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The University’s principal campuses There is no charge to park at the University The Sculpture Trail after 6pm or at the weekend. Overnight Works of sculpture are key features of the main Edgbaston campus. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (R14) has a collection that are to the south west of Birmingham, parking is not permitted. Visitors who require (All sculpture is part of the University of Birmingham collections provides a stunning overview of western European art since the in Edgbaston and Selly Oak. access to the main campus should contact except those marked with an asterisk) 13th century with work by artists including Botticelli, Degas, Van the department they are visiting to request a n Equestrian Statue of King George I (Near R14)* Dyck, Monet, Manet, Turner and Van Gogh. The Institute also hosts A Children’s Hospital NHS Trust parking permit which should be dated and Bronze, 1717–22; Workshop of John Nost the Elder a wealth of musical events in its concert hall, with regular visits from D The Vale hung from the rear view mirror of their (The Barber Institute of Fine Arts)
world-class performers, and occasional festivals. The building is now n Mermaid Fountain (Near O1)
E Conference Park vehicle. Please note that visitor hanger
. Look deeper Look Grade 1 listed and is the purest example of art deco style in the city. Bronze and stone, 1961, William James Bloye
F Edgbaston campus permits are not valid in NE car park but
Admission is free. Open: Monday–Friday 10.00am–5.00pm; There is more. is There n Beethoven, Virgil, Michelangelo, Plato, Shakespeare, Newton, G Medical School can be used elsewhere on campus. Saturday and Sunday 11.00am–5.00pm. Watt, Faraday and Darwin (Near R5–R6)
H Jarratt Hall 8 January 1902. January 8 www.barber.org.uk Darley Dale stone, 1907; Henry Pegram
I Selly Oak campus Chancellor, Chancellor, Birmingham’s first Birmingham’s Tel: 0121 414 7333 n Heraldic Shields from Mason College (Near R1)
J Pritchatts Park Joseph Chamberlain, Chamberlain, Joseph P Stone, c.1870–80; Maker unknown
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The Lapworth Museum of Geology (R4) within our Aston Webb E MIL L ROA n the world. the D Ancestor I (Near R22)*
Building is one of the oldest specialist geological museums in the UK, Visitor parking NEW SCHOOL Bronze, 1970; Dame Barbara Hepworth (on loan to the University Europe and perhaps perhaps and Europe OF DENTISTRY
with over 250,000 specimens of rocks, fossils and minerals. There are Visitor parking is at NE Car Park, on the north east side from the Trustees of the Hepworth Estate)
of their kind in in kind their of also large collections of early geological maps, equipment, models and of Pritchatts Road, and Pritchatts Road car park on Pay n Girl in a Hat (Near R1–R4) they will be the best best the be will they photographic material. Admission is free. Open to the public. See and Display rates of: Bronze, 1972; Bernard Sindall RA
n that as far as they go go they as far as that website for information about exhibitions and opening hours: Up to 1 hour £2.50 n The Wrestlers (Near Y1)
www.birmingham.ac.uk/lapworth-museum n 1–3 hours £4.00 Granite, 1950; Edward Bainbridge-Copnall
are completed I think think I completed are Tel: 0121 414 7294/6751 n 3–5 hours £5.50 n Engineering Frieze (Near Y3) When these buildings buildings these When n 5–8 hours £6.20 Stone, 1954; William James Bloye
Winterbourne House and Garden (G12) has dramatic seasonal n Up to 10 hours £7.00 n Faraday (outside University railway station) displays of over 6,000 native and foreign plants. Set within the original Bronze, 2000; Sir Eduardo Paolozzi CBE, RA
Edwardian garden of borders, terraced lawns and woodland walks, it is a focus for garden history and plant conservation, hosting talks Hidden treasures 04/18 New School of Dentistry and events throughout the year. See website for information about The University is also home to a range of specialist collections spanning events and opening hours: Birmingham Dental Hospital different centuries and cultures. Admission is free but please make a www.winterbourne.org.uk 5 Mill Pool Way prior appointment. Open: Monday–Friday 10.00am–5.00pm
