Cheap Flights to Birmingham
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Birmingham is the most populous British city outside of London and is also the fourth most visited city by foreign visitors in the UK. In 2004 the city was ranked as the third best place to shop in the United Kingdom.
Tourism plays an increasingly important part in the local economy and the International Convention Centre and the National Exhibition Centre accounts for forty two percent of the UK conference and exhibition trade economy.
Partly because of its inland central location, Birmingham is also a major transport hub on the motorway, rail, and canal networks. The city is served by a number of major motorways and the famous Spaghetti Junction is probably the best known motorway junction in the UK.
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The National Indoor Arena is a major indoor athletics venue, hosting events like the European Athletics Indoor Championships, the World Indoor Championships as well as many types of wrestling events.
The city centre has recently been modernised by the newly constructed buildings that have changed the face of the city, these include the award-winning Future Systems Selfridges building in the Bullring Shopping Centre, the Brindleyplace regeneration project and the Millennium Point science and technology centre.
The Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery is the main art gallery in Birmingham and is renowned for its displays of artwork that include leading collections of work by the Pre-Raphaelites and the world's largest collection of works by Edward Burne-Jones. Other museums in the city that are definitely worth visiting are Aston Hall, Blakesley Hall, the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, and Sarehole Mill, which is a popular attraction for fans of J. R. R. Tolkien.
The climate is actually classified as a temperate maritime climate, like much of the rest of the British Isles. Extreme weather conditions are rare but the city has been known to experience tornados in the past, albeit not very frequently. Occasional summer heat waves have become more common in recent years, and winters have recently become milder with the snow becoming less frequent.
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The nearest airport is the Birmingham International Airport, which is located in the Borough of Solihull to the east of the city. As of 2008, the airport is the sixth busiest in the United Kingdom and offers an array of International, overseas and tourist flights to any part of the world. When booking cheap domestic flights like London flights, Glasgow flights or Manchester flights, try using our very selective travel comparison engine that will search through all the affordable flights that are on offer.
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Alongside Birmingham International Airport (BHX) there are 13 airports within the 100 mile catchment area of Birmingham. These are Nottingham East Midlands Airport (EMA) (31 Miles) :: Gloucestershire Airport (GLO) (44 Miles) :: Kidlington Airport (OXF) (52 Miles) :: Manchester International Airport (MAN) (66 Miles) :: Luton Airport (LTN) (71 Miles) :: Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) (77 Miles) :: Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) (77 Miles) :: Bristol Airport (BRS) (85 Miles) :: Heathrow Airport (LHR) (87 Miles) :: Stansted Airport (STN) (93 Miles) :: Humberside Airport (HUY) (97 Miles) :: Leeds/Bradford Airport (LBA) (98 Miles) and Cardiff Airport (CWL) (100 Miles).
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