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Bullring Birmingham Opening Hours, Shops List & Late Night Shopping

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By Linda Garrould · Updated June 2026

Quick answer: The Bullring is open 10.00am–8.00pm Monday to Friday, 9.00am–8.00pm on Saturday and 11.00am–5.00pm on Sunday; the linked Grand Central runs 9.00am–8.00pm Monday to Saturday with the same Sunday hours. For genuinely later trading, the world’s largest Primark on High Street stays open until 9.00pm Monday to Saturday. Selfridges, Christmas, Boxing Day and bank-holiday hours are set out in full below.

Birmingham’s shopping heart is the Bullring & Grand Central, the city centre’s largest covered destination, with more than 160 shops, restaurants and leisure venues across three trading levels. Run by Hammerson and anchored by Selfridges in its famous disc-clad building, it sits alongside the linked Grand Central wing above New Street station, the world-record Primark a few minutes north on High Street, and the upmarket Mailbox to the south. This guide covers the Bullring opening times for every day of the week, the Saturday and Sunday hours, the Selfridges closing time and the other major-store hours, plus the festive and bank-holiday variations and where Birmingham’s genuine late-night shopping actually is.

Bullring Opening Times

The Bullring opens slightly later on weekdays than most regional centres — 10.00am rather than 9.00am Monday to Friday — with a longer Saturday from 9.00am and a reduced Sunday under the UK Sunday Trading Act, which caps shops larger than 280 square metres at six hours of trading. Grand Central, linked directly above New Street station, opens an hour earlier on weekdays to catch the commuter trade.

Day	Bullring hours	Grand Central hours
Monday	10.00am – 8.00pm	9.00am – 8.00pm
Tuesday	10.00am – 8.00pm	9.00am – 8.00pm
Wednesday	10.00am – 8.00pm	9.00am – 8.00pm
Thursday	10.00am – 8.00pm	9.00am – 8.00pm
Friday	10.00am – 8.00pm	9.00am – 8.00pm
Saturday	9.00am – 8.00pm	9.00am – 8.00pm
Sunday	11.00am – 5.00pm	11.00am – 5.00pm

The wider city centre — New Street, Corporation Street, the Mailbox, the Pavilions and High Street — broadly tracks the Bullring’s 10.00am–8.00pm weekday pattern, with most chains matching the 9.00am Saturday open. The shops that run latest are the cafés, the supermarkets, the cinema and the standalone Primark, all of which trade beyond 8.00pm.

Correct as of June 2026. Hours are set by the operator and do change for seasonal and bank-holiday reasons — please check the official Bullring opening hours page before you travel.

Saturday at the Bullring

The Bullring opens at 9.00am on Saturdays and trades through to 8.00pm — an eleven-hour day and the busiest of the week. The morning between 10.00am and noon is heaviest in the food court and around Selfridges; arriving for the 9.00am door-open is the calmer option, and the last hour from 7.00pm is quieter again for browsing the major fashion floors.

Sunday hours

Sunday hours run from 11.00am to 5.00pm — close to the maximum six-hour window UK law allows for larger shops. Both the Bullring and Grand Central keep the same Sunday times. Smaller specialist units and the food court can sometimes trade a little longer, but for planning a trip the 11.00am–5.00pm window is what applies to the main fashion and homewares tenants. Sunday is markedly calmer than Saturday, and the first couple of hours after opening are the quietest of the week.

Birmingham Shops on Sunday: Opening Hours

Birmingham city centre is open on Sundays, but on shorter hours than the rest of the week. Under the Sunday Trading Act, any shop larger than 280 square metres — which covers Selfridges, Marks & Spencer, Primark and every full-size unit in the Bullring — may trade for a maximum of six continuous hours. In practice that means an 11.00am to 5.00pm window across the Bullring and Grand Central, and a similar pattern along New Street and at the Mailbox. The world-record Primark on High Street opens its doors a little earlier, at 10.30am, but cannot begin selling until 11.00am for the same legal reason.

