Matchday parking at AIG Stadium
Set your navigation for the AIG Stadium, Moor Lane, Salford M7 3PZ, but arrange parking before entering the residential approaches. Visiting-club directions use M60 junction 17, then the A56 Bury New Road towards Manchester, turning into Moor Lane near St Paul's Church.
Plan a stay at Salford City ↗Put your trip together
Your route into AIG Stadium
Use the Moor Lane entrance for the away end, not Nevile Road. The AIG Stadium is also called Moor Lane or the Peninsula Stadium, and the visiting-supporter sat-nav address is M7 3PZ. Away supporters normally enter through Turnstile Block A beside St Paul's Church, towards the eastern end of Moor Lane. The East Stand houses visiting terracing, with some seated allocations in the North Stand; both normally use the same entrance. Follow the allocation and turnstile printed on your ticket if your fixture differs. If you arrive on the 97 or 98, leave the bus at Kersal Bar on Bury New Road. Walk along Moor Lane to the eastern turnstiles, allowing for the narrow pavements and queues immediately outside the ground.
Salop Away: Salford City fan guide, 7 August 2026 ↗Parking & park-and-ride
Book an authorised driveway near Moor Lane if you want to drive right to Salford City. There is no public supporter car park at the stadium, and matchday permit restrictions cover much of the surrounding residential area. A speculative search for free street parking close to kick-off is not a sensible plan. For nearby parking, JustPark lists privately offered driveways on Christie Lane, Vine Street and Norwood Avenue. Check the precise entrance, price, vehicle size and booking window before paying. A booked off-road driveway is different from parking in a residents-only bay on the same road. For genuinely free parking, use a council car park farther away rather than an unverified Kersal street. Bury Council lists the Longfield Centre and Fairfax Road car parks in Prestwich as free. From the Longfield Centre, take the 97 or 98 towards Manchester and get off at Kersal Bar, then walk along Moor Lane. Bus fares apply, and spaces are not guaranteed. The nearby restriction zone includes Nevile Road, Norwood Avenue and Castlemoor Avenue, with controlled sections of Oaklands Road and Blackfield Lane. It operates noon–7pm for 3pm kick-offs and 5–11pm for 7.45pm starts. Some Moor Lane bays have a one-hour matchday limit, so they are unsuitable for a football visit. Allow around four to five hours for parking, walking, pre-match arrival, the game and departure. We could not verify any particular free on-street section for that whole period. Supermarket parking is not a safe substitute without explicit football-use permission. If local bookings are unavailable, park legally in Prestwich and use the bus.
Kersal area – various streets, 2017 matchday traffic orders ↗Choose your base before your hotel
Stay near Manchester Victoria or Shudehill if you want the best balance of football transport, restaurants and an evening out. Both are useful for catching the 97 or 98 towards Salford City, without needing a car in Kersal's residents-only streets.
Hotel to compare: Maldron Hotel Manchester Central Cathedral Quarter · Cathedral Quarter / Chapel Street, Salford edge of Manchester city centre
Compare the stay areas →Driving & road restrictions
Set your navigation for the AIG Stadium, Moor Lane, Salford M7 3PZ, but arrange parking before entering the residential approaches. Visiting-club directions use M60 junction 17, then the A56 Bury New Road towards Manchester, turning into Moor Lane near St Paul's Church.
The immediate streets are subject to matchday permit controls, and some stretches of Moor Lane have waiting or loading restrictions. Those rules can be enforced even when a road looks quiet. Do not use Nevile Road as a shortcut to the away entrance if your ticket points you to Moor Lane.
Roadworks and temporary diversions can alter the final approach, so check current traffic information before departure. Leave additional time for the last few miles and for pedestrians gathering outside the turnstiles.
- Driving postcode
- M7 3PZ (Moor Lane away entrance)
- Typical motorway approach
- M60 junction 17, A56/Bury New Road towards Manchester, then Moor Lane
- Resident parking restriction
- Kersal matchday permit streets and Moor Lane waiting controls; obey individual signs
- One-way restriction history
- 2017 Kersal traffic orders included a one-way proposal for part of Blackfield Lane; do not assume current drive-through access without checking signage
Parking & park-and-ride
Book an authorised driveway near Moor Lane if you want to drive right to Salford City. There is no public supporter car park at the stadium, and matchday permit restrictions cover much of the surrounding residential area. A speculative search for free street parking close to kick-off is not a sensible plan.
