small zoo with focus on endangered species, conservation and captive breeding. Winterbourne House & Garden (11 min)
Antiques and botanical gardens with 6,000 plants in Edwardian industrialist's grand country house. | 
