August 2010 Directions

Last updated : 29 July 2010 By Covsupport News Service

THE 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. Street parking outside the exclusion zone is available if you are prepared to walk.

City supporters can now pay on the day to park at the Ricoh Arena before Coventry City home games. £10 will be charged to park in Car Park A and C with £7 for Car Park B.

Parking places are subject to availability and motorists will not be allowed to leave the car parks A & B for twenty minutes after the final whistle.

Park And Ride
The park and ride site is at The Oak Pub in Baginton near to Coventry Airport. Parking at the two park and walk sites at Christ the King Football Club in Wheelwright Lane and St Finbarrs and Wayside Business Park in Wilsons Lane. Vehicles can park there for £5.50 per game.

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 PUB
The Lord Raglan,Coventry Rd,Exhall,Coventry,CV7 9EZ Telephone 02476734008 or 07747115478.Opens 11am every day,very large car park for coaches etc.Free car park for people who go into the pub.Less than 10 mins walk to the ground.Exit J3 M6 Follow signs for Bayton Rd Ind Est just 2 mins off the motorway.

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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COVENTRY CITY V PORTSMOUTH
SATURDAY AUGUST 7TH AT 3PM
AT THE RICOH ARENA, PHOENIX WAY, COVENTRY, CV6 6GE

See directions above
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MORECAMBE V COVENTRY CITY FLC1
TUESDAY AUGUST 10TH AT 7.45PM
AT THE GLOBE ARENA, CHRISTIE WAY, WESTGATE, MORECAMBE, LA4 4TB

Club Coach costs £18.50 and departs the Ricoh Arena at 2.30pm.
Sky Blue Army Coach leaves Coventry at 9am. For more details, phone Dave on 07919 662919.

From the South
Exit the M6 at Jct. 34, then take the A683 towards Lancaster and take the A589 towards Morecambe. Go straight across two roundabouts passing a McDonalds outlet on your left. At the next roundabout take the first exit into Westgate. The ground is approximately one mile along this road on your right. The city of Lancaster can often be a bottleneck for traffic, so allow a little extra time for your journey from the motorway.

From the North
Either follow the instructions above or leave the M6 at Jct. 35 and follow the signs for Morecambe. This route will take you along the A6 until Bolton-le-Sands where you turn right at traffic lights following signs to Morecambe. When you reach the promenade continue for approximately one mile and turn left at the Broadway Hotel. Continue at the small roundabout to the large roundabout ahead and take the fourth exit. The ground is approximately one mile further.

By train
Morecambe railway station is about a 25 minute walk away from the ground. As you come along the platform follow the bike and walking signs that take you around the end of the rail line. Follow this until you reach West End Road. Cross over and go down Acre Moss Lane and follow this into Buckingham Road. When you reach Westgate turn left over the bridge and the Globe Arena is approximately 200 yards further on. Morecambe is served by trains from Lancaster.
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WATFORD V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY AUGUST 14TH AT 3PM
AT VICARAGE ROAD, STADIUM, WATFORD, WD18 0ER

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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COVENTRY CITY V DERBY COUNTY
SATURDAY AUGUST 21ST AT 12.15PM LIVE ON SKY SPORTS
AT THE RICOH ARENA, PHOENIX WAY, COVENTRY, CV6 6GE

See directions above
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MILLWALL V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY AUGUST 28TH AT 3PM
AT THE NEW DEN, ZAMPA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 3LN

From North
Follow signs from A1/M1, then signs for Shoreditch and Whitechapel. Follow Ring Road signs for Dover. Cross over Tower Bridge and after one mile, take first exit at the roundabout onto A2. From Elephant & Castle take A2& (New Kent Road) into Old Kent Road and turn left after& four miles at The Gem Bar into Ilderton Road to Zampa Road SE16 3LN.

From South, Take A20 and A21 following signs to London, At New Cross follow signs for Surrey Quays into Kender Street, turn left into Old Kent Road then right at the turning signposted "car pound" into Ilderton Road. Zampa Road is the seventh turning on the right.

From East, Take A2 to New Cross (then as south).

From West From M4 and M3 follow South Circular (A205) then follow signs for Clapham, City (A3), then Camberwell to New Cross and then as from the South.

By Rail: South Bermondsey Station is about five minutes walk from The New Den, New Cross or New Cross Gate are about 15 mins walk away. East London Line to Surrey Quays or New Cross Gate (approx 15 mins walk). Jubilee Line to Canada Water (approx 20 mins walk).

The Club has no car parking facilities for supporters and it is recommended that away supporters travel to the ground by official coach or by rail to South Bermondsey. A walkway link is available to the stadium on matchdays for away supporters only.