Smaller independents and convenience shops are not bound by the six-hour rule and may open earlier or close later. For a relaxed Sunday, the calmest stretch is the first hour after the 11.00am open, before the early-afternoon family crowds arrive; the centres then close promptly at 5.00pm, two to three hours earlier than a weekday.

What to expect on a normal day

The standard hours above apply on any normal trading day: 10.00am–8.00pm on a weekday, 9.00am–8.00pm on a Saturday and 11.00am–5.00pm on a Sunday. The exceptions are the December festive period, Christmas Day (closed), Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve, Easter Sunday and Monday, and the spring and summer bank holiday Mondays — see the festive and bank-holiday sections below for those. In short, most major Bullring shops close at 8.00pm Monday to Saturday, 5.00pm on Sunday, and typically earlier on a bank holiday Monday.

Key Birmingham Store Hours

The headline hours for the city centre’s biggest stores are set out below. The Bullring tenants follow the centre’s times; Primark on High Street and Harvey Nichols at the Mailbox keep their own.

Store	Mon–Fri	Saturday	Sunday
Selfridges (Bullring)	10am–8pm	9am–8pm	11am–5pm
Marks & Spencer (Bullring)	10am–8pm	9am–8pm	11am–5pm
Zara & H&M (Bullring)	10am–8pm	9am–8pm	11am–5pm
Primark (High Street)	8am–9pm	8am–9pm	10.30am–5pm
Harvey Nichols (Mailbox)	10am–6pm (Thu–Fri to 7pm)	10am–7pm	11am–5pm

Typical hours — confirm for a special trip. Correct as of June 2026; individual stores can vary, so check the retailer’s own page before travelling specifically for one shop.

Bullring Christmas Opening Times: Boxing Day and New Year 2026

The Bullring trades furthest into the evening in late December, when most days through the festive run extend to 9.00pm rather than the usual 8.00pm and Boxing Day opens early for the sales. Hammerson confirms the exact festive hours each December; the table below gives the verified 2026 dates with the typical pattern the centre runs — treat the clock times as expected rather than published, and confirm nearer the time.

Date	Bullring hours (typical)
Thursday 24 December (Christmas Eve)	9.00am – 5.00pm
Friday 25 December (Christmas Day)	Closed
Saturday 26 December (Boxing Day)	8.00am – 8.00pm
Sunday 27 December	11.00am – 5.00pm
Monday 28 December	9.00am – 9.00pm
Tuesday 29 December	9.00am – 9.00pm
Wednesday 30 December	9.00am – 9.00pm
Thursday 31 December (New Year’s Eve)	9.00am – 5.00pm
Friday 1 January 2027 (New Year’s Day)	10.00am – 5.00pm

Typical festive pattern — confirm in December. Dates are correct for 2026; the clock times are the centre’s usual festive schedule, not a published timetable.

Bullring Opening Times: Bank Holiday and Easter

Bank-holiday hours apply across all UK bank holidays except Christmas Day. A typical bank holiday Monday at the Bullring runs slightly shorter than a normal weekday — commonly around 10.00am–7.00pm. Easter 2027 falls with Good Friday on 26 March, Easter Sunday on 28 March (standard 11.00am–5.00pm Sunday hours) and Easter Monday on 29 March (the bank-holiday pattern). The spring, late-May and August bank holiday Mondays follow the same shorter schedule. Exact figures are confirmed each season — please check the official Bullring opening hours page within a few weeks of your visit.

Bullring Shops: The Anchors and Major Brands

The Bullring runs to more than 160 shops across three trading levels, anchored by Selfridges in the disc-clad building and by Marks & Spencer, which took the lower floors of the former Debenhams unit. The range spans premium and high-street fashion, sport, beauty, electronics, jewellery and a sizeable food court, with the linked Grand Central wing adding a more contemporary mix above New Street station.