Tel: 0121 414 3003 Birmingham B5 7EG n The Archaeology Collection (R16) Tel: 0121 414 5497
n The Danford Collection of West African Art VISITORS’ MAP VISITORS’ and Artefacts (R16) Tel: 0121 414 5128 The Clock Tower (Near R1) in Chancellor’s Court is the dominant Visitor parking n The Physics Collection of Historic Scientific feature of the campus skyline and a major city landmark. Dedicated Dental Hospital – parking is only available at adjacent Instruments (R13) Tel: 0121 414 4564 to Joseph Chamberlain, the University’s first Chancellor, it is known Pay and Display. £1.50 first hour + £1 each hour n The University Medical Collection (B1) Tel: 0121 414 2583 as ‘Old Joe’ and stands 100 metres high. Its design is based on thereafter (cash only). the Mangia Tower in Siena and the largest bell weighs 6.5 tonnes. Learn more Learn more www.birmingham.ac.uk/collections www.birmingham.ac.uk/campus-destination
Travel information Selly Oak campus How to find us
The Selly Oak campus is less than ten Birmingham is at the heart of the UK’s road and By motorway By coach Approaching from the north west or south east along the M6: There are frequent express coach services to Birmingham from minutes from Birmingham city centre rail network, and is easily accessible from other n Leave at Junction 6 (signposted Birmingham Central) to join London, Heathrow and Gatwick airports, and many UK cities. and only five minutes away by car from parts of the country and beyond. The University’s the A38(M) The long-distance coach station is in Digbeth in the city centre. the Edgbaston campus, on an 80-acre main campus at Edgbaston, with its magnificent n At the end of the motorway, keep to the right, go over a flyover, National Express garden site near the village of Bournville. architecture, is a major landmark in Birmingham. then through some underpasses to join the A38 Bristol Road Tel: 08717 818181 n The University is on your right, two and a half miles from the www.nationalexpress.com city centre There are also a number of University locations away from the city. By bus For directions to Stratford-upon-Avon (the Shakespeare Institute), Approaching from the M42 north: Numbers 63, X61 and X64 travel to the University’s Edgbaston and Ironbridge (the Ironbridge Institute), and Coniston Water in the n Green Zone Lake District (the Priestley Centre) please refer to our website Leave at Junction 8 to join the M6 northbound and follow the Selly Oak campuses via the Bristol Road, while numbers 98 and 99 Key instructions above serve the Medical School and Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The services SG5 Orchard Learning Resource at www.birmingham.ac.uk/contact/directions SY2 Building name Centre (OLRC) run frequently from the city centre. Numbers 76, 84 and 48 serve the To City Centre and Approaching from the south west: Medical School providing links to areas such as Solihull, Kings Norton, Level access entrance Edgbaston Campus OLRC Teaching Centre W EO European Resource Centre Steps St Andrew’s Hall L n Leave the M5 at Junction 4 (signposted Birmingham SW) Harborne, Bearwood and Cotteridge. There is a travel information office EY P AR K SG6 Alan Geale House Public car park RO to join the A38 Birmingham (South West) outside New Street station, where you can obtain bus timetables and P A D SG7 Rendezvous Café Bus stops n The University is approximately eight miles from the motorway departure point information. Maps can be found throughout the city University SY1 centre indicating bus stop locations. of Birmingham Food and drink School Yellow Zone Approaching from the M40: National Express West Midlands Toilets SY1 Elmfield House SY6 n It is easier to turn south on the M42 and leave at Junction 1, www.nxbus.co.uk The Oaks SY2 George Cadbury Hall Crowther Hall Pre-school heading north on the A38 Bristol Road towards Birmingham Unit Drama and Theatre Arts SY2 n The University is approximately eight miles from the motorway By taxi P SY3 Charles W Gillett Centre 8 3 SY5 A The Oaks Gymnasium There are taxi ranks at New Street station and throughout the
SG5 D SY4 A Day Nursery O SY4 Selly Oak Visual Arts Centre SG6 R Selly Oak By rail city centre. The journey to the University takes about 20 minutes.
