LFW Travel Guides Middlesbrough, Riverside Stadium

QPR pay their first visit to Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium in more than ten years on Saturday - here are the usual travel tips to jog your memory if you're planning on making the trip.

Ground Name: Riverside Stadium
Capacity: 35 100 (all seated)
Address: Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS3 6RS
Main Telephone No: 0844 499 6789
Ticket Office: 0844 499 1234

By Car:
Obviously it’s a long hike from London, exactly 250 miles from Loftus Road to the Riverside Stadium, but it should be reasonably simple. Take either the M1 to the A1 at Leeds or the A1 all the way up past York. Then you can either take the A618 at Dishforth and pick up the A19 or carry on the A1 all the way up to Darlington and take the A66 towards Middlesbrough. Either way you end up approaching the ground on the A66 and you should start to see signs for it as you go through the middle of Middlesbrough on that A66.

Map:

Click map to visit Multi Map site and zoom in/out or tour round.

Parking:
No official car park at the stadium but it is surrounded by old factories and waste ground and there is certainly no shortage of places to dump the car near the ground. Alternatively there is street parking slightly further afield, on the other side of the A66. Follow the signs for ‘away coaches’ according to the guide (link below) as this takes you past a number of private car parks by the river. The ground is also only a mile away from the town centre and all the associated long stay parking places there. .

By Train
This is a trip up the East Coast line from Kings Cross with a change at either York or Darlington for QPR fans. A word of advice if booking in advance, returns from Darlington and York to Middlesbrough are dirt cheap so it may be worth seeing if it is cheaper to get a London to Darlington/York ticket and then a separate one for the oneward journey – we’ve saved £15 each doing this from Sheffield. Tickets for the full trip are currently retailing at around the £103 return mark, although you can get that down to £91 by buying two singles in advance leaving at 1040, arriving at 1357 with a change at Darlington, and going back at 1824, arriving 2125. London to York tickets are still knocking around at £58 with a £10 onward fare. .

Pubs:
Few and far between. The Bridge next to the staton was where we went on our last visit many moons ago, but it’s mainly home fans and I wouldn’t advise colours. Sky TV and a mix of fans from both clubs can usually be found at Dr Browns on Corporation Road – detailed directions in the guide linked below..

Tickets
We have 2000 tickets left behind the goal priced £26 adults and disabled pair, £16 seniors and £13 under 18s. These have now been returned to Middlesbrough for sale on the day.

Links:

Detailed fans' guide to the Riverside

Official website

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