Nottingham: Directions, Beer & Food

[Diego_Sideburns]

NOTE: This information may be out-dated in a constantly-changing world.

 

Notts County, Meadow Lane, Nottingham NG2 3HJ.

 

The world’s oldest League Club is situated less than a mile from Nottingham’s busy city centre along London Road and close to Trent Bridge. It is only a 15 minute walk from the major shopping centres, bars and restaurants to the stadium.

 

Away fans are now accommodated in part of the Jimmy Sirrel Stand, situated on the County Road side of the stadium. The design of this stand has retained the famous Gable End showing ‘Founded 1862’ which was first introduced when its predecessor was built in 1910.

 

There are no designated places for supporters, home or away, to hang their flags or banners. They must not obstruct advertising hoardings or the view of other supporters, so most are draped over unoccupied seating. Any special requests should be addressed in advance to the Club Secretary.

 

Coach parking for away fans coach parking is normally on Incinerator Road opposite the Away turnstiles.

 

Disabled facilities:

 

There are 30 disabled spaces in the Derek Pavis Stand and 15 in the Family Stand. Pre-booking is required via the Ticket Office. There are no designated spaces in the Kop stand therefore away fans are advised to use the Derek Pavis Stand.

 

Disabled supporters, classified as ‘Medium to High Disability’ under the DDA, receive a 25% discount on admission prices and their carer is admitted free of charge. Each Carer’s seat is immediately adjacent to the disabled space.

 

Ambulant supporters should make prior arrangements through the Club Secretary to ensure that their full needs are met. Visually-impaired supporters may, on prior request, borrow radio equipment.

 

Special parking requirements and any other queries relating to disabled supporters should be addressed to the Club Secretary.

How to get there:

 

By train:

 

The stadium is about a 10 minute walk from Nottingham railway station which is well served by Central and Midland Mainline trains from London, Cardiff, Birmingham and Liverpool, amongst others.

 

As you come out of the main station entrance, turn left and left again. Follow the road down to London Road and then turn right by Hooters. The stadium is about a quarter of a mile on the opposite side of the dual carriageway.

 

By Car:

 

From the North: Leave the M1 at Junction 26 and follow signs A610 towards Nottingham City Centre. Then follow A52 Grantham towards Trent Bridge. Just before Trent Bridge turn left into Meadow Lane for the stadium.

 

From the South: Leave the M1 at Junction 24 and follow signs A453 towards Nottingham. Go over Clifton Bridge and follow signs for City Centre and Station. Pass the railway station of your left and at London Road turn right towards Trent Bridge. Just before Trent Bridge turn left into Meadow Lane for stadium.

 

Car Parking:

You can park at the Cattle Market (opposite the away supporters’ entrance) for £2 or opposite the Main Gates on Meadow Lane for £2.50. There is also limited street parking in the area or on Victoria Embankment adjacent to Trent Bridge.

 

By Air:

The closest major airport to Nottingham is East Midlands at Castle Donington on the Notts/Leics border. A regular shuttle bus will take you the 30 minute journey into Nottingham.

 

By Taxi:

Taxis available from the airport, station and many ranks in the city centre.

 

Where to eat:

 

Inside the stadium the catering outlets serve cheeseburgers, pies, pasties, chips, sausage rolls, sweets and chocolate bars.

 

The nearest McDonald’s is on Radcliife Road, West Bridgford (opposite the cricket ground) and there is a Burger King located 5 minutes down Meadow Lane on the Lady Bay retail park.

 

Nottingham has more ‘international cuisine’ restaurants than any city outside London, so every taste is catered for. It could be Noodle Bars, Mexican or Portuguese at the Cornerhouse or Brazilian, Cantonese or Italian in the Chapel Quarter. The list is endless.

 

Those looking for a true gourmet experience may choose to reserve a table at the World Service or Merchants restaurants.

 

Restaurant Guide:

http://www.godine.co.uk/map-restaurants-nottingham-city-centre.aspx

 

Where to drink:

 

Stadium:

 

Inside the stadium lager and bitter are available.

 

At the stadium there is the Meadow Club which is open to fans both before and after the game with Sky Sports live games shown on the big screen. Away fans are normally admitted and there is no admission charge. Cobs and Pies are served.

 

Near the Stadium:

 

The closest pub to the stadium is the Trent Navigation Inn on Meadow Lane, which serves real ales from the nearby Magpie Brewery.

 

Hooters on London Road, is a regular haunt for stag parties. It is renowned for its attractive waitresses, serving beer and food. Kids eat free on Sundays.

 

 

Further down London Road, just across from the hump back bridge over the canal, opposite Meadow Lane, is the Globe. This is another fans’ favourite real ale pub (Discount to CAMRA members) and it’s only 2 minutes from the stadium. It’s a comfortable open-plan pub with good food and five ever-changing real ales. However no children are allowed.

