April/May Directions

Last updated : 26 March 2008 By Covsupport

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY V COVENTRY CITY
TUESDAY APRIL 1ST AT 7.45PM
AT HILLSBOROUGH STADIUM,HILLSBOROUGH,SHEFFIELD,S6 1SW

By Car
From The North/South/East - Exit the M1 at junction 36 and follow the A61 towards Sheffield. Continue along the road for approximately 4 miles until the 2nd roundabout. Take the 3rd exit (Leppings Lane) - the ground is situated on the left-hand side.

From The South/East - Leave the M1 at junction 33 and turn left towards Sheffield City Centre on the "Sheffield Parkway" dual carriageway. Continue until the end of the Parkway, when you will come to Park Square roundabout. Turn right and continue to follow signs for the A61 towards Barnsley. Signs for Hillsborough are also prominent. The stadium is situated 3 miles from the city centre and is on your left-hand side after Hillsborough Park.

From the West - Take the A57 for Sheffield. As you approach the city the road splits in two - take the left fork onto the Rivelin Valley Road (A6101). Continue for approximately 3.75 miles, turn left (onto one way system) and follow the road round to the right onto Holme Lane. This road then becomes Bradfield Road. At the junction with the A61 Penistone Road, turn left towards Barnsley. Hillsborough Stadium is on the left-hand side after Hillsborough Park.

By Train
Sheffield Railway Station (Contact Midland Mainline on 0845 712 5678) is situated in the town centre, 3 miles from the ground.

By Supertram
Take the South Yorkshire Supertram (signposted from the Railway Station) towards Middlewood Road (yellow route). Exit at the Leppings Lane stop, which is a short walk from the ground.

By Bus
From the Railway Station, Flat Street Bus Terminus is a one-minute walk - cross over at the pedestrian crossing, and follow the signs. Bus numbers 53, 77 and 80 all run from Flat Street to Hillsborough. From Angel Street, buses 74 and 74a run to Hillsborough.

From Snig Hill, buses 85 and 86 run to Leppings Lane. From the Sheffield Transport Interchange, bus 57 runs past the ground towards Stocksbridge. On matchdays, bus frequency should be roughly every 15 minutes.

Coach
Adults £10 Concessions £7. Coaches depart the Arena at 4pm.
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WATFORD V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY APRIL 5TH AT 3PM
AT VICARAGE ROAD, STADIUM,WATFORD, WD18 0ER

Coach Travel:
Adults £20, Senior citizen/junior £17, Adult season ticket holder £15, Concession season ticket holder/JSB/Disabled £10. Coaches depart the Ricoh Arena at 11.45am

By Car

M1 to junction 5 and take the A4408 towards Watford Town Centre. This will take you round the ring road and follow the signs for Watford General Hospital as the ground is next to the hospital.

From the North: Join the M25 and follow until Junction 20. Exit and follow signs for Hempstead Road, follow Hempstead Road into central Watford. Follow the large roundabout system at the end of Hempstead Road and exit towards Rickmansworth A412. Follow this road for 1/4 mile and turn left at the end of the underpass. Go through two traffic lights and turn left into 'The Hornets' at the East end of Vicarage Road.

From the South: Join the M25 and head north past M4/Heathrow, then past the M40 Oxford Exit at Junction 16. Take the exit at Junction 18. The slip road goes up to a bridge going across the motorway, turn left towards Rickmansworth. Head down into Rickmansworth until you arrive at a large roundabout near Rickmansworth BR station. Turn left here along the A412 towards Watford. Follow signs into Croxley Green. Continue straight over at the two roundabouts past Croxley, then take the fifth right exit on to Harwood Road. Continue straight down, heading straight over the traffic lights, until you come to the end of the road. At the end turn left and you will now be on Vicarage Road, continue for a few hundred metres and you will see the ground on your right hand side.

By train and tube
The nearest station is Watford High Street, a ten minute walk away from the ground. Watford Junction train station is about a 20 minute walk. Directions from Watford Junction are as follows:

Leave the station and take the main road straight opposite (Clarendon Road) all the way over the Ring Road at the lights and up to the High Street. Turn left and go past the Wetherspoons (Moon under Water) on your right and then take the first right after 100 yards into Market Street. Continue along again crossing Ring Road to T junction and then left the chip shop. Vicarage Road is the next right turn.

Watford also has its own London Underground tube station, which is on the Metropolitan Line and is situated just under one mile from Vicarage Road.

Parking
There is no parking available for fans at the ground and street parking is exclusively restricted for local residents by way of matchday permits. Parking is not permitted in Watford General Hospital.

