The Hawthorns, Halfords Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 4LF. Capacity: 28,003
Call Palace Box Office 08712 00 00 71.
Call Palace Box Office 08712 00 00 71.
From South (M40): At junction 3a, the M40 ends and becomes the M42. Follow signs to M5 The South West, Birmingham S & W, remaining on the M42.
After 11.7 miles, the M42 ends at junction 4a of the M5. Follow signs to M5, The North West, Birmingham W, N and Cent onto the M5 northbound.
After 13.9 miles, exit M5 at junction 1 (s/p A41 West Bromwich, Birmingham N and W). (*) At the roundabout, take the 4th exit (s/p Birmingham A41) into Birmingham Road to the ground.
From South West (M5): Exit M5 at junction 1 (s/p A41 West Bromwich, Birmingham N and W). Then as From South (*).
From North, East and West: Exit M6 at junction 8 (s/p M5 The South West, Birmingham W & S) onto the M5. After 0.7 miles exit M5 at junction 1 (s/p A41 West Bromwich, Sandwell, Birmingham (NW)).
For the ground, turn left at roundabout (s/p Birmingham A41) into Birmingham Road.
Parking
The club car park in Halfords Lane for £3. Follow signs to A4182, Matchday Parking into Kenrick Way. Turn left into Dartmouth Road at the next roundabout, then left into Halfords Lane.
The Hawthorns station has a carpark for £3 too and there are spaces available in the streets nearby.
The Moat House pub has parking (£2) and is signposted off the M5 roundabout.
If you go into West Bromwich Town Centre, it leads onto Birmingham Road and the High Street. There is street parking and town centre car parks.
Nearest Station
The Hawthorns - right outside the stadium (from Snow Hill Metro stop).
Smethwick Rolfe Street (on the line from Birmingham New Street) - is about a mile away. Take a right out of the station and then left into North Western Road. Go straight ahead into Halfords Lane. (15 mins walk).
Birmingham New Street: From here you can either catch a taxi for around £7, or get a local train to Smethwick Rolfe Street (see above), taking six mins. Alternatively, walk to Moor Street station across the Bull Ring and here trains go to The Hawthorns station. Or go to Snow Hill station, where the Metro runs to The Hawthorns station, right by the ground.
By Bus: Buses. 74, 78 and 79 leave from Bull Street, which is off Corporation Street, in Birmingham city centre to the Hawthorns.
Check train times and tickets at The Trainline. For more information, call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50.
The town centre has a variety of take-aways and restaurants.
An Asian pub called the Desi Junction serves excellent Indian food. The Moat House pub (see below) offers the usual pub food. Burger vans are a plenty outside the ground. Try the Grill House in Birmingham Road.
Food inside the ground is the usual pies and sweets, but the chicken balti pies come specially recommended.
The Moat House, signposted from the M5 motorway roundabout, and only a few hundred yards from the ground, is recommended.
There are lots of pubs in the town centre, which is not too far away (roughly 20mins walk) and the town is signposted off the M5 junction 1 motorway roundabout.
Take the first left and you will arrive into Roebuck Street, where you will find The Vine on the left hand side (10mins walk from ground).
Alcohol is available inside the ground.
The Hawthorns has become a decent in recent years. Two big single-tiered stands were built behind each goal during the 1990s - the Smethwick End and the The Apollo 2000 Stand.
Joining these two alongside the pitch is a smaller single-tier Brew XI (Halfords Lane) Stand, built in 1980. The recently-built East Stand opposite is pretty smart and increased the capacity.
Eagles fans will be seated behind the goal of the Smethwick End on the right hand corner, with the Baggies' fans to the left. Here the facilities (taste the Balti Chicken pie!), leg room and view are excellent. The allocation is likely to be around 3,000.
Boing Boing, Baggies Baggies, Boing Boing!! – originated from an early 90s Dutch techno tune called 'Boing'.
West Brom are going nowhere!! and We speak English over here!
Mainly Wolves but also Aston Villa and Birmingham City.
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