Need to find a reason to visit Birmingham now
Birmingham is about 2.5 + hours, for me to drive and between 120 to 130 + miles depending on the route!
But I did punt another member of their group when
she was on tour in London.
Rant time
That was around a 15 mile trip that took me nearly 1.5 hours
The road network in London has progressive got worse over the years. My trip computer, average speed is 15 MPH over the last 20+ K of driving mostly in London