In Birmingham city centre there are quite a few hotels available, usually with breakfast included, for example:
Premier Inn Birmingham City Centre (Waterloo Street) Hotel – from around £35 per night – http://www.premierinn.com/en/bookHotelCheckAvailability!execute.action
Thistle Inn – http://www.thistle.com/hotels/united_kingdom/birmingham/thistle_birmingham_city_centre/index.html – from about £70 per night
Hampton in Hilton, Broad Street – http://hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/united-kingdom/hampton-by-hilton-birmingham-broad-street-BHXBSHX/index.html – from around £100 per night
NB: None of these hotels has a conference rate for SCS, as it was found that individual advertised rates are just as cheap or even cheaper than group rates, especially if booked in advance.
Cheaper hotel deals can often be found through advance booking websites, such as http://www.lastminute.com , www.booking.com , or www.expedia.com
Extending your stay
If you want to extend your stay in Birmingham, tourist information is available here: http://visitbirmingham.com/explore-birmingham/visitor-centres /
Those who are interested in finding out more about Birmingham’s historic Caribbean community and connections might wish to visit the Library of Birmingham’s archival collections, information about which is available here: http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/blackhistory . Some of Vanley Burke’s photograph collection is also to be found in the archives: http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Lib-Central-Archives-and-Heritage%2FPageLayout&cid=1223092755510&pagename=BCC%2FCommon%2FWrapper%2FInlineWrapper
Those who are interested in slavery and anti-slavery histories might wish to visit the University of Birmingham’s archives: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/cadbury/search.aspx
Those who are interested in the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, and the work of Stuart Hall, may wish to visit the CCCS archives at University of Birmingham: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/research/projects/cccs/archive.aspx