An urban location but fortunately none too noisy (either from road traffic or passing drunks). Not our kind of preferred architecture as it's much too modern....porcelain and glass. We didn't like paying a tenner for a day's hotel parking, but can understand why the hotel makes this charge: proximity to Birmingham airport. It's perfectly possible guests checked in for a night and then left their car at the hotel for two weeks. The room was fairly comfortable, although the kettle didn't work. This was replaced promptly within 10 minutes. A satisfactory breakfast, nothing outstanding but by no means bad. Horse for courses, and we'd prefer a much older hotel with more character, and out in the countryside.