Watford town centre has several car parks, the easiest of which for access to Vicarage Road is Church Car Park on the inside of the ring-road, opposite the turn-off into Vicarage Road. All town centre car parks are within a ten minute walk of Vicarage Road. Other possibilities are Watford Grammar School for Girls and Cassiobury Park Avenue, Laurence Haines School (further down Vicarage Road past the hospital), and Fishers Industrial Estate off Wiggenhall Road.
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SHREWSBURY TOWN RESERVES V COVENTRY CITY RESERVES
MONDAY APRIL 07TH AT 7PM
NEW MEADOW,OTELEY ROAD,SHREWSBURY,SY2 6QQ

BY CAR
At the end of the M54 continue onto the A5. After about seven miles, there is a traffic island which is at the junction with the A49. Bear left at this island still following the A5. On reaching Shrewsbury ignore the signs for Shrewsbury Town Centre (signposted A5064 town centre/crematorium), at the first roundabout you come to, but instead continue along the A5. Then go straight across at the next roundabout, still on the A5 and then at the next roundabout turn right towards Shrewsbury on the A5112 (sign posted town centre/park & ride). You will pass a Retail Park on your right and then at the next roundabout you take the 4th exit onto the B4380 towards Oteley (also sign posted golf course). The stadium is a short way down this road on the right, just as you go over the railway bridge.

There is a large car park at the stadium.

Shrewsbury train station is around two miles away from the stadium. So it should take around 25 minutes to walk. Otherwise you can grab a taxi up to the ground, or take a bus from the town centre bus station (service numbers 16, 23, 25 & 544/546 all stop near to the stadium). There are also plans to introduce a dedicated bus service on matchdays. Shrewsbury train station is served by trains from Birmingham New Street & Crewe.
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COVENTRY CITY V STOKE CITY
SATURDAY APRIL 12TH AT 3PM
AT RICOH ARENA, PHOENIX WAY, COVENTRY, CV6 6GE

By car: Leave the M6 at junction 3. Take the A444 towards the City centre and at the first island go left and you will see the Ricoh Arena on your right.

By rail: For all train information call National Rail Enquiries on: 08457 48 49 50, but be warned Coventry station is a £10+ taxi ride away. Take the 27 bus from the train station get off at Pool Meadow bus station and catch the 4 or 5 service. Or go out of doors and over the road by Sainsburys and get the 20, getting off the by Tescos.

Parking: Car parking is extremely restricted around the ground.

Park And Ride
The new park and ride site will be located at Coventry Airport in Siskin Drive and replaces the one at Whitley.

It will cost £7.50 to pre-book and £8 on the day to park at Coventry Airport on match days. Parking at the two park and walk sites at Christ the King Football Club in Wheelwright Lane and Wayside Business Park in Wilsons Lane won't be affected. Vehicles can park there for £5.50 per game.

For further information or to buy tickets at any the three sites log on to http://www.ricoharena.com/ or telephone 08444 121 747.

Coaches From Rugby.
The Avon mill are running the coach travel to all home games this season again anyone interested please contact Mac on 01788 542815 or email rugbyccfc1@yahoo.co.uk £4 per person per game.

Coaches From Kenilworth For details please contact harry.bragginton@btinternet.com

Travel From London for Members of CCLSC http://www.cclsc.co.uk/

AWAY SUPPORTERS PARKING
Car parking around the Ricoh Arena is strictly limited.

http://www.ricohparking.co.uk

However, there is a designated away supporters car park, situated around five minutes walk away from the ground. The car park is secure and cost is £5 - but spaces are limited to just 100.

Directions: M6 to junction 3. Take 3rd exit if coming from north or 1st exit if travelling from the south. At the 2nd roundabout, take the 2nd exit, under the railway bridge, through the first set of traffic lights, and pass the pedestrian lights. At the next set of lights, turn right into Blackburn Road and the car park is at the top of the road.

From the North: Leave the M1 at junction 26, following the signs to Nottingham via the A610 Nuthall Road until you meet the Nottingham Ring Road A6514 at Western Boulevard. Turn Right and follow the Ring Road South, passing the Queens Medical Centre where the Ring Road becomes the A52. Continue South on the A52 signposted Grantham over Clifton Bridge, past the Nottingham Knight Island to join the Lings Bar Road at the next traffic island. Continue to the Gamston Island and then turn left into Radcliffe Road (A6011). Turn right into Pavilion Road for Reception.

From the South: Leave the M1 at junction 24, on the A453 towards Nottingham. At the Clifton Bridge complex follow signs A52 Grantham past Nottingham Knight Island to join the Lings Bar Road at the next traffic island. Follow the A52 signposted Grantham to the Gamston Island and then turn left into Radcliffe Road (A6011). Turn right into Pavilion Road for Reception.

From the East: Approach via the A52 Radcliffe Road from Grantham. At Gamston Island continue along Radcliffe Road as it becomes the A6011. Turn right into Pavilion Road for Reception.

