Descriptions Hotel The Great Barr
Location.
This hotel is located in West Bromwich. The Hawthorns, International Convention Centre, and Bullring Shopping Centre are area attractions. Regional points of interest include National Indoor Arena.
Features.
The property has a restaurant and a bar/lounge. Room service is available during limited hours. Business amenities at this 3.0 star property include a business center, business services, and secretarial services. This property provides an airport shuttle (surcharge). Event facilities consist of exhibit space, conference rooms, and banquet facilities. The staff can arrange dry cleaning/laundry services, currency exchange, car rentals on site, and express check out. Additional amenities include barbecue grills, laundry facilities, and a fireplace in the lobby.
Guestrooms.
The Birmingham Great Barr Hotel has 104 guestrooms. Televisions are equipped with satellite channels, video game consoles, and pay movies. Guestrooms provide direct dial phones. Guestrooms feature refrigerators and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms offer hair dryers and complimentary toiletries. Additional amenities include sofa beds, windows that open, and clock radios. In addition, amenities available on request include irons/ironing boards and extra towels/bedding. Housekeeping is offered. All guestrooms at The Birmingham Great Barr Hotel are non smoking.
The Great Barr Hotel is located in the leafy suburb of Great Barr, a mere 20 minute drive from the centre of Birmingham. The Hotel is situated close to M6 Motorway at Junction 7 and M5 Motorway at Junction 1 with easy access to the International Convention Centre, National Exhibition Centre and Birmingham Airport. The Great Barr Hotel has 106 En-suite bedrooms offering remote control Colour Television with Sky Channels and a choice of in-room feature films, radio, direct dial telephone, tea and coffee making facilities, hairdryers, trouser press and alarm. The Hotel also offers 10 Versatile Conference and Training Suites suitable for one-to-one meetings and upto 200 delegates in theatre style setting. The Hotel offers ample free Car Parking for up to 250 vehicles.
General
This modern hotel is situated in attractive grounds about 5 miles from the centre of Birmingham. Due to its easy access to the city centre and distance from the M6 this is a great alternative to a city centre property. Highly recommended. (KB 02/08)
SurroundingArea
The Great Barr is ideally located for Birmingham and the midlands, Literally 5 minutes drive from the M6 Jnc 7. Much easier than driving through the city centre. Leave @ Junction 7 -M6 Motorway, follow A34 towards Birmingham, at Scott Arms junction turn right onto Newton Road for approx. 1 1/4 miles then take the right filter lane just past Malt Shovel Public House to Pear Tree Drive.
RoomTypes
The rooms are of a very good standard, they are traditionally decorated and in keeping with the rest of the hotel. Bathrooms are clean and well designed and are mostly white tiled.
PropertyInformation
The exterior of the Hotel is quite modern, it is low rise and is situated in a leafy green suburb of Birmingham.
DiningFacilities
The restaurant is situated at the back of the hotel next to the popular bar area. It serves a mix of cuisine including some local favourites and European dishes. The hotel serves an excellent full breakfast.
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AreaDetails
Suburbs 8 kms to city centre 15 kms to the nearest airport (birmingham) 30 minute walk to the nearest metro station (west bromwich) 10 km to the nearest station (birmingham new street) 2 minute walk to the nearest bus stop 15 km to the nearest fair site (nec)
RoomInformation
105 Single rooms Double rooms Twin rooms Triple rooms Suites Non-smoking rooms
The Birmingham Great Barr Hotel is located just ten minutes from the centre of Birmingham in the leafy suburb of Great Barr. After a recent 1 million pound refurbishment programme, the Hotel now boasts a fresh, vibrant, contempory building set in beautiful grounds. Access to the Hotel is easy as both the M6 at Junction 7 and M5 at Junction 1 are both only 1 mile away, making the Hotel the ideal gettaway for visiting friends, sampling the extensive nightlife or even treating yourself to a shopping weekend at the Famous Bullring Shopping Centre, hailed as the new European Shopping Capital. Walsall town centre is only a five minute drive with Sutton easily accessible by car for a ten minute drive. The Hotel has 105 guest rooms all en suite with both bath and shower, trouser press, tea/coffee tray, hairdryer, in room movies, playstation games, internet access via the television, and many rooms have the added bonus of views overlooking our extensive peaceful gardens. There is also free car parking for up to 200 cars. The Hotel offers the Oak Bar serving a range of beers and fine wines and also the Palm Restaurant with a tempting menu of British and International cuisine, both are popular with residents and locals alike. The Hotel also houses 10 conference and banqueting suites which cater from 2 to 200. The Hotel has a dedicated Events team to cater for any event from Weddings to Trade Shows, to Conferences and Training Days.
The Great Barr hotel is undoubtedly one of the best 3-star hotels in Birmingham, set in beautiful grounds and just 20 minutes from the city centre. The hotel is housed in a contemporary building with 105 tastefully furnished rooms and suites offering all the facilities expected of a 3 star hotel including satellite TV, Internet, playstation and computer rental. Many of the rooms have a wonderful view of the gardens. This is the perfect base for the business or leisure traveller, being within easy access of the NEC, the business district, the city centre with its myriad of bars, restaurants, galleries, music venues, jewellery quarter and shopping centres as well as access to major roads winding their way to towns like Stratford-Upon-Avon. The Palm Restaurant offers excellent British and International cuisine and is very popular with locals and guests alike.
Just minutes from Birmingham city centre, M6 and M5 Motorways, close to the Airport and NEC, and located in quiet and pleasant surroundings, we offer a comprehensive selection of facilities to meet most needs. Our helpful staff will make your event a very special occasion. First on the list for many events, conferences and those special occasions - The Great Barr Hotel caters for important industry/company conferences, wedding receptions, parties, celebrations and other private functions. We believe the secret of our success has been to cleverly engineer a refurbishment programme that has not only created a bright and welcoming modern hotel, but has retained the charm of a 19th century establishment. It\'s a case where \'new\' colliding with \'old\' has resulted in the best of both worlds. Please come and visit us - we think that you will be delighted with the look and feel of the new Great Barr Hotel. 105 tastefully furnished single/double bedrooms - all with en-suite bathrooms and facilities that you would expect of a modern hotel. Room service is available.
The Great Barr hotel is undoubtedly one of the best 3-star hotels in Birmingham, set in beautiful grounds and just 20 minutes from the city centre. The hotel is housed in a contemporary building with 105 tastefully furnished rooms and suites offering all the facilities expected of a 3 star hotel including satellite TV, Internet, playstation and computer rental. Many of the rooms have a wonderful view of the gardens. This is the perfect base for the business or leisure traveller, being within easy access of the NEC, the business district, the city centre with its myriad of bars, restaurants, galleries, music venues, jewellery quarter and shopping centres as well as access to major roads winding their way to towns like Stratford-Upon-Avon. The Palm Restaurant offers excellent British and International cuisine and is very popular with locals and guests alike.
