BHGS Challenge : NEC, Birmingham
The BHGS Challenge Venue Information
The venue for this year is The NEC Birminghham, with The BHGS Challenge running alongside the hugely popular UK Games Expo at the NEC.
The NEC, and the Birmingham area generally has a huge range of transport and hotel options in easy reach, so we have compiled the following advice from the UKGE team about how best to plan your accommodation near to the NEC for the event so you can get the best deal possible.
If you do really want to stay onsite at the NEC, UKGE have agreements with a number of the hotels at the NEC, which include 24 hour gaming space for use by those staying there - but as 'onsite' hotels these are both very popular, and are priced accordingly a 'premium' offering. If you do want to stay onsite the deals on offer are with the 4 closest. To find out more about those deals follow this link : http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/accomodation.php
Outside the NEC campus there are also huge numbers of hotel rooms in a short travel distance, and with road, rail and taxi/Uber there are plenty of options at much better prices in nearby towns as well.
Some of the ideas you may want to consider are as follows:
There are plenty of hotel booking sites to use to search the best deals, however the UKGE team have also set up a "not on campus at the NEC" hotels page with some other suggestions which you can access via this link. http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/alternativehotels.php
As you can see, there are plenty of options to consider - hopefully we have given you some ideas to help with your planning. However, the most important bit of advice the UKGE team have given us is to just "Get on with it!!" - so even though it may seem a long way off, we recommend booking your hotels sooner rather than later!
The NEC, and the Birmingham area generally has a huge range of transport and hotel options in easy reach, so we have compiled the following advice from the UKGE team about how best to plan your accommodation near to the NEC for the event so you can get the best deal possible.
If you do really want to stay onsite at the NEC, UKGE have agreements with a number of the hotels at the NEC, which include 24 hour gaming space for use by those staying there - but as 'onsite' hotels these are both very popular, and are priced accordingly a 'premium' offering. If you do want to stay onsite the deals on offer are with the 4 closest. To find out more about those deals follow this link : http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/accomodation.php
Outside the NEC campus there are also huge numbers of hotel rooms in a short travel distance, and with road, rail and taxi/Uber there are plenty of options at much better prices in nearby towns as well.
Some of the ideas you may want to consider are as follows:
- Trains run from the NEC station (Birmingham International) into the middle of Birmingham (New Street) until 1.29am on Saturday night, and to Coventry until 23.30pm. With plenty of budget hotels and with both routes only taking less than 20 minutes, having a few beers at the Challenge, hopping on the train and then having a night out in either city centre is actually a very viable proposition.
- The town of Solihull is just 4 miles away and has a great range of pubs and restaurants - and hotels are much cheaper than those onsite at the NEC. Whether you go by taxi and/or car, this is another good option (and probably what the organising team will be doing!).
- Warwick, Kenilworth and Leamington are all only 20 mins away by car - pretty much the same time it takes from Cranfield if you stay in Milton Keynes for Roll Call. If you bolt on a day to your trip you could even take in Warwick or Kenilworth Castle?
There are plenty of hotel booking sites to use to search the best deals, however the UKGE team have also set up a "not on campus at the NEC" hotels page with some other suggestions which you can access via this link. http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/alternativehotels.php
As you can see, there are plenty of options to consider - hopefully we have given you some ideas to help with your planning. However, the most important bit of advice the UKGE team have given us is to just "Get on with it!!" - so even though it may seem a long way off, we recommend booking your hotels sooner rather than later!
