Notts County

How To Get There By Car & Where To Park
Leave the M1 at Junction 26 and take the A610 towards Nottingham and then signs for Melton Mowbray. Turn left before the River Trent in to Meadow Lane. You can park at the Cattle Market (opposite the away end �2) or in the club car park (opposite the club offices in Meadow Lane £2.50). Otherwise there is plenty of street parking.


By Train
The ground is ten minutes walk from Nottingham railway station. As you come out of the main station entrance, Turn left from the station across the car park and then turn right at the traffic lights. The ground is about a 1/4 of a mile down the dual carriageway on the left.


Where To Drink?
There are a few pubs around the ground that let away supporters in and are quite friendly and serve good real ale. Closest to the ground on Meadow Lane is the Trent Navigation Inn, which serves real ales from the nearby Magpie Brewery. Steve from the Pie Fanzine informs me; 'On the main London Road, just across from the hump back bridge over the canal, is the newly refurbished and renamed Globe. A comfortable open-plan pub with good food and 5 ever-changing real ales (however no children are allowed). Just the other side of Trent Bridge (although mercifully facing away from that rusting monstrosity with a red tree painted on the side!) is the Southbank, the Globe's sister pub. It also serves excellent food and has sport on the numerous televisions; three real ales are offered here including one from the tiny local Mallards brewery. Just across from the front of the station down Queensbridge Road is the "Vat and Fiddle" situated next door to the Castle Rock micro-brewery. It offers ten real ales and hot and cold food. Children are welcome'. It is listed in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide.

What's The Ground Like?
During the early 1990's the ground was completely rebuilt, creating an attractive all seater stadium. Although the ground comprises four separate stands, it is quite smart looking. Both sides are single tiered stands, the larger of which is the Derek Pavis (Main) Stand. Opposite the Jimmy Sirrell Stand has a gable on its roof reminiscent of those old grounds, where they were once a common sight. At one end is the large Kop Stand, which can house up to 5,400 supporters. Again this is a newish stand with excellent facilities. The other end is the smaller, covered Family Stand. This stand has one sizeable solitary supporting pillar, which may effect your view as it is situated right of the front of the stand in the middle. This stand also has a small electric scoreboard on its roof.




What Is It Like For Visiting Supporters?
After a campaign by Notts County fans, the Club have decided to move fans out of the Kop End at one end of the stadium and instead house them in part of the Jimmy Sirrel Stand, located on one side of the ground. The normal allocation for this area will be around 1,300, although this can be increased for cup games.