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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 (The Barber Institute of Fine Arts)
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world-class performers, and occasional festivals. The building is now n Mermaid Fountain (Near O1)
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Grade 1 listed and is the purest example of art deco style in the city. Bronze and stone, 1961, William James Bloye
Look deeper. F Edgbaston campus permits are not valid in NE car park but
Admission is free. Open: Monday–Friday 10.00am–5.00pm; n Beethoven, Virgil, Michelangelo, Plato, Shakespeare, Newton,
There is more. 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
www.barber.org.uk Darley Dale stone, 1907; Henry Pegram
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8 January 1902.
Birmingham’s first Chancellor, Tel: 0121 414 7333 n Heraldic Shields from Mason College (Near R1)
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Joseph Chamberlain, PEBB Stone, c.1870–80; Maker unknown
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the world. 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
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Europe and perhaps 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 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 photographic material. Admission is free. Open to the public. See and Display rates of: Bronze, 1972; Bernard Sindall RA
website for information about exhibitions and opening hours: n Up to 1 hour £2.50 n The Wrestlers (Near Y1)
that as far as they go
www.birmingham.ac.uk/lapworth-museum n 1–3 hours £4.00 Granite, 1950; Edward Bainbridge-Copnall
are completed I think Tel: 0121 414 7294/6751 n 3–5 hours £5.50 n Engineering Frieze (Near Y3)
When these buildings 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
New School of Dentistry Hidden treasures

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events and opening hours:
www.winterbourne.org.uk
Tel: 0121 414 3003
The Clock Tower (Near R1) in Chancellor’s Court is the dominant
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feature of the campus skyline and a major city landmark. Dedicated
to Joseph Chamberlain, the University’s first Chancellor, it is known
as ‘Old Joe’ and stands 100 metres high. Its design is based on
the Mangia Tower in Siena and the largest bell weighs 6.5 tonnes.
Learn more
www.birmingham.ac.uk/campus-destination
Birmingham Dental Hospital
5 Mill Pool Way
Birmingham B5 7EG
The University is also home to a range of specialist collections spanning
different centuries and cultures. Admission is free but please make a
prior appointment. Open: Monday–Friday 10.00am–5.00pm
n The Archaeology Collection (R16) Tel: 0121 414 5497
n The Danford Collection of West African Art
and Artefacts (R16) Tel: 0121 414 5128
Visitor parking
n The Physics Collection of Historic Scientific
Dental Hospital – parking is only available at adjacent
Instruments (R13) Tel: 0121 414 4564
Pay and Display. £1.50 first hour + £1 each hour
n The University Medical Collection (B1) Tel: 0121 414 2583
thereafter (cash only).
Learn more
www.birmingham.ac.uk/collections

Travel information Selly Oak campus How to find us

By motorway
Approaching from the north west or south east along the M6:
n Leave at Junction 6 (signposted Birmingham Central) to join
the A38(M)
n At the end of the motorway, keep to the right, go over a flyover,
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By coach
There are frequent express coach services to Birmingham from
London, Heathrow and Gatwick airports, and many UK cities.
The long-distance coach station is in Digbeth in the city centre.
National Express
The Selly Oak campus is less than ten Birmingham is at the heart of the UK’s road and
minutes from Birmingham city centre rail network, and is easily accessible from other
and only five minutes away by car from parts of the country and beyond. The University’s
the Edgbaston campus, on an 80-acre main campus at Edgbaston, with its magnificent
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 Leave at Junction 8 to join the M6 northbound and follow the Selly Oak campuses via the Bristol Road, while numbers 98 and 99 Green Zone Lake District (the Priestley Centre) please refer to our website
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instructions above serve the Medical School and Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The services SG5 Orchard Learning Resource at www.birmingham.ac.uk/contact/directions
run frequently from the city centre. Numbers 76, 84 and 48 serve the SY2 Building name Centre (OLRC)
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Approaching from the south west: Medical School providing links to areas such as Solihull, Kings Norton, Level access entrance Edgbaston Campus OLRC Teaching Centre
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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.
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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
service from London Euston railway station to New Street station.
documents/university/mobility-map.pdf
www.birmingham.ac.uk for your copy.
 Index to buildings by zone

Edgbaston campus map

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R1 Law Building
R2 Frankland Building A–Z index to schools and departments (within buildings by zone)
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
G18, R4, R15, R22, (Cancer Sciences) B5 Institute of Archaeology (POLSIS) and Sociology R21
R7 Aston Webb – Student Hub
R23, O4, O6, G4, Y1 Dental Practice B9 and Antiquity R16 Postal Services Y4
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Barber Institute inut R9 Nuffield
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Alta Estates Services Y6 – See University locations map Institute of Local Government Applied Health Research
of Fine Arts (R14) 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
SOMERS B B6 Procurement R5
Winterbourne House Court ET ROAD R13 Poynting Building Engagement Interdisciplinary Research Centre
Barnes Library B1 Drama and Theatre Arts Selly Oak (IRC) Net Shape Laboratory G7 Pro-Vice-Chancellor’s Office R5
and Garden (G12) R14 Barber Institute of Fine Arts Barber Fine Art Library R14 International Development Psychology R2, R3, B4
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Medical Practice 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
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