We can’t wait to welcome you to Trent Bridge on Friday, 10 August when Notts Outlaws play Yorkshire Vikings in the Vitality Blast.
You can be happy in the knowledge that you will be visiting a venue frequently voted the best spectator experience in the country by cricket supporters, and one that holds a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence.
Ticketing Information
You can enter the ground at any of our gates (situated on Bridgford Road, Radcliffe Road, Hound Road and Fox Road) by simply presenting our friendly Stewards your valid match ticket, print at home receipt, Membership card or ticket code on your smart phone.
Seating is unreserved, meaning you are welcome to sit anywhere in the ground, with the exception of the exclusive seating in front of the Pavilion, which is for Members only.
Tickets In Advance
Advanced tickets for this match are priced £18 for adults, £9 for juniors (Under-16s), £13 for senior citizens (Over-65s) and Under-21s, and £40 for a family ticket (two adults and two Under-16s). Tickets must be purchased by 11.59pm on Thursday 9 August for these prices to be valid.
There are three different ways to purchase tickets in advance:
- Click here to buy your tickets online...
- Call the Ticket Hotline on 0115 899 0300
- Visit the Ticket Office in person
Kindly note that tickets purchased at this stage, either online or over the phone, will not be posted out but will be available for collection from the Ticket Collection Point (see below). Alternatively, you can use the online print-at-home option and ticket codes will scan on smart phones.
Tickets On The Day
You can purchase tickets from the Ticket Kiosk next to the Trent Bridge Inn (to the right of the pub as you look at it). On the day prices are £22 for adults, £10 for juniors (Under-16s), £15 for senior citizens (Over-65s) and Under-21s, and £50 for a family ticket (two adults and two Under-16s).
To beat the queues, you can arrive early or alternatively book in advance here. You can print your tickets at home or our stewards will scan them from your smartphone.
Ticket Office & Hotline Opening Hours
Our ticket office is open Monday to Friday from: 9.30am-4.30pm.
The ticket office on the day will be open from 9am and for 30 minutes after the game should you wish to buy tickets for future matches.
Ticket collection
Anyone needing to collect tickets on the day of the match can do so at our Ticket Collection Point at the ground, adjacent to the Hound Road turning opposite the Co-op, from 4.30pm. Our friendly Stewards will be on hand to direct you.
Hours of Play
Gates open at 5:00pm, an hour-and-a-half before the start of play, at which point the big screen production will begin, with the coin toss and team announcement at 6:00pm before start of play is scheduled for 6:30pm.
The first, 20-over innings will take place between 6:30pm and 7:45pm, before a 15-minute interval. The second, 20-over innings will then take place between 8:00pm and 9.15pm, or until the match reaches its conclusion.
Where To Find Us
Trent Bridge Cricket Ground is situated in West Bridgford, in very close proximity to both Nottingham Forest and Notts County Football Clubs. Our postcode is NG2 6AG.
As you approach, you can’t miss the circular floodlights.
We are a couple of miles from Nottingham City Centre, a mile or so from the train station, and our city is blessed with one of the best public transport networks in the UK.
Car Parking And Travel Information
Car Parking for spectators is available at Notts Sports Ground, Lady Bay (postcode NG2 5AA) and Bridge Field (postcode NG2 6AP), priced at £5 for ticket holders (£2 for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Members). Both of these car parks are around a five-minute walk from the ground.
Bicycle Parking
Supporters planning to take their bikes to Trent Bridge will be able to utilise the railings within the Bridge Field Car Park on Bridgford Road. Please remember to bring a chain to secure your bike.
Bike parking will be available from two hours before scheduled start times until an hour after close of play.
Kindly note that bikes are not allowed inside the ground for this fixture.
Travelling By Tram
The nearest tram stops, are at Nottingham Station and Queens Walk, which are a 20-minute walk from the ground. Anyone travelling from outside the city can take advantage of NET’s free park and ride facilities.
As an added incentive to take the tram, NET will be running its £2 return event ticket offer for all match ticket holders and Members of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. To take advantage of the deal, fans need to select the Event Ticket option from the ticket vending machine before boarding the tram, and make sure they have their match ticket or Membership card to hand for inspection.
Additionally, as above, you can also purchase a group ticket for £5, which is up to two adults and three children (under the age of 19).
Find out more about tram travel at: www.thetram.net
Complimentary NET Tram Shuttle Bus Service
Vitality Blast match ticket holders who travel into Nottingham on the tram, and those planning to buy a ticket for the match on the night, can take advantage of a free shuttle bus service. Non-tram users attending these matches can also use this service for just £2 return.
The service, running in partnership with Skills Coaches and Nottingham Express Transit (NET), will depart from the bus stop on Arkwright Street, which is just a short walk from Nottingham Train Station’s main or Queens Road exits/entrances.
Buses will then drop off near the Trent Bridge Embankment, which is just a few minutes stroll over the bridge to our ground.
