Shifnal
Shifnal to Birmingham
Birmingham from Shifnal, collected at home. The drive is 50 minutes (44.0 miles), mostly via the M54, M6 and M42. The return is much the same, 47 minutes. No other main airport is nearer to Shifnal by road. The station at Shifnal opened in 1849. Some 9,700 people call Shifnal home. Birmingham Airport appears as BHX on boarding passes.
How the day runs
Choose a luxury people-carrier when there are more cases or more of you. You are collected from the town itself, not a station or a car park. Pick-up is timed from your flight: 50 minutes for the road, then whatever the airline asks for. Neighbouring Madeley is 55 minutes from Birmingham, and Oakengates 54 minutes. For an inbound flight, the chauffeur watches the landing time and is there when you clear the hall. From the Oxford base, Shifnal is 108.4 miles and 1 hour 44 minutes via the M40 and M6.
- Shifnal to Birmingham Airport50 min, 44 miles, in clear traffic
- Birmingham Airport to Shifnal47 min, 42.7 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Shifnal station opened in 1849.
Source: wikidata.orgShifnal had about 9,700 residents in 2021.
Source: wikidata.orgBirmingham Airport's IATA code is BHX.
Source: wikidata.orgShifnal is classed as a market town.
Source: wikidata.orgChurch of St Andrew, in central Shifnal, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukBirmingham Airport opened in 1939.
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
What drive time should we allow, Shifnal to Birmingham?
50 minutes and 44.0 miles in clear traffic, via the M54, M6 and M42; leave margin at busy times.
My flight is running late: what then?
Yes. The landing time is tracked, so a delay does not leave you without a car.
Is there a station in Shifnal?
Shifnal (SFN) is in the town itself. A car avoids the change of trains and the luggage on the platform.
Will a car meet us at Birmingham for the trip home to Shifnal?
Yes; the trip home is 42.7 miles, 47 minutes.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
is added after the quote unless you ask for more on the day. Airport fees, parking and tolls are in it.
- 24 hrs
before collection, cancel or move the journey at no cost.
- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.