Thanks for the excellent info BrightonEye, and thank heavens for the brilliant Charlton Coach service. Tom and I are going to see the Amex Stadium for the first time, and those Piglets Pies are already making my mouth water. One of those occasions when we are looking forward to the experience, without much expectation of points. Please make me look silly for saying that Jose.
Brighton Eye - what is the latest time to arrive at the park and ride but still make kick off please? We can't leave london til 12.45. What are the alternatives? Are their any that are quicker if driving down other than the park and ride please?
BrightonEye, we like to moan. It's what we do. I wish I could be there to sup a few pints of the Harveys.
On principle though I won't pay over£30 for championship football. Missed our win at Leeds for that reason. Mind ŷou, there are 2000 odd of us who will cough up and will reluctantly admit that your in-stadium facilities are second to none.
Brighton Eye - what is the latest time to arrive at the park and ride but still make kick off please? We can't leave london til 12.45. What are the alternatives? Are their any that are quicker if driving down other than the park and ride please?
The club's advice (see Travel Guide here) is to get to Mill Road P&R by 1.30. If that's full, they recommend driving on to the Racecourse P&R, where the transfer time to the Amex is likely to be under 20 minutes.
Alternatively, you can pre-book parking at The Bridge car park, costing £15. From there It's a 500 yard walk to the Amex. Details in the Travel Guide.
Why not build a big car park when building the ground?
No chance! No sites were available, and it's in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty anyway. Falmer was the only available site for a stadium within the statutory 8 miles of Brighton, and approval was only granted on condition of a sustainable transport policy. That means prioritising walking, cycling, coaches, and public transport... with cars a very distant last.
Somehow, 27,000 people have managed to accommodate this all season. Who knows how big Brighton's crowds might have been without this disgraceful denial of personal liberty!
They're rivals with palace , so they might be nearish as the crow flies and the journey to Brighton should be a quick one but they have to prolong the experience to give you that arse end of nowhere experience that you get when you make that long journey to selhurst fucking park My liking of Brighton disappeared when they didn't turn up for the 2nd leg of the play offs last season and put in one of the meekness performances ever seen , so every time I see them stripey palace twats celebrating as their club celebrates surviving in the prem and gaining a bigger fanbase and stronger position as a club and looking down on us as they have finished for what will be 8 fucking seasons above us minimum, I'm reminded about the no show from the Seagulls , pathetic
Granted the above on the no-show, but 28,000 fans will be singing stand up if you hate p*****. Cannot dislike a club/fans who hate them c**** as much as us! Seeeaaagulllllsssss
Brighton Eye - what is the latest time to arrive at the park and ride but still make kick off please? We can't leave london til 12.45. What are the alternatives? Are their any that are quicker if driving down other than the park and ride please?
Doucher, I went last season mate and paid a fella a fiver to park in his drive in the Coldean area, about a 25 minute walk from the ground (check it out on google maps). I found the fella's car parking option through parkatmyhouse.com, just typed in Brighton FC on the website search engine. Actually used it a lot for various events/areas and it always offers an option.
However, when we got there I realised that I wouldn't have needed to pay him for his drive as there was loads of parking on the housing estate anyway. He was a nice old boy though so I parked and paid him.
So, if you don't mind a swift walk to the ground that's what I would do.
solved it - park at haywards heath train station - free train to lewes - then to falmer. trains at 07 and 35 from haywards heath. Get there for 2.07, comfortable, 2.35 may miss first few minutes
Jeez, what a bunch of moaners - are all Charlton fans like this? So many misconceptions. "Middle of nowhere?" Sure, that'll be the stadium with a station 300 metres away, next to a 6-lane highway and 2 universities. "Takes an hour to get away by train?" Even when leaving on the final whistle after a night game I've never had to queue for more than 20 minutes (to get on a train that reaches Brighton in 8 minutes).
If you're too busy to check out that Boro fans link, their feedback from two Saturdays ago is overwhelmingly positive. And if you're looking for factual info on travel options, it's all on the BHA website. Under the Fans tab.
It's quite funny really. Hardly any other club bothers to provide anything specifically for visiting fans. Apart from a police frogmarch and aggressive stewards. Maybe BHA should drop all this 'treating away fans as guests' crap, go back to the 1980s, and deliver a proper football ground experience.
Id rather be a bunch of attention to detail obssessive moaners than your plastic mob
Thanks for the info and that but u come across just like palace... try hards..
I get it, you are the clubs match day away fans rail travel Network administrator prawn sandwich consultant and are just trying to improve our "match day experience"
And to think, it was only 4 years ago when this mob were getting 7,000 on average for home games. Funny how the fans come out of the woodwork when it suits
"Jeez, what a bunch of moaners - are all Charlton fans like this? So many misconceptions. "Middle of nowhere?" Sure, that'll be the stadium with a station 300 metres away, next to a 6-lane highway and 2 universities."
Yes there is a station there & a 6 lane highway infront of the ground. Not that you can park anywhere near the ground.
Behind it though is just fields. The nearest pub is 15 mins away and that's home only.
It's a lovely ground, but it's still very difficult to access.
Now if it had been built on The Goldstone site, happy days.
