March 2012 Directions

Last updated : 24 February 2012 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.
 
Buses in Coventry
http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/feat/ed14/bus_changes_in_coventry_from_sunday_730681/index.shtml

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.

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

The Sky Blue Express return coach service is back for the new season. Leaving from Christ The King Club in Coundon to the Ricoh Arena for all home games. The coach leaves the club approximately 35mins prior to kick off and returns after the match.

Prices remain the same as last season which are £3.50 for Adults, £2 for under 16's and £5 Family Ticket (one adult//one under 16).

Tickets will be available from behind the bar For Further Info you can contact the Sky Blue Express on
 
// 07974532056 // www.facebook.com/skyblueexpress  // www.twitter.com/skyblueexpress
 
CTK Parish Centre, 14 Westhill Road, Coundon, Coventry, CV6 2AA

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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LEICESTER CITY V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26TH AT 3PM
AT WALKERS STADIUM, FILBERT WAY, LEICESTER, LE2 7FL

TRAVEL
Club Coach costs £12 and leaves the Ricoh Arena at 12.45pm.

By Road
From North & South (from the M1/M69 Motorways): The M1 and M69 Motorways interchange at Junction 21 (M1), where you should exit and follow the signs for the City Centre via the A5460. After 3 miles turn right onto Upperton Road, go over the bridge and take the first right down Western Boulevard and you will see the Stadium on your right-hand side.

By Rail
The Stadium is about twenty minutes walk from Leicester's train station in London Road. The train costs £9.90 for an off peak return from Coventry. It will be cheaper from Bedworth and Nuneaton.

By Air
The Stadium is 35 minutes drive from East Midlands International Airport at Castle Donnington, and 45 minutes from Birmingham International Airport.

By Coach
De Courcey X6 goes from Coventry to Leicester, get the 11.50 or 13.20 service. After the match, the only one back is the 17.50.

By Bus
You can get a 48 bus from Pool Meadow to Leicester
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COVENTRY CITY V CRYSTAL PALACE
TUESDAY MARCH 6TH AT 7.45PM
AT THE RICOH ARENA, PHOENIX WAY, COVENTRY, CV6 6GE

See directions above
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COVENTRY CITY V BIRMINGHAM CITY
SATURDAY MARCH 10TH AT 3PM
AT THE RICOH ARENA, PHOENIX WAY, COVENTRY, CV6 6GE

See directions above
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WATFORD V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY MARCH 17TH AT 3PM
AT VICARAGE ROAD, STADIUM, WATFORD, WD18 0ER

TRAVEL
Club Coach prices to be announced

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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CARDIFF CITY V COVENTRY CITY
WEDNESDAY MARCH 21ST AT 3PM
AT CARDIFF CITY STADIUM, LECKWITH ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 8AZ

TRAVEL
Club Coach TBA

BY Car
M42, M5,M50, A449 to M4. Exit at junction 33 and follow Penarth (A4232) signs. After six miles,take the B4267 turn off which is sign-posted Cardiff City Stadium. Follow the slip road, turning first left at the roundabout. The stadium is then on your right hand side, taking the right hand turn at the second set of traffic lights. Please follow the appropriate signage for your designated parking space.

Train station - Cardiff Central one mile.
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COVENTRY CITY V PORTSMOUTH
SATURDAY MARCH 24TH AT 3PM
AT THE RICOH ARENA, PHOENIX WAY, COVENTRY, CV6 6GE

See directions above
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HULL CITY V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY MARCH 31ST AT 3PM
AT KC STADIUM,WALTON STREET, HULL, HU3 6HU

TRAVEL
Club Coach: TBA

By Car -
From the West
Approach Hull from the M62, which leads straight onto the A63. Continue on the A63 under the Humber Bridge.The road continues into the A63 Clive Sullivan Way. Continue along Clive Sullivan Way. Turn off onto the slip road just before the fly-over, sign-posted 'Local Traffic/Infirmary' and for KC Stadium. At the roundabout, take the second exit "Rawling Way" At the next main set of traffic lights (and with the Hospital in front of you), take a left turn onto A1105 Anlaby Road. Continue over the fly-over.At the foot of the fly-over, take a right turn into Walton Street.

Please note that due to the Hull fair setting up, the Walton Street car park and Carnegie car park are not available for the this match. Alternative car parking will be available at the Fountain Street car park, off Anlaby Road, priced £5 per vehicle.

From the Humber Bridge
Once over the Humber Bridge, follow signs for Hull City Centre. The road follows round to the left to join the A63 Clive Sullivan Way and will take you under the Humber Bridge. Continue along Clive Sullivan Way. Turn off onto the slip road just before the fly-over, sign-posted 'Local Traffic/Infirmary' and for KC Stadium. At the roundabout, take the second exit "Rawling Way" At the next main set of traffic lights (and with the Hospital in front of you), take a left turn onto A1105 Anlaby Road. Continue over the fly-over.At the foot of the fly-over, take a right turn into Walton Street.

From the North
Take the A1079 towards Beverley then follow signs for the Humber Bridge and the A164. Take the A63 sign-posted Hull City Centre. Continue on the A63 under the Humber Bridge. The road continues into the A63 Clive Sullivan Way.Continue along Clive Sullivan Way.Turn off onto the slip road just before the fly-over, sign-posted 'Local Traffic/Infirmary' and for KC Stadium. At the roundabout, take the second exit "Rawling Way"

At the next main set of traffic lights (and with the Hospital in front of you), take a left turn onto A1105 Anlaby Road. Continue over the fly-over. At the foot of the fly-over, take a right turn into Walton Street.

From the East & Hull Docks
The A165 approaches Hull from the East Coast and onto Holderness Road. Follow signs for A63/M62 Leeds At the second large roundabout on the A63 Garrison Road, continue over Myton Bridge straight onto A63 Castle Street. Continue along the A63.Just before the flyover, take the slip road signposted "Infirmary/Anlaby A1105", and at the roundabout take the 3rd exit onto 'Rawling Way.' At the next main set of traffic lights (and with the Hospital in front of you), take a left turn onto A1105 Anlaby Road.Continue over the fly-over. At the foot of the fly-over, take a right turn into Walton Street.
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