A guide to Birmingham Airport – parking, drop off, shops, restaurants …
If you’d like to learn more about the airport before your arrival, look no further.
We’ve rounded up some of the important information you might find useful before you set off from the airport.
What parking and drop off options are available at Birmingham Airport?
Birmingham Airport[1] offers a range of parking and drop-off options for visitors.
⌚ Arrive to the airport at least 2 hours before your flight or in line with your airlines check in times
🧴 Prepare for the pre-screening, by removing liquids and laptops from your hand luggage and bags pic.twitter.com/QMiAvsjeCk[3]
— Birmingham Airport (@bhx_official) June 30, 2023[4]Car parks 1, 2 and 3 are all a one minute walk to the terminal while car parks 4 and 5 are around a 3-5 minute walk.
If you use car park 7, there is a 5-10 minute shuttle bus service you can use to get to the terminal.
Passenger drop off is used when passengers are making a quick stop at the airport and if you stay there for up to 20 minutes, there will be no charge. The walk to the terminal takes 5-10 minutes and you’ll walk through a covered walkway.
Birmingham Airport[5] also offers a Premium Set Down option as well as coach parking and coach access plus valet parking.
You can find out more about Birmingham Airport via its website[6].
How to get to Birmingham Airport
If you’re unsure how to get to Birmingham Airport[7] this summer, don’t worry as there’s a handy tool to use on the website.
It allows you to enter your location and find directions to the airport[8] from wherever you are starting your journey.
You can filter the tool by clicking the circle that is most appropriate for you with the options being: road, rail/bus, walking or cycling.
#ProjectServator is police activity designed to deter, detect and disrupt criminal behaviour. Officers patrol landside, airside and the whole geography of the airport ✈👮♀️👮♂️ pic.twitter.com/fjS8sHxyEv[9][10]
— Birmingham Airport (@bhx_official) June 13, 2023[11]Which restaurants are available at Birmingham Airport?
If you’re looking forward to some airport food or drinks before your flight, there’s plenty of restaurants to choose from.
These are the establishments you’ll find at the airport, along with their location:
- All Bar One – after security within South Lounge gates 1-20
- Bottega Prosecco bar – after security within the departure lounge
- Burger King - after security within the departure lounge
- Caffe Nero – on the ground floor, north check-in area
- Costa Coffee – arrivals greeting area and departure lounge gates 1-20
- Factory Bar and Kitchen - after security within the departure lounge
- Giraffe - after security within the departure lounge
- Greggs – arrivals area, ground floor
- Pret a Manger - after security within the departure lounge
- SOHO Coffee Co. - after security within the departure lounge
- Wetherspoon - after security within the departure lounge
What happens if you miss your flight due to airport delays?
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What duty free shops are there at Birmingham Airport?
Looking to do some airport shopping while you wait for your flight?
Birmingham Airport has a variety of shops for you to visit – here’s the full list of shops and their locations.
- Accessorize – after security within the departure lounge
- AeroSpa – after security within the departure lounge
- Boots – after security within the departure lounge and after security within the departure lounge gates 1-20
- InMotion – after security within the departure lounge gates 1-20
- JD Sports – after security within the departure lounge
- Kurt Geiger – after security within the departure lounge
- Luggage Point Passenger Services – north terminal check-in area, adjacent to Caffe Nero
- Luggage Point Retail – north departure lounge
- M&S Simply Food – arrivals greeting area
- SPAR – ground floor in the terminal opposite Assisted Travel
- Sunglass Hut – after security within the departure lounge
- Superdry – after security within the departure lounge
- Travelex Currency Exchange – landside departures and after security within the departure lounge
- World Duty Free – after security (main walk-through store), after security (express store), arrivals after baggage reclaim and after security - gates 1-20 (express store)
- WHSmith – 8 available around the airport – visit Birmingham Airport website for exact locations
- WHSmith Books – after security within the departure lounge
For more information about your journey through Birmingham Airport, you can visit the website.
References
- ^ Birmingham Airport (www.worcesternews.co.uk)
- ^ #BHX (twitter.com)
- ^ pic.twitter.com/QMiAvsjeCk (t.co)
- ^ June 30, 2023 (twitter.com)
- ^ Birmingham Airport (www.worcesternews.co.uk)
- ^ website (www.birminghamairport.co.uk)
- ^ Birmingham Airport (www.worcesternews.co.uk)
- ^ airport (www.worcesternews.co.uk)
- ^ #ProjectServator (twitter.com)
- ^ pic.twitter.com/fjS8sHxyEv (t.co)
- ^ June 13, 2023 (twitter.com)