Thinking about commuting?
Moving away from home isn’t for everyone and commuting can be a cheaper alternative to living in student accommodation. Check out our reasons why staying at home can be a great choice!
Benefits of staying at homeWhat’s it like staying at home for uni?
Like a lot of our students, Shelby lives at home and commutes to university. She shows you what her journey is like in this video. Birmingham is really well connected and has an impressive number of transport links with the rest of the UK.
Five tips for travelling to uni69%
of our students live at home and commute to university to study.
Commuting tips
Do you have questions about commuting to university? We've got the answers. There's a lot to think about and there's more to it than just 'which train do I catch?'
Travelling to Birmingham
Birmingham is one of the best connected major cities in terms of transport in the whole country. So we’ve scoured all the ways you can get in and out of the city!
Major ways to travelHow easy is it to get to BCU?
Planes, trains and automobiles? Well maybe not planes. Birmingham is full of transport links, from the newly refurbished Grand Central Station, providing a way to work and study in Birmingham for people all across the country, to the newly extended Metro system, there a so many ways to get around.
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Cities within an hour of Birmingham
Here are just some of the major cities that are within an hour's travel of Birmingham.
Coventry
Coventry
Train
23 mins
Car
40 mins
Northampton
Northampton
Train
60 mins
Car
1 hour7 mins
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Train
17 mins
Car
40 mins
Nottingham
Nottingham
Train
1 hour9 mins
Car
1 hour11 mins
Derby
Derby
Train
34 mins
Car
60 mins
Tamworth
Tamworth
Train
22 mins
Car
29 mins
Lichfield
Lichfield
Train
40 mins
Car
31 mins
Walsall
Walsall
Train
22 mins
Car
23 mins
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Train
46 mins
Car
60 mins