Venue Info & Travel

Grand Designs Live Birmingham takes place at the NEC in Birmingham. With easy access on public transport, ample parking and plenty of places to eat and drink, NEC is a GRAND venue for our GRAND show.

NEC
Birmingham
West Midlands
B40 1NT

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Travel Information

Transport By Road
Birmingham is at the hub of the UK motorway network, enabling visitors to travel directly from the M6, M1, M5, M40 and M42. The NEC has its own on-site car parks (car parking charges may apply).

Transport By Bus
From Birmingham the 900 and 38 all go to the NEC. For bus times and fares, visit National Express West Midlands at travelwm.co.uk or 0121 214 7878

Transport By Rail
NEC Birmingham is easily accessible by train with Birmingham International station connected to the NEC halls by a short covered walkway.  Up to 9 trains per hour run Monday to Saturday and up to 6 per hour on Sundays between Birmingham New St and Birmingham International, with many other services connecting to Birmingham International direct from London Euston and the north. London Midland (www.londonmidland.com), Cross Country and Virgin Trains all call at Birmingham International.

You can plan your journey to the NEC using the journey planner on networkwestmidlands.com and get timetables, real time information and ticket prices to make planning your journey as easy as possible.

Transport By Air
More than 20 international airlines serve Birmingham International Airport, which is conveniently situated a few minutes from The NEC. Together they provide scheduled flights from 34 destinations in the UK, Europe and North America. The NEC is also easily accessible from London Heathrow, London Gatwick and other regional airports. 

Opening Hours

Friday 8th October: 10am-6pm
Saturday 9th October: 10am-6pm
Sunday 10th October: 10am-5pm

Disabled Access for the NEC

NEC Birmingham has been purposely designed and built to allow unrestricted access for disabled visitors. Please inform the box office at the time of booking your tickets if you have any special requirements.

For information on disabled access and parking, lavatories, hearing assistance, medical facilities and wheelchair hire please click here.

Catering

There will be four NEC restaurants at the show. You can get £2 off when when you print off the voucher. Click here to download. To find out where the restaurants are situated, click here. 

About The NEC

The NEC is the busiest exhibition centre in Europe, staging around 160 trade and consumer exhibitions each year Over four million people visit the centre each year. And with 21 halls totalling 200,000sqm of exhibition space on a 650-acre site it's also the biggest exhibition centre in the UK.