Buses will leave the Arkwright Street bus stop (near Nottingham Train Station) from 4.30pm and will run every 10 minutes until the match starts at 6.30pm.
The return service will resume and pick-up from the same Trent Bridge Embankment bus stop at the end of the match. For more information, you can refer to the map here.
Travelling by Bus
Regular bus travel is available to the ground, with bus stops situated on Bridgford Road and Radcliffe Road.
To plan your bus journey visit www.nctx.co.uk/cricket
Travelling By Train
***Please note that there are no trains running between Derby and Nottingham until Monday 3 September due to Derby Resignalling work. A rail replacement bus service will operate in it's place. For more information please go to derby2018.co.uk.***
The ground is approximately a 20-minute walk from Nottingham Train Station towards West Bridgford and over the bridge, with regular buses also taking the route.
Download Our Map
If you've never been to Trent Bridge, or aren't that familiar with the layout of the ground, you can download a printable map here.
Help on the day
Our stewards and volunteers are a very friendly bunch so should you need any help during your time at Trent Bridge, please ask them and they’ll be delighted to help.
Trent Bridge Shop
Don't forget to have a look around our new Club Shop, on the Radcliffe Road concourse, which offers a range of Outlaws, Trent Bridge merchandise for purchase.
Small Retail Outlets
For your convenience additional Trent Bridge retail outlets will also be in position next to the Ticket Office alongside the Pavilion, in the Trent Bridge Inn Courtyard and behind the Fox Road Stand.
Scorecards
Scorecards are available at the Ticket Office, Radcliffe Road Reception and Trent Bridge Shop at the nominal price of 50p.
Toilet Facilities
Toilet facilities are located, and well signposted, in various locations around the ground.
Baby Changing Facilities
Changing facilities are available in the Members’ Pavilion disabled toilets, as well as in the squash complex ladies’ toilets (access via the Ticket Office near the back entrance to the Pavilion), the William Clarke Stand ladies’ toilets, the Hound Road ladies’ toilets and the first-floor toilets on the East Wing of the Radcliffe Road Centre. There are also facilities in the accessible toilets on the second and third floors inside the Radcliffe Road Stand. Please feel free to ask any steward for directions.
The squash complex changing rooms can be made available upon request from a steward as further baby changing facilities accessible to men, or as a quiet feeding area.
Information for Disabled People
Wheelchair
Wheelchair viewing positions are available in-front of the William Clarke and Smith Cooper Stands, as well as the Hound Road Upper, Radcliffe Road Lower and the top of the Smith Cooper Stand.
Please feel free to ask your nearest steward, volunteer or Member of staff if you have any questions, who will be delighted to assist you.
Commentary
RNIB commentary available for the benefit of the blind and partially sighted. Headsets available from Radcliffe Road reception.
William Clarke Family Stand
The William Clarke Stand is Trent Bridge’s designated alcohol-free family zone for T20 cricket and you'll find this stand nestled in between the Radcliffe Road End and the Smith Cooper Stand.
Within this seating area, there’s plenty to keep children entertained, with free face painting, glitter tattoos, a balloon modeller and regular visits from our mascot, Nuts the Squirrel.
Matchday Activities
If you plan to arrive early, make yourself at home and enjoy a drink and a nibble in the TBI Courtyard, whilst listening to live music from Motown Goldrush, who will be performing from 5:45pm on top of the Sound Bar.
Over on the pitch from 5.30pm you can enjoy the pre-match build up on our two big screens and listen to our matchday host, East Midlands Today presenter, Colin Hazelden.
If the explosive entertainment of the Vitality Blast isn’t enough, we are also laying on a host of other family friendly entertainment, much of which you can find in the Trent Bridge Inn Courtyard - behind the William Clarke Stand, where you can also collect your Vitality Blast/Outlaws giveaways.
Magician David Fox will be roaming the TBI Courtyard before the match and will move into the William Clarke Family Stand during the match. There will also be face painting and glitter tattoos based in the Family Stand.
Families can also visit our face painter, bouncy castle and table tennis table, situated in the Squash Courts, which are accessed via the Ticket Office, near the Pavilion.
After the match, the entire Outlaws team will sign autographs in front of the Smith Cooper Stand, shortly after close of play. You can pick up a ‘My Cricket Heroes’ autograph bat cards at various points around the ground to collect all the players’ signatures.
Finally, you won't be able to miss our entertaining in-ground pyrotechnic displays, which we use to celebrate the Outlaws’ boundaries and wickets.
All of the above entertainment is free of charge. Please ask one of our friendly Stewards or T20 Volunteers should you require any further information.
Click here to download the ground plan.
Junior Wrist Bands
Spectators visiting with children can take advantage of our free wrist band system. Simply collect your band from one of our gate Stewards or volunteers, or alternatively ask a member of staff on the Radcliffe Road Reception or Ticket Office.