For nearby parking, JustPark lists privately offered driveways on Christie Lane, Vine Street and Norwood Avenue. Check the precise entrance, price, vehicle size and booking window before paying. A booked off-road driveway is different from parking in a residents-only bay on the same road.
For genuinely free parking, use a council car park farther away rather than an unverified Kersal street. Bury Council lists the Longfield Centre and Fairfax Road car parks in Prestwich as free. From the Longfield Centre, take the 97 or 98 towards Manchester and get off at Kersal Bar, then walk along Moor Lane. Bus fares apply, and spaces are not guaranteed.
The nearby restriction zone includes Nevile Road, Norwood Avenue and Castlemoor Avenue, with controlled sections of Oaklands Road and Blackfield Lane. It operates noon–7pm for 3pm kick-offs and 5–11pm for 7.45pm starts. Some Moor Lane bays have a one-hour matchday limit, so they are unsuitable for a football visit.
Allow around four to five hours for parking, walking, pre-match arrival, the game and departure. We could not verify any particular free on-street section for that whole period. Supermarket parking is not a safe substitute without explicit football-use permission. If local bookings are unavailable, park legally in Prestwich and use the bus.
- Parking verdict
- Booking advisable for near-ground driving; authorised free car park plus bus is the budget alternative; no specific legal free residential street verified
- Free option — area
- Longfield Centre public car park, Prestwich M25 1AY: Bury Council lists it as free; catch 97/98 from Bury New Road towards Kersal Bar
- Free option — area
- Fairfax Road council car park, Prestwich M25 1AS: listed free, 162 standard and six accessible spaces; check onward bus connection and operating conditions
- Legal restrictions — area
- Nevile Road, Norwood Avenue, Castlemoor Avenue, Heathland Road, Moorside Road, Vine Street and other listed Kersal streets require residents permits during home-match control hours
- Legal restrictions — area
- Oaklands Road from Moor Lane to near Matisse Way and Blackfield Lane from Vine Street to southeast of Healey Close have specified residents-parking sections
- Legal restrictions — area
- Mesnefield Road was added to the matchday residents-parking arrangement in 2018
- Legal restrictions — area
- Specified sections of Moor Lane have one-hour maximum stay with no return within two hours during event times; other sections have waiting prohibitions
- Matchday availability — area
- Nearby unreserved road parking is limited and subject to matchday competition; supporters have reported use of farther roads but these anecdotes cannot establish permission
- Matchday availability — area
- Bury council car parks are unreserved: availability cannot be guaranteed even when parking is free
- Walk — area
- Private Christie Lane driveway listing says around six minutes on foot to Salford City FC; walk to exact away gate may differ
- Walk — area
- Longfield Centre to Bury New Road bus stop, then bus to Kersal Bar and final walk on Moor Lane; exact combined journey time unverified
- Arrive by — area
- Allow at least 60–90 minutes before kick-off and more if driving to an unreserved car park; this is a planning recommendation, not verified availability
- Paid fallback
- JustPark private driveways on Vine Street, Christie Lane, Norwood Avenue and Greene Way; price and duration set for your fixture
- Booking recommendation
- Reserve an expressly authorised off-road driveway before travelling if parking near the stadium; follow exact space instructions
- Total dwell time
- Plan approximately 4–5 hours for arrival, walking, pre-match time, 90 minutes plus half-time/stoppage and exit; longer for extra-time fixtures
- After the match
- Return via Moor Lane to a booked driveway, or the 97/98 towards Prestwich for Longfield Centre parking; check service and road restrictions
- Saturday 3pm matchday resident controls
- 12:00–19:00 in specified Kersal resident-only bays
- 7.45pm matchday resident controls
- 17:00–23:00 in specified Kersal resident-only bays
- Stadium supporters car park
- false
- Old Agecroft club park-and-ride
- Not currently confirmed; club accessibility information says it stopped in 2021/22 despite older independent guide still mentioning it
- Blue Badge exception
- Club says a correctly displayed Blue Badge with clock permits up to three hours in the restricted zone, subject to badge rules; full football visit may exceed this
Driving and staying overnight?
