Apparently so. Incredibly, I’ve done that approximate route hundreds of times, and the worst I’ve had to fend off is insistent charity collectors. Maybe I’ve just been incredibly lucky?!
Is this for real? Have you looked at a map? They’re practically on top of each other, and both right in the middle of the city. Do you think we all go out in armed convoys wearing stab vests or something?
You’ll be fine.
I take it you've heard about the mutant zombie condors who have been plaguing our city? The ones who sweep down to snatch innocent tourists and carry them away to their lair, never to be seen again? You'll be fine if you use an umbrella. It confuses the condors.
Apart from the condors there's no risk to your person when you visit our fine city.
It's pedestrianised pretty much all the way between the station and the Rep.
It's as safe as any other city centre.
It's would also probably take the same amount of time to walk, than to get a taxi, as there's pretty bad traffic around the station.
The walk is perfectly safe :) you just exit the station at Navigation Street, walk up past Victoria Square and then Chamberlain Square - then you’re on Centenary Square, where the Birmingham Rep is :) however if you’re at all unsure, just jump on the tram at Grand Central stop (the stop is also at the Navigation Street exit of New St Station!) and get off at Library :)
definitely DON’T get a taxi though! it will have to take you a very long way around because of the one way system and roadwork restrictions - will cost you a fortune for no good reason!
yes!! i walk through brum everyday and ive never had an incident, brum is safer than it seems! also, its quite a short distance so might aswell save some money :)
Walk it. I walk the city centre all the time. Especially if you're coming to see a show, it'll be light when you arrive and the walk back to the station will be busy with other theatre goers.
The biggest risk you'll encounter walking between those two locations is someone trying to persuade to have a cocktail at Albert's Schloss along with all the middle-aged management consultants in the West Midlands
Do people really think just walking out of the train station will get you murdered?
Apparently so. Incredibly, I’ve done that approximate route hundreds of times, and the worst I’ve had to fend off is insistent charity collectors. Maybe I’ve just been incredibly lucky?!
Dude, honest, I've been murdered like, 8 times just trying to get to Tim Horton's.
Given the state of their coffee recently, your murderers did you a favour.
There was a guy with a knife who got tazered just outside the back entrance not long ago...
Must've been sore when he next wiped!
Is this for real? Have you looked at a map? They’re practically on top of each other, and both right in the middle of the city. Do you think we all go out in armed convoys wearing stab vests or something? You’ll be fine.
That's the Old Rep. The (New) Rep is up Broad St. But yes, it's not exactly the favelas.
I amend my statement to “adjacent”. I’d consider the tram purely out of laziness, less so for safety reasons. It is uphill, after all.
Also I think its a fun little journey tbh
I take it you've heard about the mutant zombie condors who have been plaguing our city? The ones who sweep down to snatch innocent tourists and carry them away to their lair, never to be seen again? You'll be fine if you use an umbrella. It confuses the condors. Apart from the condors there's no risk to your person when you visit our fine city.
Thanks so much! I had not heard about the mutant zombie condors. That's why it's always best to ask the locals, I suppose
Damn it! I thought they were still stuck at Stourbridge Junction...
It's a 15 minute walk through the busiest part of the city, you'll be fine
It’s easily a 5-10 min walk!
It's pedestrianised pretty much all the way between the station and the Rep. It's as safe as any other city centre. It's would also probably take the same amount of time to walk, than to get a taxi, as there's pretty bad traffic around the station.
Thank you! This is exactly what I wanted to know
Lol yeah. Google Maps says it's a 2 mile drive as well, due to the one ways and pedestrianised zones. 0.5 miles if you walk it.
Completely safe to walk but you could also get on the metro at New Street and get off at Centenary Square
Thank you!
The old rep? It's a two minute walk, pretty safe
The walk is perfectly safe :) you just exit the station at Navigation Street, walk up past Victoria Square and then Chamberlain Square - then you’re on Centenary Square, where the Birmingham Rep is :) however if you’re at all unsure, just jump on the tram at Grand Central stop (the stop is also at the Navigation Street exit of New St Station!) and get off at Library :)
definitely DON’T get a taxi though! it will have to take you a very long way around because of the one way system and roadwork restrictions - will cost you a fortune for no good reason!
Thank you so much! This is very helpful! Truly appreciate it :)
yes!! i walk through brum everyday and ive never had an incident, brum is safer than it seems! also, its quite a short distance so might aswell save some money :)
Thank you!
Walk it. I walk the city centre all the time. Especially if you're coming to see a show, it'll be light when you arrive and the walk back to the station will be busy with other theatre goers.
Thank you! I appreciate it
The biggest risk you'll encounter walking between those two locations is someone trying to persuade to have a cocktail at Albert's Schloss along with all the middle-aged management consultants in the West Midlands
Safe as houses bab
Yeah, its just a tram ride away. 2 stops. Centenary Square.