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What's The
London Road Football Ground Like?
Future Developments
The
Norwich & Peterborough South
Stand (photo)
What
Is It Like For Visiting Supporters?
Main Stand (photo)
Where To Drink?
Moyes
Terrace (photo)
How
To Get There By Car & Where To Park
By Train
The South
Stand & London Road Terrace (photo)
Admission Prices
Ground Layout
Programme & Fanzine
Local Rivals
Disabled Facilities
Fixtures 2011-2012
Record & Average Attendance
Fans Ground
Reviews
Hotel Accommodation
Other Places Of Interest
London Road Location Map
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| What's The London
Road Football Ground Like? |
| On one side of the ground is
the Norwich & Peterborough South
Stand, which was opened in
1996 and replaced a former
open terrace. Encased in supporting
tubular steelwork, the 5,000 capacity stand is an
impressive sight. The two tiered stand, is covered and
all seated. There is also a row of executive boxes
running across its middle. The other side, the Main
Stand, is a two tiered covered stand that is all
seated. Both ends are covered terracing that look almost identical. They were
given white roofs a couple of seasons back, in an
effort to brighten up their appearance. However they
both have a number of supporting pillars at the front
of them, which could impede your view of the game. They do though give some charm to
London Road, as these types of terraces are quickly
disappearing from the football landscape in this
country. Interestingly, there is an open air gap at
the back of these terraces between the roof and the
back supporting wall, which must mean that they can
get a bit draughty in winter. In one corner of the
ground between the South Stand and the London Road
Terrace, is a Police Control Box. On either side of
the Main Stand are two tall, old fashioned looking
floodlights. The ground had a set of four at one
time, but two were taken down when the new South
Stand was built.
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Future
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The Club have announced
that they are to re-develop the Moyes End of the
ground. The existing covered terrace will be
demolished to make way for a new 2,500 all seated
stand. Planning permission has been
granted and work was hopeded to have started
before the end of 2011, but this has been delayed.
It is hoped that the works will now commence
sometime in 2012. An artists impression of how the
new stand will look can be found on the official Peterborough
United website.
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The Norwich & Peterborough South
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| What
Is It Like For Visiting Supporters? |
With Peterborough now in the
Championship, where all seater stadia is a requirement
for Clubs to comply with, then for many followers of
other teams, it is a rare chance to get to stand once
again on a real covered terrace. Just under 4,000 away fans can
be accommodated in the Moyes Terrace,
with a further 800 seats being made available to away
fans in the Main (North) Stand.
If however, only a small away
following is expected, then the terrace is kept
closed and away supporters are housed just in the
Block A seats of the Main Stand.
The Moyes Terrace has
several supporting pillars, which may obstruct your
view, but the acoustics of the
covered terrace are good, lending to a good
atmosphere. Although the stewards are
visible, they are pretty laid back and don't to get
involved unless needed. The only real downside to the
terrace is that the facilities are inadequate if a big
cowd is in attendance, with just one male toilet block
and one refreshment serving hatch (with just two staff
serving) being available. For the eagle eyed, then
over to the right of the terrace in the distance,
Peterborough Cathedral can be clearly seen. Food
available inside the ground includes the standard
fayre of; Cheeseburgers (£3.50), Burgers
(£3.30), Hot Dogs (£3.30), Various Pies
including Chicken Balti, Steak and Cheese & Onion
(£2.80), Pasties (£2.80) and Jumbo Sausage
Rolls (£2.80). On the whole on each of my
visits, I have found Peterborough to
be a good and
fairly relaxed day out,
with some good pubs in the locality too.
Andrew Bartlett a visiting Southampton fan adds; 'Away
fans sitting in Block A of the Main Stand, should be
made aware that the leg room is quite tight. Otherwise
a very pleasant old fashioned ground with welcoming
stewards.' Please note that the away terrace and
seating area is situated at the opposite end of the
ground to the main road.
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Main
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Thanks
to Owen Pavey for providing the above photo.
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| Where To Drink? |
The Cherry Tree pub on Oundle
Road is popular with both home and away fans. It is
about a 15 minute walk away from the visitors
turnstiles. It is a friendly pub that is listed in the
CAMRA Good Beer Guide and also offers a range of
reasonably priced matchday food, such Chilli &
Chips, Curry & Chips, Burgers etc.. which are
served from a separate area to the rear of the pub.
You can also park in their car park at a cost of
£2.50 per car and £5 per minibus.
Alun Thomas a visiting Wrexham
supporter adds; 'We found a better bet than the
Cherry Tree was the Palmerston Arms. It is away fan
friendly and has around 10 real ales on on offer.
This pub is situated around 100 yards further along
Oundle Road on the opposite side'. This pub is owned
by Batemans Brewery and serves a number of their own
ales, as well as additional guest ales. It is a
strange pub, in so much that apart from one real ale
on handpump, the rest of the ales are dispensed
straight from the barrels in the cellar, which can
be viewed through a glass window behind the bar.
Please note that the pub doesn't stock the likes of
Guinness, Carling etc... The pub also doesn't serve
food, but doesn't object to customers bringing in
their own. Handily located between the Cherry Tree
and Palmerston Arms is the Harbour City fish and
chip shop. Please note though that it closes at 2pm
on Saturdays.
