National Exhibition Centre
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The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is an exhibition centre located in Birmingham, England. It is near junction 6 of the M42 motorway, and is adjacent to Birmingham Airport and Birmingham International railway station. It has 20 interconnected halls, set in grounds of 611 acres (2.54 km) making it the largest exhibition centre in the UK. It is the busiest and seventh-largest exhibition centre in Europe.