On the reverse of your wrist band, where details are well hidden from view, simply complete the following information:
• Parent/guardian’s name
• Contact phone number whilst in the ground
• Your stand and seat location
• Date
These details will then help a steward reunite you with your child should you become separated or should he or she get lost around the ground.
Food and Drink
A range of outlets, serving locally-sourced food, will be situated around the ground for you to enjoy and a number of bars will be serving hot and cold, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
You can download the ground plan here.
Contactless debit/credit cards are accepted at all bars around the ground.
Trent Bridge Inn Courtyard
• Sylvester & Green Pork, purveyors of British Pork
• Gallops Farm handmade burgers and sausages
• Beach Fish & Chip Shop
• Rustic Crust Pizzas
• Doughnotts
• Ice Cream Van.
• The Sound Bar, serving draught beers, where live music will be playing on the rooftop stage before play and during the mid-innings interval.
• Clarke’s Crafty Ones – serving eight different premium draught & bottled craft beers, as well as tasty Cornish pasties
• The newly-refurbished Parr Bar, serving draught beers and craft ales, soft drinks and hot drinks.
William Clarke Stand
• A mobile trike serving soft drinks and ice cream.
Radcliffe Road Concourse
• West and East Bars serving draught beer, wine, Pimm’s & soft drinks
• Prosecco, Pimm’s and Gin Bar
• Ice cream van
• Ostrich Burgers
Radcliffe Road Stand
• The Cricketers’ Suite Restaurant, on the first floor of the Radcliffe Road Stand, is open to all and serves hot and cold food to eat-in and take-away, including vegetarian, gluten free and halal options, as well as a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
• Two bars situated on level three.
• Two draught beer bars on level five
Scoreboard
• Bar serving draught beer, wine, hot drinks, soft drinks and ice cream.
Fox Road
• Bar serving draught beer, wine, Pimms and soft drinks.
• Campervin, serving selection of wines.
• Gallops Farm handmade burgers and sausages
Hound Road
• Bar serving draught beer, wine, Pimm’s, soft drinks and ice cream.
• Greene King Van (outside the Woodhead Hall), serving a selection of draught beers.
Squash Bar
• Bar serving a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
Dixon Gate
• Jim & Tonic van, serving a selection of gins.
Bringing Your Own Food & Drink (No Glass Or Cans Please)
You're welcome to bring your own food, but kindly ensure that any food or soft drinks are in plastic or cardboard containers.
It is not permitted to bring alcohol into the ground, and this also applies to Members for Blast matches. Cans, glassware or metal cutlery are also not allowed on site.
Recycling your beer cups
Beer will be served in branded, reusable cups, with spectators paying a £1 deposit. Each drink will be served in a fresh cup, with no deposit required in exchange for the existing vessel.
Supporters have two options in terms of what to do with their final cup of the day:
1. Take it home as a souvenir.
2. Return it to the bar and regain your £1 deposit.
Kindly note that beer cup returns will be accepted by over-18s only.
Multi-faith Room
If you want to get away from the hustle and bustle to pray, a multi-faith room is available in Squash Court Two. Please see a steward or volunteer if you need directions.
Cameras and mobile devices
Please note that the use of any cameras, mobile devices or any electronic equipment for the recording, transmission or communication of match footage, details, statistics, images (on any platforms including but not limited to websites and social media) etc, is not permitted, other than with the proper accreditation. All ground regulations apply.
You can, however, take pictures for your own personal use, providing you do not use specialist equipment such as telephoto lenses, tripods or mono pods.
Accredited photographers will be present during the match and will be taking images for use on our printed marketing materials and digital channels. If you or anyone in your party would not like photographing, then please inform our photographer.
You can view a full list of ground regulations here.
Smoking Policy
Designated smoking areas are assigned in various concourse areas, but smoking (including e-cigarettes) is only permitted in these areas, so please refrain from smoking in your seat.
Re-entry to the ground
If you need to leave the ground at any point, you will need to scan in and out using your match ticket or ticket code via your smartphone.
Weather Forecast
View the latest weather forecast here…
The weather can take turns during the day, so please bring clothing to cover all eventualities. As it is forecast to be a scorcher, please bring sun cream and consider wearing a hat.
Refunds in the event of an early abandonment
If play is restricted to 9.5 overs or less and no result is obtained, you will be entitled to a full refund on your ticket. If your ticket has been purchased in advance, this will be refunded automatically to the relevant credit or debit card.
Tickets purchased on the gate can be returned to the ticket office for a full refund. Alternatively, you may prefer to exchange for any other home regular season match during the 2018 season (subject to availability).
If 10 overs or more are played but no result is obtained, please feel free to exchange your match ticket for any other regular season match at Trent Bridge during the 2018 season.
Kindly note, we require ticket exchanges to have been made in advance of the day of your chosen fixture. This policy applies only to paid-for match tickets.
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