{"id":754,"date":"2015-04-08T08:53:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T07:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/?page_id=754"},"modified":"2015-04-08T09:08:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T08:08:09","slug":"staying-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/staying-in-birmingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/my-hotel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-715\" src=\"http:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/my-hotel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"my-hotel\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/my-hotel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/my-hotel.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In Birmingham city centre there are quite a few hotels available, usually with breakfast included, for example:<\/p>\n<p>Premier Inn<b> <\/b>Birmingham City Centre (Waterloo Street) Hotel \u2013 from around \u00a335 per night &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.premierinn.com\/en\/bookHotelCheckAvailability!execute.action\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.premierinn.com\/en\/bookHotelCheckAvailability!execute.action<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thistle Inn &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistle.com\/hotels\/united_kingdom\/birmingham\/thistle_birmingham_city_centre\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.thistle.com\/hotels\/united_kingdom\/birmingham\/thistle_birmingham_city_centre\/index.html<\/a> \u2013 from about \u00a370 per night<\/p>\n<p>Hampton in Hilton, Broad Street &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/hamptoninn3.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/united-kingdom\/hampton-by-hilton-birmingham-broad-street-BHXBSHX\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/hamptoninn3.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/united-kingdom\/hampton-by-hilton-birmingham-broad-street-BHXBSHX\/index.html<\/a> \u2013 from around \u00a3100 per night<\/p>\n<p><i>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.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Cheaper hotel deals can often be found through advance booking websites, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lastminute.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.lastminute.com<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booking.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.booking.com<\/a> , or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.expedia.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.expedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Extending your stay<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you want to extend your stay in Birmingham, tourist information is available here: <a href=\"http:\/\/visitbirmingham.com\/explore-birmingham\/visitor-centres%20\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/visitbirmingham.com\/explore-birmingham\/visitor-centres \/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those who are interested in finding out more about Birmingham\u2019s historic Caribbean community and connections might wish to visit the Library of Birmingham\u2019s archival collections, information about which is available here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birmingham.gov.uk\/blackhistory\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.birmingham.gov.uk\/blackhistory<\/a> . Some of Vanley Burke\u2019s photograph collection is also to be found in the archives: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birmingham.gov.uk\/cs\/Satellite?c=Page&amp;childpagename=Lib-Central-Archives-and-Heritage%2FPageLayout&amp;cid=1223092755510&amp;pagename=BCC%2FCommon%2FWrapper%2FInlineWrapper\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.birmingham.gov.uk\/cs\/Satellite?c=Page&amp;childpagename=Lib-Central-Archives-and-Heritage%2FPageLayout&amp;cid=1223092755510&amp;pagename=BCC%2FCommon%2FWrapper%2FInlineWrapper<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those who are interested in slavery and anti-slavery histories might wish to visit the University of Birmingham\u2019s archives: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/facilities\/cadbury\/search.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/facilities\/cadbury\/search.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/schools\/historycultures\/departments\/history\/research\/projects\/cccs\/archive.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/schools\/historycultures\/departments\/history\/research\/projects\/cccs\/archive.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Birmingham city centre there are quite a few hotels available, usually with breakfast included, for example: Premier Inn Birmingham<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/staying-in-birmingham\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Staying in Birmingham<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-754","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":762,"href":"https:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/754\/revisions\/762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community-languages.org.uk\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}