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'''Birmingham''' is a city in [[England]]. It is served by four motorways - ‒ the [[M6 (GB)|M6]] comes from the [[M1 (GB)|M1 ]] to [[London ]] at [[Rugby ]] up to [[Liverpool ]] and [[Manchester]], the [[M5 (GB)|M5 ]] heads to the south-west and [[Bristol ]] and the [[M42 (GB)|M42]] goes to [[Tamworth ]] and [[Leeds ]] on the M1 north. The [[M40 (GB)|M40 ]] heads to London and Oxford. The M5, M6 and M42 all form a box around the city. The A38(M) (better known as the Aston Expressway) gets traffic in and out of the city centre and on to the M6 at the infamous Spaghetti Junction.
Near to Birmingham are the cities of [[Coventry]], Wolverhampton, Walsall, Tamworth and Telford.
== Hitching Out ==
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Birmingham has two service stations in the city [http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/services/frankley/ Frankley] to the west and [http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/services/hopwood/ Hopwood Park] to the south. [http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/services/hilton/ Hilton Park], [http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/services/tamworth/ Tamworth] and [http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/services/corley/ Corley] are not too far away.
=== North towards [[Manchester]], South towards [[Bristol]] ===
The Frankley Service station can be accessed easily, by taking the bus #22, getting off at the final destination. From there, it is only a short walk to the motorway. There is a bridge, so you can get a lift to either northern and southern directions.
Birmingham also has an airport and a railway station in the city centre. The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is another good place to hitch from, it is close to both the motorway and the airport and is widely visited by car drivers.
[[Category:England]]
[[Category:West Midlands (England)]]
[[Category:E05]]
[[Category:E24]]
[[Category:M5 (GB)]]
