A warm welcome awaits you at Westbourne Lodge , a traditional family run lodge offering high standards of hospitality, service and food. Located just off the A456 (Hagley Road) in a quiet leafy road, less than 2 miles from the city centre. Junctions 1, 2 and 3 of the M5 and J6 of the M6 (A38) are approximately 15 minutes away. The Mailbox, ICC, NIA, New Street Station, Birmingham's universities and hospitals and the County Cricket Ground are all less than 3 miles away. Birmingham NEC is 12 miles from Westbourne Lodge or 10 minutes by train from New Street Station. Westbourne Lodge belongs to the AA Premier Collection of guest accommodation and has been awarded AA Five Stars . Birmingham City Council has awarded Westbourne Lodge five stars for hygiene. Whether you are on business or a visitor, a warm, friendly welcome is assured. Special rates are available for a longer stay Free parking is available. Free wireless internet access is available in all rooms. There is a resident's bar. Registration before 2200 hours is required.  

"Why can't all city stays be as cool as this?" The Times. Birmingham's best address. Staying Cool's stunning apartments on the top two floors of the newly refurbished Rotunda offer amazing views of the city, just three minutes from New Street Station and right next door to Selfridges. Each apartment has floor-to-ceiling glass windows that open fully and the Penthouse has its own large, open and private balcony on the very top floor. These stylish and spacious five star apartments have been designed with your maximum comfort in mind. Each comes with bespoke designer furniture, a very well-equipped Poggenpohl kitchen, Gaggia espresso maker with complimentary organic milk and fresh coffee, oranges for the juicer, an Apple Mac, iPod dock, plus a king size bed with pocket sprung/memory foam mattress for the very best night's sleep. There's a 24 hour reception and concierge service until 10pm offering Staying Cool's renowned service. Staying Cool also has smaller (cheaper!) four star rated, studio apartments at the Rotunda which are listed separately on Laterooms as Staying Cool at the Rotunda 4*. Equally as well designed but smaller. Longer description: Birmingham's Rotunda needs no introduction. The cylindrical icon has defined the city's skyline for the past four decades. The building has just been stunningly refurbished and Staying Cool's apartments on the top two floors are its crowning glory. Each radiates from the centre of the building, creating a circle of different sized Trivial Pursuit style wedges. The apartments come in four sizes - small, medium, large and extra large. Each one is individually styled with original artwork and specially commissioned furniture. Clubmans (described as Deluxe apartments on Laterooms) are spacious one bed apartments on the 19th floor. Maxis (Executive apartments on this site) sleep four and the Penthouse is pretty self-explanatory. A wall of floor to ceiling glass in all apartments gives you great views of Birmingham life... and French windows that open fully at 75 metres up make it all that little bit more thrilling. Design-wise, Staying Cool has combined contemporary cool with swinging sixties style. The lounge features a stylish sofa by fab Brit furniture team, NaughtOne, in grey felt with bespoke coloured stitching as well as Pierre Paulin's distinctive 1960's Orange Slice chairs with footstools. Furniture designer of the moment, Lou Rota, has produced Staying Cool versions of her Polymorph chair - an environmentally friendly re-work of the sixties Robin Day classic. Specially commissioned fashion photos that invoke the decade to hang (large) on the walls. Lighting is by Tom Dixon and Artemide. There's nothing retro about the sleek Poggenpohl kitchens, the pristine white bathrooms or state-of-the-art Apple computers. iPod docks and beautiful Baby Gaggia espresso makers complete the contemporary look. Beds are king size and mattresses are pocket sprung with memory foam; they are called the Ultimate and you'll know why in the morning! It's not just the apartments that have the wow factor - the new entrance to the Rotunda has more than just a touch of swish New York hotel style to it. Upstairs, the large circular lobbies with poured resin floors are pretty impressive too. And with Selfridges as your corner shop and New Street station a two minute walk away, you know you are perfectly centrally located.