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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 (1.70£ from the center), getting off at the final destination (Kitwell). From there, it is only a short walk to the motorway, following the road you came on and turning right. There is a bridge, so you can get a lift to either northern and southern directions. On the service station, you can't ask around the petrol station (because of "health and safety"), so your best bet is asking people as they go into and out of the resting area.

You might actually be able to hitch out of Birmingham on the M6 from the Spaghetti junction - there is a space where cars can pull over, although they are going quite fast and in two lanes, and police are going past quite frequently. This might be an option if you're really skint, as the junction is quite central. Another option are the petrol stations around Junction 2 on the M5, however there are two and the only reasonable spot for going South [[User:Atopia|atopia]] found is on the traffic lights from the ASDA petrol station that gets relatively little southbound traffic.

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