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LFW Travel Guides - Barnsley, Oakwell
LFW Travel Guides - Barnsley, Oakwell
Thursday, 7th Apr 2011 00:09 by Clive Whittingham

Travel hints and tips, where to drink and ticket details for the final Tuesday night QPR away game of the season at Barnsley.

Ground Name: Oakwell

Capacity: 23 009 (all seated)

Address: Grove Street, Barnsley, S71 1ET

Main Telephone No: 01226 211 211

Fax No: 01226 211 444

By Car: Very easy on paper - leave the M1 at junction 37 and take the A628 towards Barnsley and eventually the ground appears on the right (it's well signposted as well). However the M1 has a couple of sets of major roadworks en route with the dreaded average speed check in place. I’m not sure if the Luton ones are finished or not but the carriageway widening past Nottingham is in full swing basically from East Midlands Airport right up to Alfreton at Junction 28 so allow a bit of extra time for that.

Map:

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Click on the map to visit the Multimap site where you can zoom in and out or tour around.

Parking: There's more than enough parking at the Metrodome Leisure Centre and in the adjacent field (although that can be quite tricky in wet weather) - these are both within spitting distance of the away end turnstiles.

By Train: Two ways to do it from London – either St Pancras to Sheffield and change there, or from Kings Cross via Doncaster and Meadowhall. As ever with a northern midweek game there are no trains back to the capital after the final whistle but you can travel on Tuesday in the middle of the day, and comeback mid morning on Wednesday for £34 return at the moment.

The ground is a five minute walk from the station – come off the north bound platform and cross the tracks via the level crossing at the bottom. Walk straight on under the flyover and then straight on again over the brow of the hill to the ground on the other side.

Coach: The official coach leaves Loftus Road at 2pm and calls at the Target roundabout at 2.30pm. Tickets are priced £31 adults, £20 seniors and young adults, £18 for juniors, with the usual concessions for season ticket holders. Both LSA coaches have sold out for this game.

Pubs: Barnsley can be quite tasty when it wants to be although there has rarely been a problem on our visits since the late 1990s. Still it's advisable to avoid the pubs in the town centre around the bus station and train station if you're an away fan. Everybody I know has used the bar in the Metrodome leisure centre which is a five minute walk from the ground and the station and offers crap food and parking. It's not going to win any pub of the year awards - it overlooks a swimming pool for heaven's sake - but it's safe and normally there's a good load of Rangers in there. Expect plastic glasses and even worse burgers. Chips to be avoided.

Tickets: Rangers have a massive 6000 unreserved seats for this one. They are £23 adults, £13 for under 18s and seniors, £6 for juniors when purchased with an adult ticket. Tickets are on sale from Rangers until close of play on Monday and will then be returned to be sold on the night – no junior concession is available on the day of the game.

Links:

Official website.

Detailed fans' guide to Oakwell

Photo: Action Images



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themodfather added 16:32 - Apr 7
barnsley game will be silly hats day for lsa....well some of us.
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