In theory, Lewes to Falmer should be OK, work precedes Lewes so trains could get held up waiting for buses, should have made that clearer, apologies for ambiguity.
Anyone drinking in Lewes before hand or know if there's any decent pubs near Lewes station.
Quite a few good pubs in Lewes, The Lansdown is closest to the station, for real ale the Garderners is probably the best, it's on Cliffe High Street. The brewery tap for Harveys (John Harvey Tavern) is ok to, thats just off Cliffe High Street.
"I'm not criticising, I'm just stating facts." Except that your 'facts' aren't quite correct.
1 "Not that you can park anywhere near the ground." Well, you can. The Bridge car park - 500 yards walk - can be pre-booked. Too late now though.
2 "The nearest pub is 15 mins away and that's home only." No it isn't. And I checked. Tomorrow the Swan will be happy to welcome Charlton fans. Decent pub, good food, loads of real ales and a good crack with Albion fans too.
3 "Now if it had been built on The Goldstone site, happy days." We'll agree on that one! But Falmer was the only available site for a 30k stadium within 8 miles of Brighton. It's all we've got, but the fans have adapted, and actually rather like the place.
One of the best stadiums I've ever been too, beer pies and staff all excellent, but getting away afterwards was tedious. The queues at the station were immense and took a good 50 minutes to get onto the train. I love the way they light the away concourse in the away teams colours and the action photos shown on the tv.....not to mention the guest beers.....I think Brighton have got the away day experience spot on and Charlton could learn one or two things to encourage our own fans to spend more money at the Valley than surrounding pubs etc. Having said that I'd love to be there Saturday.....shame I live 10,000 miles away.....I might just make it to Fridays game if I leave early enough though!
Well, just about to leave. I think it may come across as moaning but I think most of us have said what a nice ground it is, but our experiences leaving the place last year were not good. Mine was truly awful. I live in Hertfordshire and I get home quicker from the Valley than I got to Brighton that night. Hopefully that was worse than it normally is, and if so we are fair minded people and will review our assessment of the overall Brighton experience. If we are 3-0 down, we might get out quicker leaving early! I think the ticket price is on the high side - but it does cover transport. I think it would be better if you paid for transport and the ticket was cheaper though. It is probably £10 more than it should be for this level of football.
I certainly won't get a cab again from Brighton (as I did to get there)- cost me a fortune as it took so long in the traffic- all those lanes didn't do their job. When I go to the Valley, I park in MACRO and it is excellent and free - and we can get some good bargains in there like their toilet roll offers- maybe we are a bit spoilt in that respect. MY arse is certainly pampered with the Velvets we bought there a few weeks back.
Cheers Hasting Addick, 2 Guiness drinkers & a lager drinker so one by the station will probably be the one. Does anyone know if Lewes is on the same line as hayward heath??
Also first time i'll be going but think maybe more of a reason for hold ups was it being midweek, hopefully this time with it being a saturday more people go for beers in ground after which I think will be the option we will take up. Cheers for all the info Brighton Eye.
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On principle though I won't pay over£30 for championship football. Missed our win at Leeds for that reason. Mind ŷou, there are 2000 odd of us who will cough up and will reluctantly admit that your in-stadium facilities are second to none.
Alternatively, you can pre-book parking at The Bridge car park, costing £15. From there It's a 500 yard walk to the Amex. Details in the Travel Guide.
£32 for a match ticket which includes free train travel from Haywards Heath. Plus £6 return train ticket from London Bridge with a rail card.
Or £18 on the coach from Charlton, Bromley and Gravesend. It's £22 on the coach to Sheffield, but £4 cheaper to Brighton.
Somehow, 27,000 people have managed to accommodate this all season. Who knows how big Brighton's crowds might have been without this disgraceful denial of personal liberty!
However, when we got there I realised that I wouldn't have needed to pay him for his drive as there was loads of parking on the housing estate anyway. He was a nice old boy though so I parked and paid him.
So, if you don't mind a swift walk to the ground that's what I would do.
Personally, I have no idea, if this will have any effect or even if it's correct.
http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/20141004-away-fans-guide-amex-stadium-1480715.aspx
Thanks for the info and that but u come across just like palace...
try hards..
I get it, you are the clubs match day away fans rail travel Network administrator prawn sandwich consultant and are just trying to improve our "match day experience"
Yes there is a station there & a 6 lane highway infront of the ground. Not that you can park anywhere near the ground.
Behind it though is just fields. The nearest pub is 15 mins away and that's home only.
It's a lovely ground, but it's still very difficult to access.
Now if it had been built on The Goldstone site, happy days.
I'm not criticising, I'm just stating facts.
Good to know, that the only pub within walking distance, is allowing Charlton fans tomorrow.
I certainly won't get a cab again from Brighton (as I did to get there)- cost me a fortune as it took so long in the traffic- all those lanes didn't do their job. When I go to the Valley, I park in MACRO and it is excellent and free - and we can get some good bargains in there like their toilet roll offers- maybe we are a bit spoilt in that respect. MY arse is certainly pampered with the Velvets we bought there a few weeks back.
Also first time i'll be going but think maybe more of a reason for hold ups was it being midweek, hopefully this time with it being a saturday more people go for beers in ground after which I think will be the option we will take up. Cheers for all the info Brighton Eye.