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Birmingham hostels are part of a complete trip to England and the best way to spend the night in the center of Great Britain.

Birmingham is England's second largest city after London and was the epicenter of England's industrial revolution at the end of the 19th century. Now, tourists and travelers are drawn to the city for its cultural significance, nightlife and central location.

Most of Birmingham's nightlife is in the heart of where Birmingham's young population goes out to play at night. Most hostels are located within a short walk of Broad Street, where popular bars such as The Sanctuary and the Medicine Bar do brisk business every night of the week.

Birmingham hostels are good places to meet people in themselves. Hostel common rooms see a unique convergence of cultures and setting up for the night in the lobby of a Birmingham hostel is a little bit of an exercise in multiculturalism. Hostels are also a great place to swap stories with fellow travelers. Many people in Birmingham's hostels are on multi-month treks across continents and have been accumulating stories for that whole time.

But hostels are not just geared toward backpackers looking for a cheap night on a real bed. They're also geared toward regular travelers looking for a cheap night on a real bed.

Now offering more private rooms and nicer accommodations, hostels have maneuvered themselves into position to compete with hotels for travelers trying not to break their budgets. Although guests of hostels do have to share a bathroom (usually one on each floor) they are still able to enjoy the security of being able to lock their valuables behind their own door while they go out touring the city each day.

Beds in a Birmingham hostel start at 15 British pounds per night, but the cost rises quickly to almost double that for beds in private rooms in areas of the city closer to the center of the town. Birmingham hostels are spread uniformly throughout the city and some are significantly more convenient to certain attractions than others. Luckily, Birmingham's bus system provides quick and easy transportation around the city and to almost all of the popular tourist destinations.

One such attraction is the Museum of the Jewelry Quarter, where the history of the craft of jewelry making is traced through the last 200 years and visitors learn how Birmingham became the center of the British jewelry trade.

If you prepare your accommodations correctly, you might have enough cash left over at the end of your stay to participate in some of that jewelry trade. By booking your hostel online before your stay, you don't run the risk of getting stuck without lodging in the middle of Birmingham.

If you do find yourself in the middle of Birmingham, even at night, you should not become too alarmed. Although the crime rate is higher than the national average, of England's seven largest cities, Birmingham's crime rate is the lowest.

Hostels in England (Birmingham)