Visual Arts Centre L O Drama and Theatre Arts T SY3 Most cross-country services to Birmingham arrive at New Street S P I R B SY5 The Oaks Day Nursery
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Y E SY6 The Oaks Pre-school Unit L Images: University of Birmingham Collections D The Close E cross-city line (final destination Longbridge or Redditch). The centre Birmingham Airport has direct flights from locations in the UK, as well W BBC of the main campus is a five-minute walk from University station. as from the USA, Canada, Europe and the Middle East. The journey by Drama SG7 Village National Rail Enquiries taxi from the airport to the University takes approximately half an hour. Chapel Tel: 08457 484950 Alternatively, a free air-rail link runs from the airport to Birmingham Archibald House www.nationalrail.co.uk International railway station every two minutes and connects with frequent services to New Street station in the city centre. Access for visitors with disabilities Birmingham Airport W I TH E R FO A ‘mobility map’ is available, which complements R D Tel: +44 (0)871 222 0072 W AY Edgbaston, Birmingham, www.birminghamairport.co.uk To Northfield, Longbridge this map. Please visit the Aston Webb Reception, and M5, junction 4 B15 2TT, United Kingdom Human Resources or www.birmingham.ac.uk/ Tel: 0121 414 3344 If you are arriving at a London airport, there is a frequent train documents/university/mobility-map.pdf service from London Euston railway station to New Street station. www.birmingham.ac.uk for your copy. Index to buildings by zone
Red Zone R1 Law Building R2 Frankland Building A–Z index to schools and departments (within buildings by zone) Edgbaston campus map R3 Hills Building R4 Aston Webb – Lapworth Museum R5 Aston Webb – B Block A D I Political Science and Cultural attractions R6 Aston Webb – Great Hall Academic Services Denis Howell Building Immunology and Immunotherapy B1, B2 International Studies R7 Aston Webb – Student Hub G18, R4, R15, R22, (Cancer Sciences) B5 Institute of Archaeology (POLSIS) and Sociology R21 R23, O4, O6, G4, Y1 Dental Practice B9 and Antiquity R16 Postal Services Y4 O Open to public R8 Physics West Admissions O5 Dentistry Institute for German Studies R21 Postgraduate Admissions O5 utes Barber Institute min R9 Nuffield 15 Alta Estates Services Y6 – See University locations map Institute of Local Government Applied Health Research of Fine Arts (R14) G21 R10 Physics East American and Canadian Studies R16 Department of Social Policy Studies (INLOGOV) R21 R28, Y16, Y17, B7 Lapworth Museum R11 Medical Physics Aston Webb Reception R6 and Social Work R21 Institute of Occupational and Primary Care and of Geology (R4) Oakley The Vale Footpath R12 Bramall Music Building Development and Business Environmental Medicine Y16 General Practice R28 SO B Court MERSET R13 Poynting Building Engagement B6 Interdisciplinary Research Centre Procurement R5 Winterbourne House ROAD Barnes Library B1 and Garden (G12) R14 Barber Institute of Fine Arts Drama and Theatre Arts Selly Oak (IRC) Net Shape Laboratory G7 Pro-Vice-Chancellor’s Office R5 Barber Fine Art Library R14 International Development Psychology R2, R3, B4 R15 Watson Building R14 E Medical Practice B9 The Elms Barber Institute of Fine Arts Department (IDD) R21 Psychiatry – Queen Elizabeth and Dental Centre Day Nursery R16 Arts Building Biosciences R27 Earth Sciences R4, R26 International Relations O6 Psychiatric Hospital (Barbery) Tennis Court R17 Ashley Building Birmingham Foundation Economics R20 International Students Advisory Public Health and Epidemiology Y17 R18 Strathcona Building Academy (EISU) G18 Education R19 Service (ISAS) O6 Birmingham Research and Electronic, Electrical R D G20 R19 Education Building IT Service Desk R30 A Development Ltd (BRDL) B6 and Systems Engineering (EESE) G8 Registrar and Secretary R5 O R20 J G Smith Building Pritchatts House Birmingham University Imaging Employee Assistance Programme L Registry O4, O6 R R21 Muirhead Tower RD Centre (BUIC) B4 13 Pritchatts Road Blue Zone Lapworth Museum of Geology R4 Reproductive and Child Health – A New athletics