Matchday Travel

Travelling on the a52: update (09.09.2019) can be found here.

With as many as 33,000 people trying to get to Pride Park Stadium on a matchday, we are very conscious of the club’s impact on the environment, as well as the disruption caused by matchdays at Pride Park for some of our neighbours.

When making your journey to the Pride Park Stadium we therefore ask you, wherever possible, to consider travel options that will help us to reduce local traffic jams and inconsiderate parking around the stadium.

For supporters unable to travel to the ground in these ways, there is ample matchday parking around Pride Park Stadium, with discounts available for people car sharing in the South car park and DW Sports car park. There are also good connections to East Midlands Airport for supporters travelling from further afield.

For supporters that plan to be picked up post-match, click here to find out about our designated post-match pickup locations. Derby County Football Club has adopted a Stadium Travel Plan to help promote smarter travel choices to supporters and visitors travelling to the ground. If you want to find out more about the club’s Travel Plan, then you can download a summary from here.

Introduction

Derby County Football Club works closely with Derby City Council, Derbyshire Constabulary, local transport operators and supporters to review the travel options for people visit Pride Park Stadium, in order to develop a Travel Plan for the club.

Why does Derby County need a Travel Plan and what will it achieve?

The club has adopted a Travel Plan to limit the impact of Derby County home games, and other events held at the Pride Park Stadium, on the local area. The Travel Plan sets out a series of actions that the club and its partners will deliver over five years.

It aims to:

• Improve supporters’ travel options, with a focus on walking; cycling; public transport and car-sharing, to reduce the number of cars arriving at the Pride Park Stadium and surrounding areas on matchdays.
• Update matchday traffic management arrangements to improve safety on the roads around Pride Park Stadium and move home supporter coach parking closer to the stadium.
• Improve the management of matchday car parking on Pride Park to minimise traffic congestion and speed up departure from the ground.

Directions from the North (M1)

• Exit the M1 at Junction 28 and follow the A38 South towards Derby.
• Remain on the A38 until the roundabout with the A61 (Signposted Derby A61), where the brown football signs will direct you along the A61 towards Pride Park Stadium.
• Remain on the A61 until the Pentagon Island roundabout where the signposts will direct you onto the A52 towards Nottingham and Spondon.
• Take the first exit from the A52 (signposted for the Wyvern Centre) and follow the slip road until you reach a roundabout. At the roundabout take the second exit (right turn) along Wyvern Way.
• Follow Wyvern Way until you reach the next roundabout and take a left onto Derwent Parade.
• Go straight on (second exit) at the first roundabout you reach, which is next to the stadium, and turn left (first exit) at the second roundabout you reach – onto Royal Way.
• The West Car Park is the first turning on your left.

Directions from the South (M1)

• Exit the M1 at Junction 25 and follow the A52 West towards Derby
• Remain on the A52 for 5½ miles until you reach the junction for Pride Park
• Follow the exit slip road to the Wyvern Way roundabout and once there go straight on (2nd exit) to join Derwent Parade.
• Go straight on (second exit) at the first roundabout you reach, which is next to the stadium, and turn left (first exit) at the second roundabout you reach – onto Royal Way.
• The West Car Park is the first turning on your left.

Directions from the West (A50)

• Travel along the A50 dual carriageway until you reach Junction 2 (signposted A6, Derby), where you should exit from the A50 and head north along the A6.
• At the first roundabout you come to turn left (second exit), following signs for Away Supporters and the Moorways Centre.
• Follow the road until you reach the Raynesway roundabout and turn right (second exit) along the A6 (London Road), signposted for the City Centre.
• Remain on the A6 (London Road) heading in the direction of Derby City Centre until you reach a roundabout.
• Turn right at the roundabout (third exit) heading along Harrow Street towards Pride Park on the A6.
• At the traffic lights continue straight on towards Pride Park, heading along Pride Parkway and over the railway bridge.
• At the roundabout turn right (third exit) into Royal Way.
• The West Car Park is the third turning on your right.

There are a number of Park & Ride options available to visit Pride Park Stadium on a matchday.

They include:

• A matchday shuttle bus running from Morledge in Derby City Centre.
• A matchday bus service from the Brewery Tap pub in the centre of Derby (league matches only).
• A Park & Ride Bus Service from The Moon Hotel in Spondon.
• The number 23 bus service from Ilkeston.

