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Sheffield Wednesday
Directions
Leave the M1 at Junction 36 and follow the A61 into
Sheffield. Continue along the A61 for approximately eight miles. You will come to view
Hillsborough Stadium on your right. This is not the shortest route to the ground, but this
is definitely the easiest and avoids Sheffield City Centre. There is some street parking to be had if you arrive early, otherwise there are
some unofficial car parks along the A61 that charge in the region of £3.
Gary Rickett-Ambrose adds;
'There is a car park directly
behind the Kop and the Wednesday Club
shop. It is called the wednesdayite car park and is open to fans of both
teams. It costs £5 for visitors'.
Pubs
The 'Horse & Jockey' pub
is the designated pub by the police for away fans. It is located on
Wadsley Lane,
about a 5-10 minute walk away from the away end. To find this pub, just go down
to the bottom of Leppings Lane, go across Catch Bar Lane and then
left into Middlewood Road. Then turn right into Wadsley Lane, passing the
Park
Hotel
and
the pub is
about
300 yards
further up
on the
right hand side of the road. However
I will warn you that this pub is a fair jaunt (20 minutes or so from the ground)
and that the walk is a challenging uphill one!
Terry Potts, recommends the 'Wadsley Jack' on Rural Lane.
It's about a twenty minute walk (uphill
though) from the visitors end, going away from Sheffield
Centre. Dave Reid informs me 'if you continue up the road past the Wadsley Jack
there is the Rose & Crown pub which also welcomes away supporters'.
Whilst Derek Hall a visiting Hartlepool fan adds; 'Another
cracking pub is The Beehive,
near the Wadsley Jack',
Also I did pass a couple of pubs (the Norfolk
Arms & The Red Lion) on the way into Sheffield
on the A61 from the M1, where away fans were drinking. Bill
Harris a visiting Millwall fan adds;
'I found an excellent Pub called The New
Barrack Inn on the A61 just before McDonalds on the way to the ground.
Forget the exterior, inside the pub has some excellent decor and no juke
boxes or fruit machines. Although on my own I was made to feel very
welcome and spent a good couple of hours talking football to the locals'.
By Train
Sheffield Railway Station is situated in the town centre, two miles from
the ground. Either get a taxi up to the ground or the bus station is a one minute walk
from the railway station. Cross over at the pedestrian crossing, and follow the signs.
Head for the far side of the terminus. Bus no. 53 to Ecclesfield runs regularly to the
ground (every ten minutes), as well as numbers 77 & 80
(every 15 minutes), the journey time is about 30 minutes. Jeremy Dawson informs me; 'if arriving by train, by far the easiest way to get to the
ground is by tram, which run every ten minutes during the
day. Leaving the station on a blue tram, you can either change to a yellow
one in the city centre, which takes you to Leppings Lane (right by the ground), or stay on
the blue one to Hillsborough, which is 10 minutes walk to the ground'.
The journey time of the tram is around 20 minutes. Matt Wilcock adds; 'on matchdays regular shuttle buses run from the road at the
far side of the bus station They are marked football'.
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