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Derby County Travel

Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8XL. Capacity: 33,597

Ticket Info

Call Palace Box Office 08712 00 00 71.

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By Coach

Call Palace Box Office 08712 00 00 71.

By Car

From M1 North and South, to both parking areas: Exit M1 at junction 25 (s/p Nottingham, Derby, Ilkeston A52) and follow signs to Derby A52 onto the A52.

a) To Megaloughton Lane parking: Exit M52 after 4.7 miles (s/p Spondon, Chaddesden). At roundabout take 2nd exit (n/s) into Megaloughton Lane.

b) To Wilmorton College parking: Exit M52 after 5.0 miles (s/p Ring Road A5111, Uttoxeter (A516), Burton A38) onto the A5111 Ring Road. At roundabout after 1.7 miles, by BP station, turn right (s/p City Centre A6) onto the A6 London Road. At roundabout after 1.1 miles turn right (s/p Derby Tertiary College, Wilmorton, Away Supporters) to the college.

From M1 North and South, to Wilmorton College Parking: Exit M1 at junction 24 onto the A50. Exit A50 at junction 2 (s/p Derby A6) onto new dual carriageway. (*) Exit dual carriageway after 0.3 miles (s/p Derby A6). Follow Derby A6 and City Centre A6 signs for 1.6 miles, over three roundabouts, to 4th roundabout by Li's Fish Bar.

Here turn left (s/p City Centre A6) onto the A6 London Road. At roundabout after 1.1 miles turn right (s/p Derby Tertiary College, Wilmorton, Away Supporters) to the college.

From South-West (A38): Exit A38 at signpost A50, M1 South, Uttoxeter, Stoke-on-Trent A50, and at roundabout turn right (s/p M1 South, Nottingham A50) onto the A50. Exit A50 at junction 2 after 7.2 miles (s/p Derby A6) onto new dual carriageway.

Then as From M1 North and South, to Wilmorton College Parking(*). From M6-A50 (Stoke-on-Trent): Remain on A50, which becomes the Derby Southern Bypass. Exit bypass (s/p Derby A6). Then as From M1 North and South, to Wilmorton College Parking(*).

Parking
See car directions above. Megaloughton Lane parking (£1) is a park-and-ride scheme with 200 spaces. Wilmorton College (£4) is a 10-minute walk to the ground. Alternatively, try multi-storey car parks in the city centre.

There's the Derby Conference Centre on the A6 London Road or free street parking available on Downing Road on the West Meadow Industrial Estate.

You may want to try the the "Parksafe" car park in Bold Lane, Derby, which has been judged to be the safest car park in the world! They have not had one break-in or act of vandalism is the past six years. The owners are so sure of themselves that they will pay the costs if anything happens to your car - www.parksafesystems.com

By Train

Nearest Station
Derby - 15-minute walk away.
Turn right out of station into Railway Terrace. Towards end of road, past The Brunswick pub on the left, turn right down a set of steps and under the railway and road. Turn right following path and left or right around landscaping, and follow the crowds.

By Bus: Arriva buses B1, B2 and B3 go to the stadium at 2pm from the station.

There are special buses from Arriva and Trent in the city centre. Trent runs from the bus station.

Check train times and tickets at The Trainline. For more information, call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50.

Pride Park Photos

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Where to Eat?

Approaching via London Road, there are some food options: a couple of chippies and three pubs which serve food. Outside the stadium is a variety of fast food outlets. Grub inside the stadium is of good standard.

Where to Drink?

Opposite the station is the Merry Widows or out of the station and turn right for The Brunswick or Alexandra Hotel. Beer is served inside the ground.

What's their ground like?

Pride Park is single-tiered with black seating all the way round, except for one side which has two tiers, is slightly higher, and has a row of executive boxes in the middle. Three of the corners are filled in with the fourth having a block of executive boxes.

Eagles fans will be seated behind the goal in half of the Winfield Construction (South) Stand with an allocaion of 3,000. Facilities inside are superb with TV screens showing coverage of the game. There is a vociferous section of Derby fans to the right of the away end which makes it a good atmosphere.

What do they sing?

We are Derby, we are Derby, super Derby, super rams, We are Derby, we are Derby, super Derby, super rams.

Songs to sing back

Sheep, sheep, sheep shaggers! You only sing when you're shearing!

Who do they hate?

Nottingham Forest and Leicester City.

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