 

The stadium is situated within a 5 minute walk of West Bridgford which has a good range of pubs and restaurants. Just over the bridge, near Forest’s City ground, is the Southbank Bar, a sports bar with live TV games. It serves excellent food and real ales, including one from the tiny local Mallards brewery. The good news is the Trent Bridge Inn, next to the cricket ground, has been acquired by J D Wetherspoon, but the bad news is it’s closed for refurbishment until 10th May.

 

City Centre:

 

The stadium is situated only a 15 minute walk from Nottingham’s busy city centre which is inundated with eating and drinking establishments to suit all tastes and budgets. It is reputed that there are 1,000 licensed premises (Bars, Restaurants and Hotels etc.) within one square mile, but that was before the recession kicked in.

 

There is also the Waterfront complex of bars (including a Wetherspoon’s outlet) which is a short walk from the train station. As you come out of the station turn right and cross over to the other side of the road (as you cross the bridge going over the canal you can see the complex). At the traffic lights turn left into Canal Street and the Waterfront complex is just down on the left, located behind the buildings. One of these pubs is:

 

Fellows. Morton & Clayton on Canal Street, a Victorian pub serving cask ales and bottled and draught cider. It opens from 10:00am on Saturdays and serves breakfast cobs or a sportsman’s breakfast (two rashers Prime Back Bacon Grilled Lincolnshire Pork Sausage Fried or Scrambled Egg Grilled Tomato, Pan Fried Button Mushrooms, Baked Beans One Round of Toast and Butter Coffee or Tea, with a vegetarian version) for £5 until 1:00pm.

http://www.fellowsmortonandclayton.co.uk/

 

Suggested City Centre Pub Crawl:

 

On leaving Fellows, Morton & Clayton, turn left and continue to Castle Boulevard. Cross over and walk up Castle Road to:

Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem, Brewhouse Yard, NG1 6AD, claimed to be the oldest inn in Britain. This is due to the date of 1189AD painted on the side of the Inn. That was the year of ascension to the throne of King Richard the First, known as Richard the Lionheart, who crusaded against the Saracens in the Holy Land, from his stronghold of Nottingham Castle. The Inn is said to be unique in that it has rooms carved into the sandstone rock beneath the Castle. The building itself dates from the 16th or 17th century but the caves may date to the 11th century and could have been the site of the brew-house for the castle.

http://www.triptojerusalem.com/

 

On leaving the pub, turn left and continue up Castle Road, cross over and turn right down the street opposite the Castle onto Maid Marian Way. Cross over the dual carriageway to:

Ye Olde Salutation Inn, Hounds Gate, Maid Marian Way, NG1 6AJ also claims to be the oldest pub, dating back to 1240AD. Ask at the bar if you can have a look at the labyrinth of underground 9th century caves spiralling down behind an innocuous-looking door.

http://www.viewnottingham.co.uk/pubsandbars/old-salutation-inn-review-55759.html

 

On leaving the pub, continue up Maid Marian Way and turn right into St. James’s Street. On the left is:

The Malt Cross Café Bar, St. James’s Street, a former music hall built in 1877 (it was a brothel in a previous incarnation), and open from 11:00am to 6:00pm on Saturdays. The range of beers includes three real ales, DAB (German), Leffemans fruit (Belgian), Lindeboom (Dutch). It has a varied food menu of snacks, light bites, filled rolls and desserts. There is a range of teas and coffees, and even hot chocolate with Maltesers.

http://www.maltcross.com

 

Across the street from the Malt Cross is The Roebuck, a Wetherspoon’s outlet with all the usual good value food and drink.

http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-roebuck-inn

 

On leaving the pub, turn right and at the end of the street turn left for:

The Bell Inn, 18 Angel Row, NG1 6HL, off the Old Market Square, which completes the ‘holy trinity’ of very old pubs. It claims to be the oldest inn in the city, dating back to the 1437, and has a 13th century well shaft leading to caves beneath it. It comprises several bars serving real ales. If you carry on through the narrow entrance passageway, with bars on both sides, you come to the wood-panelled dining room and along a bar the length of a cricket wicket, with real ale pumps sprouting up like stumps. Food is served.

http://www.gkpubs.co.uk/pubs-in-nottingham/bell-inn-pub/

 

Taxis are available in the area to take you to Hooters and/or the pubs in the Meadow Lane area near the stadium.

