It is the first time GB has hosted the European Champs for a very long time and no suprise it has impacted on the Commonwealth Games entries, being so close - starts next week .
I went to Barcelona back in 2010 and it was really enjoyable.
I plan to go to Birmingham, but they dont make it easy.
There are morning and evening sessions, which mean with a 2hr drive going via morning rush hour or getting home at 1am as the event finishes at 10pm in the evening.
In addition, tickets can be quite expensive and there is no local parking(not even in the park behind the stadium). Park and ride at Walsall or park & walk 2 miles away(35 min walk).
I cannot get a train back on a night session due to the late finish.
Having gone to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham 4 years ago I just parked on a street 10-15 minutes away if I remember correctly. The streets closer than that will have clear signage saying you can't park there and traffic wardens patrolling. Just try and get there early as possible.
If you wanted to use them though the transport options I heard these ran very, very well even coming out of the stadium barely any waiting time.
Hopefully the same this time.
Ps I believe this is the first EVER time we gave hosted, crazy!
I also went to the commonwealth games. They did park and ride at jaguar Land rover, 20 minute bus ride . another alternative might bre to take the car to a station carpark on the perry barr train line and walk from PB Station, might be 20 minutes.
Having gone to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham 4 years ago I just parked on a street 10-15 minutes away if I remember correctly. The streets closer than that will have clear signage saying you can't park there and traffic wardens patrolling. Just try and get there early as possible.
If you wanted to use them though the transport options I heard these ran very, very well even coming out of the stadium barely any waiting time.
Hopefully the same this time.
Ps I believe this is the first EVER time we gave hosted, crazy!
Think i will try parking 15 mins away as Wolf says. The two nearest stations - Perry Bar and Hamstead are similar walks and have no dedicated car park