track R23 University Centre HO Bramall Music Building R12 English R16 Law R1 Birmingham Women’s Hospital/ R G19 Ashcroft U R24 Staff House Business School O3, O4 English Language and Birmingham Children’s Hospital RQ Park House AR R26 Geography Applied Linguistics (ELAL) G4 M Research and HA C F L Environmental Health Library R30 Innovation Services B6 U A R27 Biosciences Building Pritchatts Park N Cadbury Research Library B21 Q A and Risk Management Y17, R26 Mason Lounge R16 C R28 Murray Learning Centre Village P R M Cancer and Genomic Sciences S A Y5, Y6 R15 R A H Estates Office Mathematics F G R29 The Alan Walters Building I (CRUK Institute) B5 School of Health and T IN European Languages Mechanical Engineering Y3 C M 13 Pritchatts Road IR E Conference R30 Main Library Cardiovascular Sciences (Institute) B2 Population Sciences R28, Y16, Y17 B and Cultures (CELC) R17 Media Centre R6 H D D R7 Security Centre 24 R6 A N G18 Priorsfield Park R31 Collaborative Teaching Laboratory Careers Centre The Spinney G European Research Institute (ERI) G3 Media Relations O5 A T R T E B Centre for Learning, Innovation Sport, Exercise and T – in development Examinations Office R15 Medical Physics R11 S ES A and Collaboration Rehabilitation Sciences Y14 C External Relations O5 Medical Practice B9 R R S G17 Peter Scott House O T (formerly CETADL) G8 Sports Centre R25 O W Medical School B1 O Blue Zone A Central Print and Bindery F Medieval History R16 Student Enquiry Services R22 D G5 N B1 Medical School P Kings Norton Finance Office R5 Metabolism and Student Fees Section R7 Pritchatts Road P G16 Lucas House B2 Institute of Biomedical Research A Centre for Learning and Financial Support Office R7 Systems Research (Institute) B2, B3 Student Recruitment and Car Park R including IBR West Academic Development Outreach Office O5 K Metallurgy and Materials G6 and Learning Spaces R15 Student Support R7 R B3 Wellcome Clinical Research Facility G Microbiology & Infection (Institute) R27 s O inute G14 B4 Robert Aitken Institute for Centre for Modern Students’ Union B8 m A Garner Learning Suite Y11 Modern History R16 10 Garth House Languages (CML) R17 (The Guild of Students) O1 G4 Conference D Clinical Research General English Programme G18 Murray Learning Centre R28 G15 Westmere Centre for Russian, European Study Abroad Office O5 Park B5 CRUK Institute for Cancer Studies Geography, Earth and Music R12 and Eurasion Studies (CREES) R21 and Denis Howell Building Environmental Sciences T Edgbaston Park Centre for Systems Biology Y2 R4, R26, Y17 N D B6 Research Park Centre for the Study of Nicolson Building G11 Telecommunications R5 B6 A B7 Hotel and Conference Great Hall R6 Theology and Religion G3 G1 O B7 90 Vincent Drive Global Ethics (CSGE) G3 Nursing B1 R Centre – opening Grounds and Gardens Y7 Transport and Portering Services Y5 BRAILSFORD DRIVE B8 Henry Wellcome Building for Centre of West African S Autumn 2018 Guild of Students O1 O M Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy Studies (CWAS) R16 U L Occupational Health Service G3 E B9 Medical Practice and Dental Centre Chaplaincy O2 H Undergraduate Admissions O6 G6 13 Pritchatts Road Blue Zone B10 Advanced Therapies Facility Chemical Engineering Y11 Health and Safety Unit G10 Universitas 21 Office R18 G2 G13 Chemistry Y2, Y8 Y HOSPIT B11 BioHub Birmingham Health Services Management P University Graduate School G15 MINDELSOHN WA B11 Hornton Grange Civil Engineering Y3, Y15 B4 AL DRIVE Centre (HSMC) G19 People and Organisational G12 B12 Health Sciences Research Centre V G7 Clinical and Experimental Historical Studies R16 Development (POD) G2 Institute of B5 Winterbourne (HSRC) Vice-Chancellor’s Suite R5 G8 Medicine B1, B3 History of Art R14 Philosophy G3 Translational House and Clinical Sciences (Institute) B1 Vice-Principal R5 Garden Housing Services R23 Physics and Medicine Visual and Spatial Technology Orange Zone Communications O5 Human Resources R5 Astronomy R8, R10, R11, R13 H P O1 The Guild of Students Computer Science Y9 Physiotherapy Y14 Centre (VISTA) G3 OLD QUEEN ELIZABETH North East Conference Office R23 O2 St