 

Map of Nottingham showing recommended pubs:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&safe=images&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=0,0,5967141182133866392&fb=1&hq=ye+olde+salutation+inn&hnear=Nottingham&gl=uk&daddr=54+Hounds+Gate,+Nottingham+NG1+6&geocode=7154300390007336081,52.951053,-1.152683&ei=CoFSTYPcOpCJhQeGl-mHCQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=directions-to&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQngIwAA

 

There are also young trendy bars in the Hockley and Lace Market areas.

http://www.barcrawl.co.uk/pubcrawl.aspx?Crawl=94

http://www.barcrawl.co.uk/locations.aspx?City=7&Area=171

 

If you’re staying for the weekend you might want to work out your own bar crawl from this link:

http://www.nottingham-bars.com/

 

If it’s real ale that you are looking for, then a trip to the Vat & Fiddle on Queens Bridge Road (opposite the Railway Station) is recommended. On leaving the station, cross over, turn left and you will reach the pub on the right. It’s a popular watering hole for Notts County fans and is situated next door to the Castle Rock Brewery. It offers ten real ales and hot and cold food. Children are welcome.

Vat & Fiddle

 

Facilities near Meadow Lane:

The nearest shopping areas for newsagents, bookmakers, fish and chip shops, cash machines, etc., is in West Bridgford. There is a cash machine at the Jet Petrol station on Meadow Lane which is also the closest point to the stadium to buy fuel. Other nearby filling stations are located at the junction of London Road and Canal Street (opposite the BBC building) and on Radcliffe Road in West Bridgford.

 

Local Attractions:

Single blokes may be interested to know that a survey found Nottingham was the best place outside London to find eligible women. The survey, by a dating agency, rated the city’s women highly in areas of sexiness and intelligence (although the East Midlands accent was a slight drawback).

 

Stag Weekends UK has been known to host 300 to 350 men in the city at weekend, and apparently its website advertises the city’s female to male ratio as 6:1.

 

Nottingham is a historical City dating back to Anglo Saxon times. It has strong Norman influences and, of course, it is the home of the legend of Robin Hood. You can visit the Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery and the adjacent Brewhouse Yard Museum set into the Castle Rock. Over in the Lace Market area you will find the Galleries of Justice, providing a fascinating insight into 200 years of crime & punishment.

 

Nottingham is renowned as a major shopping destination having been consistently ranked in the top five of the U.K. shopping league. It boasts two large shopping centres, the Victoria Centre and Broadmarsh Centre, which are joined together by Clumber Street and Bridlesmith Gate, both busy shopping streets in their own right. In the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre you can gain entry into the City of Caves and explore Nottingham’s proud Anglo Saxon past.

 

The statue of Brian Clough at the junction of King Street and Queen Street, just off the Market Square, drew a crowd of 5,000 for its unveiling.

 

If you think ice skating is a cool experience, the National Ice Centre is the place to slide along to.

http://www.national-ice-centre.com/ice-skating/1_time_and_prices

 

The Nottingham Contemporary, in the Lace Market near the Galleries of Justice, is one of the largest contemporary arts centres in the UK.

http://www.ccan.org.uk/

 

If you want to see a show, play, concert or gig, there are many fine venues including the Theatre Royal, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham Arena, Rescue Rooms and Rock City.

Nottingham listings:

http://www.viewnottingham.co.uk/listings.aspx

Lonely Planet suggestions for 20 things to do in Nottingham:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/england/the-midlands/nottingham/things-to-do

[Diego_Sideburns]

The weather forecast for Saturday is 18 °C and some light rain. The Jimmy Sirrell Stand gets full sun, so bring your shades and slap on the Factor 50.

 

I checked out the pubs on Sunday and they're ready and waiting. Giving the car a rest and going on the train for this one. It should be a great day until it gets beyond our control at 3:00pm. Although it would be brill if everyone gets behind the lads to lift them in the quest for that elusive goal, and who knows, a point or three.

 

Be prepared to attempt to out-sing the fans of the world’s oldest football league club.

The Hughesy/Like watching Juve/The Wheelbarrow Song

[alex_balls]

More excited about Hooters than the game!!

[Diego_Sideburns]

More excited about Hooters than the game!!

 

Last night Mrs. S. was talking to someone like you, who is going there on a stag do on Saturday, and she had to break it to him that the girls are not topless.

[alex_balls]

Last night Mrs. S. was talking to someone like you, who is going there on a stag do on Saturday, and she had to break it to him that the girls are not topless.

 

wounded...may have to re-think the plans... oh well, just the hope that they might will keep people buying the booze haha.

[Diego_Sideburns]

wounded...may have to re-think the plans... oh well, just the hope that they might will keep people buying the booze haha.

 

That's the spirit!

[opinions4u]

Oh sod it.

 

I'm going.

 

Will I be the only one?

[Diego_Sideburns]

Oh sod it.

 

I'm going.

 

Will I be the only one?

 

Not at all. You will even be amongst people who have stopped going to BP.

[keep_the_faith]

Oh sod it.

 

I'm going.

 

Will I be the only one?

 

 

Ive said all week that im not bothering, going to stay at home save some money , have a quiet weekend with her and my daughter, but i woke up a couple of hours ago and Latics bug struck so i'll be there