From the West: Approach via the A52 from Derby to the Nottingham Ring Road, along the Stapleford Bypass. Turn right onto the Ring Road (A52) and follow routes as above. Alternatively, from the M42, follow the A453 to the Clifton Bridge complex and follow routes as from the south.

Nottingham Midland Railway Station is situated in the town centre, less than a mile from the ground. It is a relatively uncomplicated 10-minute walk to 'The_City_Ground',' You should leave the railway station by the main entrance/exit and turn to your left. At the corner of the station turn left again into Queens Road and follow this to the T-junction with London Road. Turn right here and follow this road towards the river and Trent Bridge from where you will be able to see the best view of the City Ground across the river to your left.

From the City Centre, The City Ground is about a 15 minute walk from the city centre.

By Bus from City. Buses 6 to 11 all run from the City Centre, number 6 is the most frequent. You can get them from Collin Street, just up from the Broadmarsh Centre or from Carrington Street between the Broadmarsh and the train station. The all stop close to Trent Bridge.
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COLCHESTER UNITED V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY APRIL 19TH AT 3PM
AT LAYER ROAD,COLCHESTER,ESSEX,CO2 7JJ

FROM NORTH Leave the A14 at Ipswich and join the A12 (London Bound). On approaching Colchester, continue down the A.12. Approx four Miles on - Keep to left hand Lane on dual carriageway. Take Slip road A1124 (Halstead/Colchester West turn-off . At top of slip road, turn left and continue along the dual carriageway (Essex Yeomanry Way). On roundabout, take second exit left into London Road. Proceed for just over ¾ miles to traffic lights and take right hand lane (MFI Store on right). Turn right at lights into Straight Road and for approx 1 ¼ miles continue down Straight Road over series of mini roundabouts to T-junction (Church Opposite, Leather Bottle Public House on left). Turn left into Shrub End Road continue on road ¾ mile to set of traffic lights and take right hand lane on approaching lights. Turn right into Boadicea Way and continue to bottom of road to T-junction (school on right). Turn left into Layer Road and continue short distance down Layer Road, with football Ground on left (Soccer Centre/Car Park is a 100 yards further on to the left)

FROM SOUTH/WEST
Leave the M25 at Junction 28 and head East. Leave the A12 on Halstead/Cambridge Turn Off (A1124), take slip road and right hand lane Keep right, following road over flyover (Over A12), taking first left into Essex Yeomanry Way. On roundabout, take second exit left into London Road. Proceed for just over ¾ miles to traffic lights and take right hand lane (MFI Store on right). Turn right at lights into Straight Road and for approx 1 ¼ miles continue down Straight Road over series of mini roundabouts to T-junction (Church Opposite, Leather Bottle Public House on left). Turn left into Shrub End Road continue on road ¾ mile to set of traffic lights and take right hand lane on approaching lights. Turn right into Boadicea Way and continue to bottom of road to T-junction (school on right). Turn left into Layer Road and continue short distance down Layer Road, with football Ground on left (Soccer Centre/Car Park is a 100 yards further on to the left)

Nearest Train Station - Colchester North 2 miles.
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COVENTRY CITY RESERVES V BRADFORD CITY RESERVES
MONDAY APRIL 21ST AT 2PM.
AT LIBERTY WAY,ATTLEBOROUGH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE,NUNEATON,CV11 6RR

Directions
Leave the M6 at Junction 3. Go onto the A444 to Nuneaton. Go straight at first mini roundabout then when you reach the Griff Roundabout, proceed onto the A444 to Nuneaton. Go straight at the next mini roundabout, then you will reach another roundabout, with a large Stone in the middle and a Yellow bridge. Go straight at this roundabout. At the Next roundabout next to Cotton Arches take the 2nd exit onto Avenue Road.

Follow this road until you get to the next roundabout where you should go straight on, onto Eastboro Way. Go over the bridge and you will come to a mini island (next to The Crows Nest Pub) go straight on. Take a left at the next roundabout onto Townsend Drive, then take the next right onto Liberty Way. Gates are straight ahead.

From the M1
Exit the M1 at Junction 21. Then at the roundabout go onto the M69. Exit the M69 at the Junction 1 for the A5, Nuneaton and Hinckley. Leave the roundabout and turn right, join the A5 Watling Street to Nuneaton. Then stay on the road until you see signs for A47 Nuneaton and take a left next to the Longshoot Pub (use filter road). You will reach a roundabout at the end of the A47. Take a left onto Eastboro Way. (Nuneaton RFC signposted and a Somerfield and The Acorn Pub are on the right of Eastboro Way).

You will then see the ground on your right. At the mini roundabout take a right onto Townsend Drive and the next Right onto Liberty Way. Gates are straight ahead.

