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The desk, the price and where it is
One staffed desk, on the ground floor, priced by the size of the bag and the day rather than the hour.
Left luggage at Birmingham is a staffed desk run by Luggage Point, on the ground floor in the check-in hall, next to the Travelex currency counter and signed alongside lost property. You hand a bag to staff, it is stored securely, and you collect it later against the receipt you are given. There are no coin-operated lockers here; a person checks each bag in and out, which is more secure than a locker but ties storage to the desk's opening hours. The airport map shows where it sits in the arrivals-and-check-in level.
Pricing is by bag size, per day: roughly £8 for a small bag, £12 for a medium and £16 for a large one. Because it is charged per day rather than per hour, a two-hour drop and an all-day one cost the same, which makes it good value for a full day and poor value for a long stay. The desk keeps seasonal hours, broadly 04:00 to 22:00 in summer and 04:00 to 20:00 in winter, and they can vary, so if your bag needs collecting late in the evening, check the desk is still open before you rely on it.
How it works, and bag wrapping
Drop, receipt, collect: it is simple, it is landside, and the same desk wraps bags for the hold too.
The process is straightforward. You leave the bag landside, before security, so storing here is for time spent at the airport or a trip out from it, not for something you want on the far side of the scanners. You can store from a couple of hours up to around three months, which covers everything from a day in Birmingham to leaving a bag while you fly somewhere without it. Keep the receipt safe, since it is what you present to collect, and bring photo identification for anything valuable. If you have mislaid something rather than stored it, that is the same operator's other job, covered in the lost property guide.
The desk also wraps bags for the hold, the tight plastic film that deters tampering and holds a bursting case together, from around £16 for a standard wrap and about £21 for a version with a smart tag. It is optional and easy to skip, but useful for an over-stuffed case or a rucksack with loose straps that snag on the baggage belts. What your airline actually allows into the hold, and the weight limits behind it, is a separate question in the baggage guide.
Cheaper, and storing in the city
The airport desk is convenient but not the cheapest; for a day in Birmingham there are better-value options a short hop away.
Convenience has a price, and the airport desk's per-day, per-size charge adds up if you are storing for long or storing several bags. The honest alternative, if your reason for storing is a day out rather than a flight, is the network of booking apps such as Stasher and Bounce, which leave bags in partner shops, cafes and hotels around Birmingham and the airport area, typically from a few pounds a day and often with no size surcharge. You book online, drop at the partner, and collect the same way, which suits exploring the city unencumbered.
The rule of thumb is location. If you want the bag right beside your flight, or you are between an arrival and an onward journey, the Luggage Point desk in the terminal is the sensible choice despite the price. If you are heading into Birmingham for the day, or over to the NEC or Resorts World next door, storing at a city or venue partner is usually cheaper and no less secure. Either way, dropping the bags turns a dead few hours into free time; the things to do guide covers where to spend it.