Selfridges Birmingham Opening Times and Closing Time

Selfridges is the headline anchor, in the iconic Future Systems building on the eastern edge of the centre. Its hours track the Bullring: 10.00am–8.00pm Monday to Friday, 9.00am–8.00pm Saturday and 11.00am–5.00pm Sunday, so the Selfridges Birmingham closing time is 8.00pm Monday to Saturday and 5.00pm on Sunday. It follows the same Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve early closes, opens early with the rest of the centre on Boxing Day, and runs the shorter bank-holiday hours — worth confirming directly for a special trip, as the store occasionally extends its Saturday and Sunday by half an hour.

Primark Birmingham — the World’s Largest Store

Birmingham’s Primark is not in the Bullring but a short walk north at 38 High Street, and it holds the Guinness World Record as the largest fashion retail store on the planet — five floors and around 160,000 square feet. It keeps longer hours than the Bullring centre: typically 8.00am to 9.00pm Monday to Saturday, and 10.30am to 5.00pm on Sunday (with sales from 11.00am under the Sunday trading rules). For browsing after the Bullring’s 8.00pm close, it is the most useful late option in the city centre.

Zara, Bershka, H&M and the high-street fashion floors

The major fashion units inside the Bullring all follow the centre hours — 10.00am–8.00pm Monday to Friday, 9.00am–8.00pm Saturday, 11.00am–5.00pm Sunday. That covers Zara and Bershka (both Inditex), H&M, Next, River Island, JD Sports, Foot Locker, Sports Direct, Boots, Superdrug, Pandora and Pull&Bear. The food court, the bars and TOCA Social run later than the main shopping floor.

Grand Central

Grand Central sits directly above New Street station and links to the Bullring by a covered walkway. It trades 9.00am–8.00pm Monday to Saturday and 11.00am–5.00pm Sunday — an hour earlier on weekday mornings than the main Bullring building, to suit commuters. Its mix leans contemporary, with units such as Cath Kidston, Hobbs, L’Occitane and Kiehl’s alongside a strong food and drink offer. The wing’s former John Lewis store, which closed in 2020 and did not reopen, is being redeveloped by Hammerson into a mixed-use scheme of offices, leisure and a food hall — so Grand Central no longer has a department-store anchor.

The full and current list of shops

The complete, up-to-date directory — including units temporarily closed for refit and the latest arrivals across both the Bullring and Grand Central — is maintained by the operator. The official Bullring & Grand Central shop directory is the canonical source.

Late Night Shopping Birmingham: Where to Go After 8pm

For late shopping, Birmingham defaults to the Bullring’s 8.00pm Monday-to-Saturday close — longer than most regional centres, but short of true late-night by central-London standards. The genuinely later option is the world-record Primark on High Street, open until 9.00pm Monday to Saturday. The real extended-hours window across the whole city centre is December, when most weekdays at the Bullring stretch to 9.00pm and the Boxing Day-to-New-Year run is the longest of the year.

For a calm evening visit outside December, Tuesday or Wednesday between 5.30pm and 8.00pm is the quietest stretch — the office crowd has thinned, the Saturday crush is absent and changing-room queues are shortest. After the 8.00pm close, the food court, the bars and TOCA Social (immersive football, dining and arcade games) all run later, as do the canalside restaurants at the Mailbox and Brindleyplace, a ten-minute walk west.

Getting to the Bullring

By train

Birmingham New Street sits directly beneath Grand Central, with covered escalator and lift access straight into the centre — about a two-minute walk to the Bullring’s western entrances. Avanti West Coast runs direct trains from London Euston (about 1 hour 25 minutes), Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester Piccadilly and Liverpool Lime Street, with CrossCountry and West Midlands Trains serving the same station from across the country. Birmingham Moor Street (a five-minute walk east) and Snow Hill (eight minutes north) handle the Chiltern Railways service from London Marylebone and the Snow Hill lines.

By bus and Metro

City-centre bus stops on Moor Street Queensway, Carrs Lane and High Street are all within five minutes’ walk of the Bullring. The West Midlands Metro tram serves the city centre nearby, with the route running through to Wolverhampton via the Jewellery Quarter and West Bromwich.

