Tigers on Tour

Next on the Road: Hitchin Town
BGB Southern League Premier
Saturday 17 November (3pm)

Local knowledge: "Travelling to watch City at the weekend?" "Hitchin?" "Well I was thinking of getting the train." (I use it every year and it makes me happy). If you are planning a trip you'll find out nothing you need below. The town is sandwiched between Luton and Stevenage on the River Hiz, but the football club itself has more to boast of having been one of just 17 clubs to contest the first ever FA Cup competition back in the 1870s. Despite their longevity Hitchin have never really written their name across the skies, but the ground is a welcoming place and you sense it is a club slowly progressing in the right way having won the Southern League Cup two years ago and seeming to have moved beyond years of financial struggling. The terraces are also entertainingly bouncy wooden planks - you make your own fun at this level of the game...

Hitchin itself is in essence still a market town with a 30,000 population who find just about everything they need to get by although there's precious little to make anyone else head here. The market square is pretty though with Tudor and Georgian buildings, but little sign of what people do for fun. That said this place has a reputation as the nice town where people to go to escape from the 'fun' in Stevenage, Luton and some of the other commuter hell-holes nearby. They used to sell a lot of wool here, and may well still do quietly - perhaps taking advantage of the ever expanding illicit grey economy based on tax-free cardigans and pullovers. If your looking for a pint The Victoria is on the walk from the station and serves a good range of real beer while the Nightingale closer to the train station also has a big screen if you need a pre-match match. In town the Red Hart is a big old market pub while the King's Arms off the main square is a good place for a quieter pint.

See below for travel directions and advice. A preview of City's next match and team news can be found here.

Supporters Organised Travel

There is no organised supporters coach or minibus planned for this match.

 

 

 

 

By Car
Ground Directions

Leave M1 at J10 and follow by-pass around Luton and past Luton airport following signs for A505 and Hitchin.Stay on A505 entering Hitchin and take left at first large roundabout into Old Park Road, heading north and following signs for Bedford on A600. Continue straight on at the next set of traffic lights and at the next roundabout you will see ground. Turn right into Fishponds Road and entrance to car park is after the ground and approximately 100 yards on the left.

Or click here for alternative internet map with street names from Streetmap

Approximate Distance: 138 miles
Approximate Petrol Cost: £23.31
Approximate Journey Time: 2 hours 20 minutes
all based on one way journey from central Gloucester

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Train & Public Transport

Nearest station is Hitchin BR about a mile away from Top Field and well served on the main Cambridge to King's Cross line.
Leave station and head for B&Q over the pelican crossing. Turn right and follow the road until entering Nightingale Road and stay on the main road as it becomes Fishponds Road and reaches Top Field. You should pass the Orchid & Anvil pub, a church on your right and the recreation ground on your left. After passing a roundabout and bearing slightly right, pass the Victoria pub on your right and walk past two schools and the swimming pool.

Leaves Glos BR at 12:16 to arrive Yatton at 13:21.
Return train leaves Yatton at 18:22 to arrive back at Glos BR for 19:32.
Return Ticket - £10.00, based on an adult cheap day return price.
(Because the rail system has now entirely disappeared into the rabbit hole it may actually be cheaper to buy separate singles.)

To check latest train travel advice, times and prices visit National Rail Enquiries online.

 

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