Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Port Vale

 

Address: Vale Park  
  Hamil Road  
  Burslem  
  Stoke-on-Trent  
  Staffordshire  
  ST6 1AW  
     
Telephone: 01782 655800  
Email: enquiries@port-vale.co.uk  
Website: www.port-vale.co.uk  
     
Ticket Information    
     
Seating Adults: £20.50  
  Over 60: £15  
  9 - 18: £9  
  8 and under with full paying adult: Free  
  Disabled £20.50 + Free carer (Ring Port Vale in advance)  
     
Away fans are housed in The Phones4U Stand
     
Where to Drink    
     
The Vine
The Vine is near the bottom of Hamil Road. The pub is small but is the main pub for away fans. Also has one real ale on offer.

 

     
The Bulls Head  
This pub is situated near the town centre in St John's Square. It is around 10 minute walk from the ground and is on the CAMRA Good Beer Guide. It is away fan friendly and has a good number of Real Ales.

From the outside of the away end, turn right and go down to the bottom of Hamil Road (passing the Vine Pub on your left). Turn right at the t-junction and then go straight across the traffic lights at the crossroads. Proceed past KFC, Wades and the New Inn on the right and then if you look over to your left you will see a square with the Bulls Head, which is located on the right of this square.
 

Travel    
   


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By Coach    
     
The Shrimpers Trust are using coaches to this game. To book a place on the coach ring  07892 905338 or you can book online by clicking here. Prices and pick-up times can also be found by clicking the previous link.
     
By Car    
     
Leave M6 at junction 15 and take the A500 north to Stoke-on-Trent. Continue on this road until you come to the exit signposted Tunstall A527. Take the fourth exit, and after 0.5 miles turn right on to the B5051 (second exit, Newcastle Street) at the small roundabout. Carry on up to the next roundabout and go straight across to the cross-roads. Go straight across the cross-roads into Moorland Road. Take the second left on to Hamil Road and Vale Park is on the left.
     
By Train    
     
From Stoke Station

Come out of the main station doors at Stoke-on-Trent. Turn left past a bus stop and the taxi rank. Walk to the end of this road, which only takes a couple of minutes. Then on your left is a railway bridge, but cross over the road and turn right. Up towards a bus stop opposite Signal Radio.

Get the number 21, First is the bus company. Pay upto Burslem. Get off the bus outside a modern building called Ceramica, just after a big crossroads. If you sit on the door side of the bus, then you can see 'Ceramica' and 'Port Vale F.C.' road signs. And on the drivers side is 'Burslem Methodist Church'. These are signs to stand up to get off.

Once off the bus outside Ceramica. Cross over the road and turn left. Then an immediate right at Jenkins Street. This road leads into Hamil Road, which is then a 5 minute straight walk to Vale Park.

From Longport Station

Cross over the line (if travelling from Stoke/Derby) and walk along Station Street. At the mini-roundabout follow the main road round to the left going up the hill. After a couple of minutes take the first major left onto Newcastle Street (B5051). Enter Burslem. Pass the Bull's Head pub at St. John's Square. Bear left onto Market Place. Shortly after cross main road onto Jenkins Street which becomes Hamil Road. The ground will soon be visible on the left. Turn left into Lorne Street.

     
Train times and ticket prices can be found on the National Rail Enquiries website http://www.nationalrail.co.uk
 
     
directions sourced from the http://www.footballgroundguide.com/