By car and parking

The Bullring has around 3,100 spaces across two main multi-storey car parks (St Martin’s Queensway and Moor Street Queensway), which open earlier than the centre for the food-court breakfast trade and stay open later for the cinema, TOCA Social and the evening dining scene. Saturday demand fills them from late morning, so arriving before 10.00am or after 4.00pm is the calmer strategy. Note that Birmingham operates a Clean Air Zone covering the city centre — check whether your vehicle is affected before you drive in.

Where to Eat at the Bullring

The food offer splits across two main areas — the Bullring’s own food court above the Spiceal Street entrance and the dining concourse at Grand Central. Reliable options include:

Nando’s, Wagamama and Pho — table service, longer hours than the main centre
Five Guys, Pret a Manger and the food-court counter-service standards
Coffee chains: Costa, Starbucks and Caffè Nero across several locations, plus a Greggs that opens early
TOCA Social — immersive football, food and bar — runs well into the evening

For more independent dining, the Mailbox and Brindleyplace canalside districts, a ten-minute walk west, hold Birmingham’s strongest restaurant clusters.

Birmingham Shopping: Frequently Asked Questions

What time do shops open in Birmingham?

Most Birmingham city-centre shops open at 9.00am, with the Bullring opening at 10.00am Monday to Friday and 9.00am on Saturday, and Grand Central opening at 9.00am Monday to Saturday. On Sundays the centres open at 11.00am under UK trading rules. The world-record Primark on High Street opens earliest at 8.00am Monday to Saturday (10.30am on Sunday).

What time do shops close in Birmingham city centre?

Most major Bullring shops close at 8.00pm Monday to Saturday and 5.00pm on Sunday. Primark on High Street closes later, at 9.00pm Monday to Saturday. Bank holiday Mondays typically run shorter (around 7.00pm), and in late December most weekdays extend to 9.00pm. Christmas Day is closed.

What time does the Bullring open on Sunday?

The Bullring opens at 11.00am on Sunday and closes at 5.00pm, with Grand Central keeping the same hours. The main stores apply the maximum six-hour Sunday window UK law allows for shops over 280 square metres. Smaller specialist units may trade slightly longer, but 11.00am–5.00pm is the planning window for the major tenants.

What is the Selfridges Birmingham closing time?

Selfridges Birmingham closes at 8.00pm Monday to Saturday and 5.00pm on Sunday, matching the Bullring centre hours (10.00am open Monday to Friday, 9.00am Saturday, 11.00am Sunday). It follows the centre’s late-December extended trading and the Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve early closes. It is worth confirming directly, as the store occasionally extends its Saturday and Sunday by half an hour.

Is the Bullring open on bank holiday Monday?

Yes. The Bullring opens on every UK bank holiday except Christmas Day, typically on shorter hours — commonly around 10.00am to 7.00pm on a bank holiday Monday. Easter Sunday follows the standard 11.00am–5.00pm Sunday hours, and Easter Monday the bank-holiday pattern. Confirm exact times on the operator’s page a few weeks ahead.

What time does the Bullring open on Boxing Day?

The Bullring typically opens early on Boxing Day — around 8.00am — and trades through to about 8.00pm for the sales, though the exact festive hours are confirmed by the operator each December. Promotional pricing across the major tenants tends to drop at door-open rather than building through the day, so keen bargain-hunters arrive for the opening.

Does the Bullring have John Lewis?

No — not any more. John Lewis closed its Grand Central store in 2020 and did not reopen it, and the space is being redeveloped by Hammerson into offices, leisure and a food hall. The Bullring is anchored instead by Selfridges and Marks & Spencer, the latter in the lower floors of the former Debenhams unit.

Does Birmingham have late-night shopping?

The Bullring’s 8.00pm Monday-to-Saturday close gives longer evening hours than most regional centres, and the world-record Primark on High Street stays open until 9.00pm. The genuine extended-hours stretch is December, when most weekdays at the Bullring run to 9.00pm. Outside December, the calmest evening browsing is Tuesday or Wednesday between 5.30pm and 8.00pm.

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