The High Field Town House in Bartley Green

In a Victorian townhouse in a leafy residential area, this genteel hotel is a 14-minute walk from Birmingham Botanical Gardens and 2 miles from Birmingham New Street train station.Vintage-chic rooms are individually decorated with antiques, and/or hand-printed fabrics and wall coverings. All have flat-screen TVs, plus tea and coffeemaking facilities. Upgraded rooms add sitting areas; some feature free-standing tubs.There's an elegant lounge with a self-service bar; the hotel's upscale pub/restaurant is next door.