Peterborough ticket and travel guide

Tickets
They are now on open sale and the match will not be segregated.

Seated tickets cost £18 for adults and £8 for over 60s, under 16s and students.

Terrace tickets cost £12 for adults and £8 for over 60s, under 16s and students.

You can buy them by calling 01773 865 674 or here, but you have to register.

TV
The match is likely to be shown live on MUTV.

Weather
This section will be updated five days before the game.

Travel

Car – £65
There are three recommended routes

Route 1 – 3 hours – 154 miles

Take the M62 east to J32A then join the A1 southbound.

After 90 minutes, turn left at the roundabout onto the A47 and then turn right onto the A1260 and, finally, turn left onto the A605, which will take you to the stadium.

Route 2 – 3 hours 6 minutes – 132 miles

Take the M60 to J24 and go through Hyde and over the Pennines until you reach the M1.

Leave the M1 at J31 and turn left onto the A57 which will lead you onto the A1.

Turn left at the roundabout onto the A47 and then turn right onto the A1260 and, finally, turn left onto the A605, which will take you to the stadium.

Route 3 – 3 hours and 9 minutes – 127 miles
Take the A6 south through Stockport, Hazel Grove, Chapel-en-le-Frith and through the Peak District and Chesterfield and Mansfield.

Join the A1 at Newark-on-Trent.

Turn left at the roundabout onto the A47 and then turn right onto the A1260 and, finally, turn left onto the A605, which will take you to the stadium.

Parking – free

The stadium is currently being developed so there is no public parking at the stadium.

The Pleasure Fair Meadow car park (PE2 9PB) opposite the stadium has 396 places and it costs £2.30 for up to two hours, £3.30 for up to three hours, £4.40 for up to four hours and £5.50 for up to 10 hours or £1.50 between 17:00 and 07:00.

Most streets nearby have parking restrictions, but if you’e willing to walk 10 minutes, you could park around Orchard Street area (PE2 9AL)

Train – £42.50
The nearest station to the stadium is Peterborough, which is 1.1 miles away.

Manchester Piccadilly to Peterborough

If you buy a return on the day, it will cost £90.50. If you buy now, it will cost £42.50.

Here is the pick of the cheapest trains:

Option 1 – £21.50 single
Leave Piccadilly: 07:27
Arrive Leeds: 08:24
Leave: 08:45
Arrive Peterborough: 10:08

Option 2 – £27 single
Leave Piccadilly: 08:20
Arrive Doncaster: 09:35
Leave: 09:53
Arrive Peterborough: 10:47

Option 3 – £21.50 single
Leave Piccadilly: 08:43
Arrive Peterborough: 11:39

Option 4 – £22 single
Leave Piccadilly: 09:43
Arrive Peterborough: 12:40

Option 5: – £22 single
Leave Piccadilly: 10:43
Arrive Peterborough: 13:39

Option 6 – £27 single
Leave Piccadilly: 11:43
Arrive Peterborough: 14:39

To the stadium
On foot (22 minutes)

Walk out of the station and you will see a multi-storey car park opposite you.

Turn right and walk over the junction and keep walking until you reach the roundabout.

Turn right and walk past Asda and over the river and over the railway bridge and take the next left into the stadium.

By bus (20 minutes including walking)

From the station, walk out on the A15 and cross the road using the footbridge. Keep walking and you’ll come to the bus station.

You can take either the 3, 6, 7 – all Stagecoach buses – or the 407 – an Enterprise Peterborough bus.

With the match finishing at roughly 21:30, you can take the 6 bus from London Road Drill Hall at 22:21 and arrive at 22:27 or the 7 from the same stop at 21:44, 22:04 and 22:24.

All these buses will get you back to the bus station in time for the 22:46 train, though it is safety to book a taxi. Here are the timetables.

http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/traffic,_travel_and_parking/buses/bus_timetables/timetables_by_number.aspx

Taxi (five minutes)

It would cost about £5 each way.

Peterborough Cars – 01733704444
1st Gold Star Cabs – 01733568999
Station Taxis – 01733 555 911

Peterborough to Manchester Piccadilly

There is only one option – £21 singe

Leave Peterborough 22:46
Arrive York: 00:17
Leave: 01:37
Arrive Piccadilly: 03:44

Matchday coach
Reds wishing to get to Peterborough and back can hop on board a minibus provided by a fellow red.

Peter Bolton is laying on the 14-seater bus, which will leave the Sale/Altrincham area early on Friday August 10 and return start after the end of the game.

Cost depends on the number of passengers and departure time and location will be given on request.

Email Peter at a mailto:peterbolton1407@talktalk.net or contact him via Twitter @PeterBolton3 for details.

If you are organising a coach to this game, email us at redsaway@hotmail.co.uk and we can publicise your coach here.

Public Coach – £23 one way*

National Express runs coaches between Manchester and Peterborough.

Going
Leave Chorlton Street: 09:15
Arrive Peterborough: 15:15
Total time: 6:00
One-way cost: £23

To the stadium
The coach station is near Peterborough Train Station. See above for directions.

Homebound
*There are no coaches back after the game.

You would have to find another way home or pay £39.50 for a single ticket for a coach home leaving at 12:50 on Saturday August 11 and arriving at 18:46.

Pub guide coming soon.