Using Public Transport
If you are arriving by Train, you need to go to Nuneaton train station. This is then about a 5 minute taxi journey from the ground and should cost between £5 and £8 depending on the time of the day.

The ground is a forty minute walk from the bus station.
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COVENTRY CITY V WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
SATURDAY APRIL 26TH AT 3PM
AT RICOH ARENA, PHOENIX WAY, COVENTRY, CV6 6GE

By car: Leave the M6 at junction 3. Take the A444 towards the City centre and at the first island go left and you will see the Ricoh Arena on your right.

Parking: Car parking is extremely restricted around the ground.

Park And Ride
The new park and ride site will be located at Coventry Airport in Siskin Drive and replaces the one at Whitley. It will cost £7.50 to pre-book and £8 on the day to park at Coventry Airport on match days.

Parking at the two park and walk sites at Christ the King Football Club in Wheelwright Lane and Wayside Business Park in Wilsons Lane won't be affected. Vehicles can park there for £5.50 per game.

For further information or to buy tickets at any the three sites log on to http://www.ricoharena.com/ or telephone 08444 121 747.

Coaches From Kenilworth For details please contact harry.bragginton@btinternet.com

Travel From London for Members of CCLSC http://www.cclsc.co.uk/

AWAY SUPPORTERS PARKING
Car parking around the Ricoh Arena is strictly limited.

http://www.ricohparking.co.uk

However, there is a designated away supporters car park, situated around five minutes walk away from the ground. The car park is secure and cost is £5 - but spaces are limited to just 100.

SAT NAV
Some car satellite navigation systems have not been updated to show Coventry City FC as playing at the Ricoh Arena. Those visiting the ground for the first time are advised to enter "Phoenix Way" and the post code "CV6 6GE" instead.
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CHARLTON ATHLETIC V COVENTRY CITY
SUNDAY MAY 4TH AT 2PM
AT The Valley, Floyd Road, Charlton, London SE7 8BL.

By Car

From the M25
The easiest way to get to The Valley is to use the A2, accessed from junction two of the M25. Heading into London, the dual carriageway becomes the A102M - the approach road to the Blackwall Tunnel. Leave at the junction after the A2 exit and take the right-hand exit at the roundabout - the A206 Woolwich Road.

After the major set of traffic lights at Anchor and Hope Lane and Charlton Church Lane, travel around second roundabout and take the last exit to drive back on yourself. Then take the first left into Charlton Lane. Cross the railway line and continue up the road, then right into Harvey Gardens. The stadium is on the left.

Access to Floyd Road and Harvey Gardens is restricted on matchdays.

Via the South Circular
Follow the A205 South Circular Road to Woolwich and turn left into the Woolwich Road at the roundabout for the free ferry. You should then turn left into Charlton Lane and proceed as described above.

From central London: From north of The Thames, take the A102 through the Blackwall Tunnel. Come off at the second junction and take the first exit at the roundabout. Go along the A206 Woolwich Road as above.

Train and Tube services
Southeastern runs train services to the railway station at Charlton, from central London in the west and north Kent to the east. The station is a short walk from the ground.

Frequent services depart from Charing Cross, Waterloo East and London Bridge, with limited departures from Victoria and Cannon Street. Some services come through Dartford continue to Charlton, while connections for others can be made at Blackheath, Lewisham and London Bridge.

The Docklands Light Railway from east London connects with rail services from Greenwich and Lewisham to Charlton, while the Jubilee Line underground station at North Greenwich is a short bus ride from The Valley.

Travelling by bus

Numerous bus routes serve the ground. They include the 53 (Plumstead, Woolwich, Blackheath, New Cross, central London), the 54 (Lewisham, Catford, Beckenham, Elmers End) and the 161 (Chislehurst, Mottingham, Eltham, Woolwich, North Greenwich).

Others are the 177 (Thamesmead, Plumstead, Woolwich, Greenwich, New Cross, Peckham), the 180 (Thamesmead, Plumstead, Woolwich, Greenwich, Lewisham), the 422 (Bexleyheath, Welling, Plumstead, Blackheath, North Greenwich), the 472 (Thamesmead, Plumstead, Woolwich, North Greenwich), and the 486 (Bexleyheath, Welling, Shooters Hill and North Greenwich).

These services discharge passengers on the A206 Woolwich Road, or in Charlton Village, both a five-minute walk from the ground.

Parking at the ground
Free parking is usually available at the ground but access on matchdays is restricted to permit holders. In many roads around The Valley there are restrictions in force. Yellow lines apply at weekends, as well as weekdays, and most parking bays are free - except around the railway station. The use of some of the bays, however, is suspended on matchdays. Restrictions are vigorously enforced, and local retail car parks operate a clamping policy.