Coventry City - Travel Guide

Last updated : 22 April 2004 By Bigrich.....
Ticket Prices
Away Fans: 
M & B Stand: Adults: £18, Senior Citizen: £9, Junior £6.

Disabled:
Wheelchair: £5  Helper: £5 (Pre booking required).

How to get there
BY CAR: From North and East (M6):
Exit M6 at junction 3 and at roundabout follow signs to `Coventry, Holbrooks A444' onto the A444 dual carriageway. Follow `City Centre A444' signs for 3.2 miles over four roundabouts to a 5th roundabout. Here, turn right (s/p Industrial Estate, Barras Heath Wholesale Market, Stoke, Football Stadium) into Waterman Road. At next roundabout after 0.2 miles turn left (s/p Football Stadium) into Swan Lane. At roundabout after 0.4 miles, take 2nd exit (no signpost) into Nicholls Street, which leads to the ground.

From South and East (M40): Exit M40 at junction 15 (s/p Warwick A429, Stratford, Coventry A46) and at roundabout follow signs to `Coventry A46' onto the A46 northbound. At roundabout after 11.1 miles turn right (s/p Motorway M69, Leicester A46) onto the A4082 London Road. At roundabout after 0.4 miles, just past Safeways, turn left (s/p Seven Stars Ind. Estate, Stoke Plant B4110) into Humber Road. At roundabout after 1.3 miles turn right (s/p Rugby A428, Stoke), and then almost immediately left (no signpost) into Kingsway. At T-junction after 0.2 miles turn left (s/p City Centre A46, Nuneaton A444) onto Walsgrave Road, and then first right into Swan Lane to ground.

FROM RAILWAY STATION (Coventry): 1.5 miles. By taxi: £2.60. By bus: Nos. 17 and 27 run to the ground. By foot: A complicated route, partially signposted. Exit station and head towards the Station Pharmacy and Post Office, and turn right. Straight on at crossroads into Park Road. At end of road, enter underpass, and in central area take 2nd exit. Follow signpost into Park Side (passing Cornercroft Engineering on the RHS) and then take first left by London Road Social Club into Paradise Street. At end of road, go left down ramp and right into underpass. Keep right, back under archway towards `The Plough' pub. Turn left in front of pub, and then right into Gulson Road. At end of road walk diagonally right across park to Swan Lane.

Last Midweek Trains: Call (0345) 484 950.

BY BUS: Nos. 7, 8, 32 and 33 run from Pool Meadow Bus Station along Walsgrave Road. The less frequent no. 31 runs from Trinity Street

There's a small shoppers' car park at Far Gosford, charging £1.80 for five hours (60p after 6 pm). Otherwise, it's street parking and not totally safe, so don't leave valuables in sight. Only the streets immediately around the ground are coned off. Try to the east of Highfield Road, eg. Hastings Road, Heath Road or Dane Road.

Snippets
Record Attendance:
51,455 v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Division 2, April 29th, 1967.

Average Attendance:
2002-2003: 14,813 (Division One)
2001-2002: 16,150 (Division One)
2000-2001: 20,582 (Premier League),
1999-2000: 20,809 (Premier League)