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 pin on a map background](https://www.bcu.ac.uk/mediaitem/coventry-res-131763951161496754.jpg?quality=90)
Coventry
Coventry
![icon of a train](/content/imgs/od-form-train.png)
Train
23 mins![icon of a car](/content/imgs/od-form-car.png)
Car
40 mins![Northampton pin on a map background](https://www.bcu.ac.uk/mediaitem/northampton-res-131763967746691399.jpg?quality=90)
Northampton
Northampton
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Train
60 mins![icon of a car](/content/imgs/od-form-car.png)
Car
1 hour7 mins
![Wolverhampton pin on a map background](https://www.bcu.ac.uk/mediaitem/woverhampton-131765525990525409.jpg?quality=90)
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
![icon of a train](/content/imgs/od-form-train.png)
Train
17 mins![icon of a car](/content/imgs/od-form-car.png)
Car
40 mins![Nottingham pin on a map background](https://www.bcu.ac.uk/mediaitem/nottingham-131765526668664805.jpg?quality=90)
Nottingham
Nottingham
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Train
1 hour9 mins
![icon of a car](/content/imgs/od-form-car.png)
Car
1 hour11 mins
![Derby pin on a map background](https://www.bcu.ac.uk/mediaitem/derby-131765528205572364.jpg?quality=90)
Derby
Derby
![icon of a train](/content/imgs/od-form-train.png)
Train
34 mins![icon of a car](/content/imgs/od-form-car.png)
Car
60 mins![Tamworth pin on a map background](https://www.bcu.ac.uk/mediaitem/tamworth-131765528828241809.jpg?quality=90)
Tamworth
Tamworth
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Train
22 mins![icon of a car](/content/imgs/od-form-car.png)
Car
29 mins![Lichfield pin on a map background](https://www.bcu.ac.uk/mediaitem/lichfield-131765529292313988.jpg?quality=90)
Lichfield
Lichfield
![icon of a train](/content/imgs/od-form-train.png)
Train
40 mins![icon of a train](/content/imgs/od-form-car.png)
Car
31 mins![Walsall pin on a map background](https://www.bcu.ac.uk/mediaitem/walsall-131765529772636664.jpg?quality=90)
Walsall
Walsall
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Train
22 mins![icon of a car](/content/imgs/od-form-car.png)
Car
23 mins![Stoke-on-Trent pin on a map background](https://www.bcu.ac.uk/mediaitem/stokeon-trent-131765530609060627.jpg?quality=90)
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
![icon of a train](/content/imgs/od-form-train.png)
Train
46 mins![icon of a train](/content/imgs/od-form-car.png)
Car
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