Plan a base for the match. Check parking arrangements with the hotel before booking.
Where to stay
Stay near Manchester Victoria or Shudehill if you want the best balance of football transport, restaurants and an evening out. Both are useful for catching the 97 or 98 towards Salford City, without needing a car in Kersal's residents-only streets. The Cathedral Quarter is an easy base for a longer away trip. Maldron Manchester Cathedral Quarter advertises a short walk to Victoria station, with central Manchester's food and bars within reach. Allow for a bus or taxi to Moor Lane rather than assuming the ground is walkable from the hotel. Prestwich is a quieter alternative if you want to approach the ground from the north using the same bus corridor. Staying close to Moor Lane is less useful for an evening out, and hotel prices can change considerably when Manchester has major events.
Maldron Manchester Cathedral Quarter: location by Victoria ↗Base yourself around Manchester Victoria / Cathedral Quarter unless being able to walk to the ground matters more than having a proper evening out. Maldron Cathedral Quarter is the strongest balance of transport, hotel quality and value; Motel One Royal Exchange is better if the night out is the priority. Woodthorpe is the practical near-ground exception.
Near the ground
Kersal is mainly residential. There is no meaningful hotel cluster immediately outside the ground, and older guides can be misleading: Fairways Lodge, previously the obvious nearby hotel, was reported demolished in 2025. The remaining close option worth considering is Woodthorpe Hotel.
For the evening
Manchester city centre is the clear evening base. Royal Exchange/Deansgate, the Printworks and the Northern Quarter are all walkable from the central recommendations, giving a much broader choice of pubs, bars, restaurants and late food than Kersal.
For the train
Manchester Victoria is the most useful mainline rail anchor for this trip. TfGM and Salford City both point supporters towards the city-centre transport network; the 97/98 run from Shudehill to Bury New Road/Moor Lane, followed by roughly an eight-minute walk.
Hotels to compare
Maldron Hotel Manchester Central Cathedral QuarterCathedral Quarter / Chapel Street, Salford edge of Manchester city centreAll-round choice
Useful position between Salford and Manchester city centre rather than being stranded by the ground.
Bear in mind: It is not walk-to-the-turnstile accommodation; use the bus or a taxi.
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Close to Manchester Victoria and Shudehill for the simplest public-transport run to Moor Lane.
Booking.com score checked at 8.9/10 from more than 7,000 reviews, with particularly strong cleanliness and location sub-scores.
Restaurant, bar and gym make it more complete than the budget chains if the stay is more than simply somewhere to sleep.
Representative baseline was about £91 midweek and £130 at weekends, before major event spikes.
Manchester event nights can push the rate sharply above its normal baseline.
Parking is not the main strength of this choice; public transport suits it better.
Woodthorpe HotelPrestwich / Bury Old RoadFor the shortest ground journey
FootyGrounds lists it about 0.8 miles / 15 minutes on foot from the Peninsula Stadium.
Bear in mind: Only three rooms are advertised by the operator, so availability can disappear quickly.
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The Joseph Holt site confirms three en-suite rooms, a pub/restaurant and free parking.
Booking.com currently scores it 8.1/10 from more than 200 reviews.
A sensible choice for drivers or supporters who prioritise walking to the ground over a Manchester night out.
Prestwich is not the same post-match nightlife proposition as central Manchester.
Tripadvisor's hotel-specific accommodation review sample is small and includes a recent complaint about management/service at a function.
Motel One Manchester-Royal ExchangeRoyal Exchange / central ManchesterFor the evening
Excellent walkable position for pubs, bars, restaurants, the Northern Quarter and Deansgate.
Bear in mind: Rooms are frequently described as small/compact.
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Still practical for the 97/98 bus from Shudehill to the stadium.
Booking.com score checked at 8.6/10 from more than 17,000 reviews.
Recent Tripadvisor feedback repeatedly praises cleanliness, staff, beds and location.
Representative baseline was about £90 midweek and £119 at weekends on the selected non-match samples.
Event-night dynamic pricing can be severe and can destroy the normal value proposition.
No meaningful advantage over Maldron for the match journey itself; this wins on the evening location.
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