Getting to The City Ground

Rail, Underground & tram

Use Nottingham station for the City Ground. Forest puts the walk at roughly 20 minutes, and you do not need a taxi for an ordinary arrival. Leave towards Carrington Street, head down towards London Road, cross the River Trent at Trent Bridge and follow the matchday signs towards the visiting end.

Nottingham station has step-free access to all platforms, with lifts available. It is still worth checking Passenger Assist if anyone in your party needs help beyond the station.

If you are coming from a tram park-and-ride, Nottingham Station tram stop is a sensible place to get off. Meadows Embankment is another option, with a walk to the ground that Forest estimates at around 20 minutes. Neither tram stop brings you to the away turnstiles themselves.

Recommended station

Nottingham railway station (NG2 3AQ); roughly 20 minutes on foot to stadium

Rail access

Nottingham station has step-free access to all platforms and lifts

Rail connections

Regular services to London, Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Sheffield and other destinations; check fixture-day services

Tram alternative

Nottingham Station tram stop or Meadows Embankment; ground still requires walking

Nearest cited tram walking time

Forest estimates around 20 minutes from Meadows Embankment

Late return

Check final train and tram times for the particular date; no permanent last-departure time verified

Station to ground & away entrance

Head for the visiting section in the lower Bridgford Stand, on the far side of the ground from Trent Bridge. After crossing the river, continue along Radcliffe Road and follow the signs around towards Colwick Road and the away turnstiles. Do not turn into Pavilion Road expecting to reach the visitors' entrance.

Your ticket is the final authority on which turnstile to use. Visiting blocks can be split between entrances, and the separate away ticket-collection point is immediately behind the stand. Allow time for queues and searches: the club normally opens the turnstiles about 90 minutes before kick-off.

If approaching from Lady Bay Bridge rather than Trent Bridge, Scarrington Road is the usual stadium-side approach, subject to matchday road controls.

Away stand

Lower Bridgford Stand

Away approach

Via Radcliffe Road and Colwick Road from Trent Bridge, or Scarrington Road from Lady Bay Bridge where accessible

Away ticket collection

Visitors Ticket Office Collection Point adjacent to away turnstiles; opens 90 minutes before kick-off

Away ticket deadline

Collection point open until half-time, according to accessibility guide

Turnstile warning

Follow the assigned block and turnstile on your ticket rather than relying on historic numerical guides

Turnstile opening

Normally 90 minutes before kick-off

Buses & local travel

For a bus from Nottingham station, use the Nottingham City Transport Green Line towards West Bridgford and Trent Bridge. Routes 5 and 6 serve Nottingham Station and the Victoria Embankment stop at Trent Bridge. From there, walk along Radcliffe Road and around to the away side of the stadium.

The Green Line also includes other services through this corridor, although individual stops and diversions differ. Check the return stop as well as the outward one, particularly for evening games: matchday traffic and roadworks can change normal stopping arrangements.

If travelling by tram, travel to Nottingham Station or Meadows Embankment and complete the last stretch on foot. There is no need to invent a dedicated stadium tram or shuttle service.

Bus services

NCT Green Line 5, 6 and other services serve Nottingham Station–Trent Bridge corridor

Outbound boarding

Nottingham Station stop S7 is used by service 5 towards Trent Bridge in inspected timetable

Alight

Trent Bridge / Victoria Embankment stop; complete stadium approach on foot

Roadworks update

October 2026 NCT updates include Ryehill Street stop changes and Green 11/C diversions

Park and ride

NET tram parking free to tram-ticket holders at Clifton South, Toton Lane and other official locations

Tram P&R conditions

Clifton South parking for tram passengers; 2.2m height restriction

Away coaches

If your visiting club runs an official supporters' coach, use its confirmed arrival and collection instructions rather than arranging your own drop-off beside the stadium. Forest gives coaches priority within its limited stadium parking arrangements, and the visiting turnstiles are at the lower Bridgford end.

Older visiting-club instructions describe coach access via Scarrington Road, off Lady Bay Bridge. That is not a verified universal drop-off or collection point for every fixture in 2026/27, particularly with temporary road closures. Check where your coach will be waiting after the game before you leave it, and allow time for police-managed departures.

Coach priority

Official club guide lists coaches among stadium parking priorities

Historic coach approach

Older visiting-club guidance identified stadium-side approach via Scarrington Road

Fixture-specific coach controls

Operator/visiting club confirms exact arrival, return and any police instructions

Accessible journeys

Contact your visiting club before the fixture if you need accessible parking. Forest allocates six away spaces in the Brian Clough Stand car park, off Scarrington Road (NG2 5FA), at £10 each. These are arranged through the visiting club, not by arriving with a Blue Badge on the day. The club describes the spaces as level gravel beside the away section.

Wheelchair supporters use a separate accessible entrance in the lower Bridgford Stand before being escorted to their away positions. There are 11 away wheelchair bays, in blocks W2 and X2. Tell the club about any step-free or seating requirements before you travel; do not assume every standard away turnstile is suitable.

Nottingham railway station is step-free to all platforms. Forest's accessibility team can be reached at accessibility@nottinghamforest.co.uk or 0115 982 4388.

Away accessible spaces

Six, £10 each; Brian Clough Stand car park off Scarrington Road, NG2 5FA

Accessible booking route

Via visiting club; it supplies Forest with the list before club takes payment

Ground surface

Forest describes away disabled parking area as level gravel beside away end

Wheelchair spaces

11 away wheelchair positions: five in W2, six in X2

Wheelchair entrance

Away wheelchair guests enter via accessible home entrance at lower Bridgford Stand and are escorted

Alternative accessible car park

Nottingham Rugby NG2 5AA; operator describes wheelchair-accessible parking, first come

Accessible contact

accessibility@nottinghamforest.co.uk or 0115 982 4388

Station step-free

Nottingham station category A, access to all platforms

Accessible toilet caveat

Away visitors can use toilet facility at adjacent Y1/Y2 home block with steward assistance

After the match

If you are going back to Nottingham station, head over Trent Bridge and follow the pedestrian flow north along London Road. Leave a generous margin for your train, especially after a late kick-off, because the roads and approaches beside the away end can be congested after full-time.

Driving away from car parks near Lady Bay Bridge can take longer than the outward journey. Forest has used post-match closures on Lady Bay Bridge and Colwick Road, and earlier supporters describe slow exits from some near-ground parking. A car park north of the river avoids some of that stadium-side road management, though no exit time is guaranteed.

If you are on an official coach, return to the collection point given by your operator rather than assuming the arrival drop-off is unchanged.

Rail return

Use Trent Bridge and London Road back towards Nottingham station, allowing crowd buffer

After full-time road closures

Lady Bay Bridge and Colwick Road have been controlled after full-time in published Forest matchday guides

Park away from the stadium

Queen’s Road paid site keeps car on city side of Trent Bridge, away from Lady Bay Bridge parking approach

Coach return

Use fixture-specific coach pickup location advised by organiser