The full service timetables are as follows:

Morledge shuttle
Operator: Hawkes tours
Route: Morledge, Derby – Pride Park Stadium
Times: Every 10 minutes from 90 minutes before Kick-off
Fares: £1.50 single
Contact: 01332 205400

Brewery Tap
Operator: Notts + Derby Buses
Route: Brewery Tap pub(DE1 2EN), Derby City Centre – Pride Park Stadium
Times: Leave 30 mins before Kick Off. Leave Pride Park Stadium 15 minutes after final whistle
Fares: £1.50 single / £2.50 return
Contact: 01332 204569

Park & Ride
Operator: Hawkes Tours
Route: The Moon Hotel (DE21 7NE) – Pride Park Stadium
Times: Leave Moon Pub at 2pm and 2:30pm for a 3pm Kick Off (6:45pm and 7:15pm for a 7:45pm kick off)
Post-match, buses run at the final whistle and approx 20 mins afterwards.
Fares: £1.50 single
Contact: 01332 205400

Derby Train Station offers direct rail services from no less than 14 major towns and cities, as well as numerous local centres.

The following journey planners might help you to plan your non-matchday rail journey to Pride Park Stadium.

nationalrail.co.uk
eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/EMTrains
crosscountrytrains.co.uk

Arriva Midlands bus services will divert along Pride Parkway, using existing bus stops on each Derby County home matchday.

These services along with the Bus numbers can be found below:

Service Number 44
Leaving Cornishman at 14.11 for 15.00 Kick-Off (19.04 for a 19.45 Kick-Off)

Service Number 45
Leaving Cornishman at 14.16 for 15.00 Kick-Off (18.57 for a 19.45 Kick-Off)

Service Number 61
Leaving Swadlincote at 12.37 for a 15.00 Kick-Off (18.10 for a 19.45 Kick-Off)
Leaving Melbourne at 13.11 for a 15.00 Kick-Off (18.50 for 19.45 Kick-Off)
Leaving Holmleigh Way at 13.26 for a 15.00 Kick-Off (19.02 for a 19.45 Kick-Off)

The fares for the above services are the same as a usual Arriva bus fare.

Post-match return

Service Number 44
Leaving Pride Park Way at17.10 (22.05 for 19.45 Kick-Off)

Service Number 45
Leaving Pride Park Way at 17.05 (22.20 for a 19.45 Kick-Off)

Service Number 61
Leaving Pride Park Way at 17.10

The fares for the above services are the same as a usual Arriva bus fare

For further information regarding the above bus services, please click the links below.

44 & 45 Route

60 & 61 Route

Trent Barton – ZigZag

You’ve got your tickets to the match, but how are you getting there? Derby County have joined up with Trent Barton and their ZigZag play tickets – an exclusive discounted bus ticket, valid all day.

ZigZag play covers all your bus travel all day long – you can use any trentbarton bus, changing buses as often as you like.

To get your exclusive, cheap ticket, all you have to do is show your driver your event ticket for that day or evening – it’s that easy! Derby County season tickets will also be accepted. For more information visit the Trent Barton website.

Sharing your car journey is a great way of getting to the Pride Park Stadium - and Derby County is keen to promote it as a way of travelling to the stadium.

Reasons include:

• Sharing fuel and parking charges reduces the cost of travelling to matches.
• More people arriving in fewer cars reduces demand for matchday parking spaces around Pride Park Stadium and limits post-match traffic congestion.
• Travelling with 4 or more people is efficient use of your car, reducing emissions.

Sign up to footballcarshare.com in order to find potential car share partners from your area – who knows, you might live round the corner from a group of people who are willing to share the journey to the stadium! To encourage more car sharing, the club has taken the following steps to make it an even more attractive option for supporters travelling to Pride Park Stadium on matchdays:

• In Car Park A and Car Park B we are offering a reduced parking charge of £6 (usually £8) for supporters arriving in cars containing 4 or more people (1 driver + 3 passengers). Spare spaces in these car parks are offered on a ‘first-come’ basis, with priority given to supporters that have paid for parking season tickets which guarantee them a space.
• Car Park A and Car Park B will also benefit from enhanced Traffic Management at Islands 1, 2 and 4 on Pride Park, meaning people parking here should be able to enjoy both the shortest walk to the stadium. Please be aware that due to the post match traffic management system, supporters will be prevented from leaving Car Park A on the final whistle for a short period of time. This period of time will be dependent upon the size of the crowd on the day and the number of supporters leaving the area.

Please note that this is to allow for the safety of pedestrians leaving the stadium and making their way along Derwent parade towards the Wyvern Centre.

The riverside pathway provides a traffic free way of getting you close to Pride Park Stadium from the city centre as well as from the south of the city.

If travelling by train, or just parking at the rail station, the station is only a 10 minute walk from the stadium.

You can get walking directions from your home by using Google Mapsand entering the postcode for Pride Park (DE24 8XL) as your destination.

For further information on walking and cycling routes in Derby please visit sustrans.org.uk or cyclederby.co.uk.