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Bury
Directions
Leave the M66 at Junction 3. Take the left hand exit at
the junction and follow this road until you come to the junction with the A56 Manchester
Road. At this T-junction which has traffic lights, turn right towards Bury.
You will pass the Swan & Cemetery pub on your left and then some playing
fields. At the end of the playing fields just before the traffic lights and a
couple of pubs, turn right into Gigg Lane for the ground. However please note
that Gigg Lane is normally closed on match days and the ground itself, is not
easily seen from the A56. Street parking.
Adam Hodson provides
some alternative directions from Junction 2 of the M66, from where the
ground is signposted; 'Take the A58
towards Bury and at the second
set of traffic Lights, turn
left onto Heywood Street (B6219). Go Straight
over a mini roundabout and at the next
roundabout, turn
right onto Wellington Road
(still the B6219). Follow
this road to the end, where you will come to a T-junction. Turn left
onto the A56 (sign posted Manchester).
After passing through a set of
traffic lights,
turn Left into Gigg Lane
for the ground'.
Pubs
There are plenty of pubs around the ground and along
Manchester Road in particular. There is also a
supporters club at the ground, which sometimes allows in small numbers of away fans.
My pick of the pubs on Manchester Road, is the Swan & Cemetery. Otherwise
there is the Park & the Staff Of Life. Plus the Waterloo, which is towards
the town centre.
Neil Le Milliere a visiting Exeter City
supporter recommends the Rose & Crown on Manchester Old Road. 'It's not the
biggest pub but it was very friendly; served a variety of real ales and is only
a ten minute walk away from the ground.'
By Train/Metro
Bury Metrolink is served by
trams from Manchester Victoria & Piccadilly mainline railway stations.
Bury Metrolink Station is about a 15 minute walk from the ground.
Turn left out of station along a pedestrian
walkway going underneath the
dual carriageway. On the other side of the dual
carriageway turn right towards the Town Hall.
Just before the Town Hall.
Then left into Knowsley Street and at the bottom of Knowsley Street turn
left onto the main A56 Manchester Road. It is then a case of going
straight along Manchester Road for about half a mile and you will reach Gigg Lane on your left.
Thanks to Andy Grainger for supplying the directions.
Jon Hall adds; 'Alternatively
bus numbers; 90, 92, 135 and 137 run every ten minutes down Manchester Road past the end
of Gigg Lane'.
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