Accessible hotels near Birmingham Airport
These days, more effort is being made to improve accessibility in hotels. However, it can still be difficult to find out what facilities a hotel has, because their websites don’t provide the information and staff are often ill-informed about what’s available. To help you out, we’ve done some of the work for you and researched hotels at Birmingham Airport with accessible rooms.
Premier Inn Birmingham NEC/Airport
This hotel has blue badge parking spaces outside and all its public areas are wheelchair accessible. Accessible rooms with wet rooms are available. Hearing loops have been fitted where appropriate and vibrating alarms can be provided. It takes about 10 minutes to drive to the airport from the Premier Inn, and there are park and fly packages available if you would like to leave your car at the hotel for the duration of your trip.
The Arden has 6 blue badge parking spaces. The meeting rooms, bar and restaurant are all accessible to wheelchair users. Accessible bedrooms have been built with appropriate turning circles and lower fixtures and fittings, such as light switches. Evacuation ski pads are available in the event of a fire. Assistance dogs are welcome in the hotel. It’s less than a mile to the airport and long term parking is possible.
This hotel has blue badge parking and 12 accessible guest rooms. At reception there is an induction loop for hearing aid users and all the public areas of the hotel are fully accessible. The hotel is 5 minutes’ drive from the airport. They have long term parking packages and a shuttle bus to the train station, where you can catch the free monorail to the terminal.
The Ibis has ramps to allow wheelchair access to the building. Inside, there are 8 accessible bedrooms. Induction loops have also been fitted for the hard of hearing and there are accessible toilets in the building. The hotel is just 300 metres from the terminal. It does not have its own car park, but you can use the official airport car parks; there’s one just across the road.
Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport
The public areas of the hotel are fully accessible and service animals are welcome here. There are 2 accessible rooms, with wider doors, bigger bathrooms and lower fittings, such as light switches. There are panel grab rails by the toilet and an emergency button there and beside the bed. It takes 10 minutes to drive to the airport. They have long term parking packages and a shuttle bus.
The accessible rooms in this hotel have level access showers with grab rails and a shower seat. There is an emergency pull cord in the bathroom and a button beside the bed. The room has a 1500 mm turning circle. Features such as the spyhole and lightswitch are set at a low height and there is a strobe light in the ceiling which activates if the hotel’s fire alarm sounds. There are blue badge parking spaces and the public areas of the hotel are fully accessible. It’s a few minutes’ drive from the airport terminal. Park and fly packages are available and there’s free Wifi access throughout the hotel.
This hotel has blue badge parking bays and long term parking packages. Its accessible bedrooms have lower fixtures and fittings. All the public areas including the bar and restaurants are fully wheelchair accessible. There’s a shuttle bus to the train station, where you can board a monorail that goes to the terminal building. It takes 10 minutes to drive from the hotel to the airport.
Express by Holiday Inn Birmingham NEC
This hotel has accessible parking spaces, but blue badge holders still have to pay for parking, which costs £7 per day. Guide dogs are welcome. There are 10 accessible bedrooms which have adapted bathrooms and lower fixtures and fittings. They also have vibrating pillow alarms. There is no restaurant in the hotel but the pub next door is also wheelchair accessible. The airport is 10 minutes away by car, or a shuttle bus to the train station is also provided. This is connected by skyrail to the airport building.
The Novotel is on-site, opposite Terminal 1 at the airport. It has 6 accessible rooms and can provide vibrating alarms. All public areas of the hotel are fully accessible. There is a wireless internet connection, but a charge applies to this. Parking is in the airport car parks at Terminal 1.