Francis Hall Planning and Policy W B3 HOSPITAL North G9 Car Park Conference Park G13, G14, G16, G17 G11 O3 University House Development O6 B10 E Gate Winterbourne House and Garden G12 Nicolson Creative Media R6 I V O4 Ash House TheThe VValeale VillageVillage R no longer Building D accessible G10 O5 Beech House T N R29 O6 Cedar House 1 AL PR E N utes ITC 11 Ke y C CA in H O7 Sport & Fitness 33-40 M m A N A 5 T 25-32 I H T V G R20 S 10 B2 IN R Steps B1 M O l IR A choo B Green Zone 9 5 2 17-24 ical S D D Bus stops Med a N A Maple Bank t R G1 32 Pritchatts Road Elgar Courtt E 6 Information ST 8 3 CE G2 31 Pritchatts Road 1-16 R 4 O Shopping W RING G3 European Research Institute 7 VALE ROAD RO CANAL Bank AD G4 3 Elms Road PATH R30 R21 CHUR NO R19 University running track Events Main R18 R G5 Computer Centre T C Green Heart H H Catering Library R B12 G6 Metallurgy and Materials OA ST E D Toilets W CANAL AD R17 G7 IRC Net Shape Laboratory O Launderettes R Shackleton Y G8 Gisbert Kapp Building Chamberlain University T I BIRMINGHAM Cycle storage Station S R26 G9 52 Pritchatts Road B15 3SX R R23 R16 Key RAND Canal bridge E G10 54 Pritchatts Road The Hub IV N U R27 G11 Nicolson Building ORCESTE Y2 Building name R31 W G12 Winterbourne House and Garden Information point West University Square Gate R28R.30 G15 Westmere R24 Aitken A Level access entrance G18 Priorsfield D KING A R14 O R Steps Y16 R15 The Barber EDWARD’S G19 Park House K AR Institute of G20 Elms Plant P Visitors car park Fine Arts SCHOOL ON P Aitken B CHURC ST Y9 A G22 Elms Day Nursery B Y8 R2 UN H R G Hospital IV OA ED H R1 ER D SITY Green Zone Conference Park RO Aitken C Y2 A CHU 24 24 hour security D E RCH Y17 AS G13 Hornton Grange RO School of T East AD Bus stops Engineering Y10 R13 Gate MAIN ENTRANCE G14 Garth House development Y1 R3 G16 Lucas House Library CHANCELLOR’S G17 Peter Scott House COURT R8 O3 Museum R4 Y12 R9 E Sport facilities D Yellow Zone LAKE Y11 R5 The Guild G First aid R12 of Students B Y1 Old Gymnasium – O2 A Y13 Bramall R10 in development S Food and drink R7 Music O1 R6 T Y2 Haworth Building ALE Y3 Building O V
Retail 24 THE N Y3 Mechanical and Civil
Student AD P K RO Toilets Engineering Building ON PAR Hub DGBAST Sport, Y4 A E ATM Exercise and RIN R Y4 Terrace Huts Mason Halls of Residence Rehabilitation G RO H Car Park Entrance P K AD SOUT Y5 Estates West
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Canal bridge Sciences A N
Y5 O A Y6 Maintenance Building C
A M Sculpture trail A Y14 O6 Y7 Grounds and Gardens H
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M A O7 LE Y6 Y8 Chemistry West R 24 Rail O5 BI Sport & Fitness D To city centre Y9 Computer Science AN
R average walk time E O4 T The Vale
S Y10 Alta Bioscience E 10 from Chancellor’s Court C R 23
O Y19 Y15 Y7 Outdoor Sport Facilities W Y11 Chemical Engineering D A The Vale student village, just ten minutes’ walk from the O R 9 Main Entrance K R A 7 Y12 Biochemical Engineering P
Car parking: The University has a ON Edgbaston campus, is set in landscaped parkland with ST A P B G Y13 Chemical Engineering Workshop D 4 E 11 ‘Pay and Display’ system operating AD 8 its own lake and wildlife. At the heart of the Vale is the Grange O Y14 Sport, Exercise and 5 Bournbrook R 1 on the Edgbaston campus, and Y18 Road OL Rehabilitation Sciences Hub, with its wide range of facilities including bars, Student ST Park T visitors are advised to have change Gate South RI To School of Dentistry Accommodation Pavilion B Y15 Civil Engineering Laboratories Grange 3 cafés, a launderette and shop. 8 6 12 available. There are parking spaces Pedestrian access only Gate A3 (now open) Y16 Occupational Health D OA T R SOMERSE 2 for visitors on the North East Car To Jarratt Hall Y17 Public Health 22 13 To Selly Oak campus and The 16 Park, North Car Park, Pritchatts Road University of Birmingham School Y18 Bournbrook Student Accommodation Elms Day Nursery 14 Car Park and Vincent Drive Car Park. Y19 Buried infrastructure facility Tennis Court 17 15 Edgbaston campus 18 19 20 21 April 2018: If you have any suggestions or amends please email: [email protected]