Whilst Gordon Pearson recommends the Peacock,
which can be found 'as you come over the River Nene,
proceed down London Road past the ground on the left
and the pub is situated on the right at the traffic
lights next to a KFC drive through'.
Near to the ground is Charters,
which is certainly worth a visit and is also listed
in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide. This former Dutch
barge, is moored on the River Nene, just a few
minutes walk away from London Road, on the left hand
side of the bridge, going towards the city
centre. Upstairs is a Chinese restaurant, but
downstairs there is a bar, which had on my last
visit 12 real ales on tap. It was friendly enough
and fans were able to take their drinks out onto the
river bank, which makes it quite pleasant, when the
weather is good. Alternatively, the ground
is in walking distance (10 minutes) of the city
centre (which is very pleasant and complete with a
cathedral) where there are plenty of good pubs to be
found. If you are arriving by
train then the Brewery Tap near to the station on
Westgate, is worth a visit. The home of Oakham Ales,
this spacious bar serves good beer, Thai food and
allows you views into the brewery itself. Pete
Cluderay informs me; 'I discovered an excellent pub
just up the road from the Brewery Tap called the
Wortley Almshouses which is housed within quite an
old building. It serves reasonable priced beers by
Sam Smiths as well as food.'
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Moyes Terrace
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| How To
Get There By Car & Where To Park |
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ground is located on the outskirts of the city centre, on the A15 London
Road. The ground is fairly well signposted around
the city centre.
From
the North/West:
Drive into the city centre, follow signs for
Whittlesey (A605) which will lead you to the London
Road. The new stand is quite visible from some
distance away, so keep a lookout.
From
the South:
Leave the A1 at the junction with the A15. Take the
A15 towards Peterborough, you will eventually come
to the ground on your right.
There is a car park at
the ground or otherwise there is a council pay &
display car park just off London Road (on your left
as you pass the ground going towards the city
centre). This costs £4.40 for four hours.
Otherwise there is street parking to be found on
side streets further up Oundle Road (A605). Please
though check for any parking restriction signs on
lampposts, as the side streets nearest to the ground
operate a residents only parking scheme.
Map
showing the location of the London Road
ground (at the bottom of this page).
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| By Train |
| Peterborough station is around
a mile away from the ground. Turn right out of station
and follow the main road, passing an Asda store on
your right. At the traffic lights near to the
Rivergate Shopping Centre, turn right. Go over the
bridge and you can see the floodlights of London Road,
over on your left. It takes about 20 minutes to walk
from the station to the ground. Thanks to Andrew Dodd
for providing the directions.
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The
Norwich & Peterborough South Stand &
London Road Terrace
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| Admission Prices |
Home Fans:
Norwich & Peterborough South
Stand Seating:
Adults £25, Over 60's/Students £15, Under 16's £5*, Under 10's
Free**
Main (North) Stand
Seating: Adults £25, Over 60's/Students £15, Under 16's £12
London Road Terrace: Adults £20, Over 60's/Students £15, Under 16's £12
Away
Fans
Main (North) Stand A
Wing Seating: Adults £25,
Over 60's/Students £15, Under 16's £12
Moyes Terrace: Adults
£20, Over 60's/Students £15, Under 16's £12
* Maximum of three
children per adult.
** Must be accompanied by a paying adult.
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Ground
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| Programme
& Fanzine |
Official Programme £3
Blue Moon Fanzine £2
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| Local Rivals |
| Cambridge United & Northampton Town.
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| Disabled
Facilities |
| For
details of disabled facilities and club contact at the
ground please visit the relevant page on the Level
Playing Field website.
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| Fixtures 2011-2012 |
| Peterborough United FC fixture
list (takes you to the BBC
Sports Website)
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| Record & Average
Attendance |
30,096 v Swansea City,
FA Cup 5th Round, February 20th, 1965.
Average Attendance:
2010-2011: 6,450 (League One)
2009-2010: 8,913 (Championship League)
2008-2009: 7,599 (League One)
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| Fans Reviews
Of London Road |
Jason
Simpkins (Nottingham Forest) 3/10/09
Tommy Madison
(Rochdale) 11/8/07
Steve Bingham
(Ipswich Town) 22/8/06
Jimmy Young
(Ipswich Town) 22/8/06
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| Other Places Of
Interest |
| Peterborough is famous for its
Cathedral, which is right in the centre of the city.
It is impressive both outside and in, with visitors
welcome. You can of course at the same time, say a
quick prayer for your team....
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| Hotel
Accommodation |
| If
you require hotel accommodation in the area then first
try a hotel booking service provided by Late Rooms.
They have a huge choice of places to stay and their
booking facility is straightforward to use. Yes this
site will earn a small commission if you book through
them, but it will go to help with the running costs of
keeping the Guide going. Hotels are listed giving
details of their distance from the ground. Access
their Peterborough
Hotels and Guest Houses page.
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| Map
showing the location of the London Road football
ground, railway station and listed pubs |
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Instructions for using
the map:
- Use the bar on the left of the map to zoom in /
out using the + / - keys.
- Click and drag an area of the map to move around
or use the up/down, left/right arrows
- Click the Satellite button to see aerial view
photograph..
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| Feedback |
If anything is incorrect or
you have something to add, please e-mail me duncan@footballgrounds.net
and I'll update the guide.
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