The venue we’ve chosen is the conferencing facility at Aston Business School, part of Aston University. The address is below:

Aston Business School Conference Centre,
Aston Street,
Aston Triangle,
Birmingham.
B4 7ET

GPS Coordinates: 52.486073N -1.888586W

By Road
Parking is available from Conference Aston (our hosts), shown by the red pins, and must be pre-booked via their website. This is priced at £7.95 per day, and they will send your permit to you via email that you must display whilst parked. There are also two pay and display car parks nearby, click here for more details.

If you are being dropped off outside the venue, follow any of the directions below then after leaving the roundabout, take the second turn on the left (Woodcock Street) followed by the the second turning on the left (Aston Street). The Business School is at the end of the road on the right.

The Conference Aston Hotel and car park is located within the Birmingham Clean Air Zone. Please check if your vehicle will incur a charge at www.brumbreathes.co.uk and ensure any charges are paid within the requested time frame to avoid receiving a fine.

From M6 (North and South): Leave at Junction 6 and follow A38M towards City Centre. Take lane 2 of the A38M for almost 2 miles and take the left immediately after the overhead “End of Motorway” sign before the flyover and Aston University will be on your left hand side. Stay in the left-hand lane alongside the University and at the roundabout (with the old Fire Station on the left) take the 1st exit. If you have pre-booked parking with Conference Aston the car park is the first turn on the left, your barrier code should have been emailed to you.

From the M42: Leave the M42 at Junction 7(A) and join the M6 northbound heading towards Birmingham Central, then as above.

From the M5 (South West) and City Centre: Leave the M5 at Junction 3 and follow the A456 for about 5 miles towards the City Centre. As you approach the City, the road broadens to three lanes. Take the outside lane following signs for the ICC and Broad Street. Take the under pass onto Broad Street. Drive all the way along Broad Street and at the roundabout merge right and then stay in the left lane. Take the 1st exit; keeping in the outside lane and take the underpass (St Chad's Circus Queensway) signed Lichfield A38. At the end of the underpass, exit left immediately before the flyover. At the round-about take the 3rd exit off (past the old Fire Station). If you have pre-booked parking with Conference Aston the car park is the first turn on the left, your barrier code should have been emailed to you.

From the M40 (South): Take M40 northbound and join the M42 westbound towards the M5. Travel north on the M5, leaving at junction 3 and follow directions from M5 South-West above.

By Rail
There are three train stations close to the venue, walking directions for each are below. New Street is 5 minutes by taxi if you prefer.

Directions from Birmingham New Street (15-20 Minute Walk)
Directions from Birmingham Snow Hill (5 Minute Walk)
Directions from Birmingham Moor Street (10 Minute Walk)

By Air
For those travelling from further afield Birmingham Airport (BHX) is ideally suited and only 10 miles away. From the airport you can either take a taxi or take the train from Birmingham International to Birmingham New Street, then as above.