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TRIVIA National Rail Stations Within 10 mins walk of a Football Stadium

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Just like the title, these are the ones I have done, any more would be welcome!

Norwich
Barnsley
Charlton
Brentford
The Hawthorns
Bescot
Witton
Bordesley
Wrexham General
Peterborough
Rotherham Central
Bradford Forster Square
Blackpool South
Shepherds Bush
Newcastle
New Clee
Derby
Prittlewell
 
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Wembley Stadium (Wembley Stadium Station)
The new White Hart Lane (White Hart Lane Station)
Jubilee Field (Three Bridges)
 
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We had a thread on this recently. There are loads. However the number is going down as teams move away from town centres to new stadiums.
 
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lxfe_mxtterz said:
Pushing the 10 minute boundary a little, Kirkdale station is about a 15 minute walk away from Goodison Park.
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Google suggests 17mins. Now admittedly you could beat Google by a few mins by walking quickly but I don't think this counts as "within 10 minutes walk"
DarloRich said:
We had a thread on this recently. There are loads. However the number is going down as teams move away from town centres to new stadiums.
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Sadly true :(

York City is currently 14 minutes so doesn't qualify, however the reconstruction of Scarborough Bridge (due for completion on March) to provide level access will reduce that, though it's unclear if the path will continue at the same level as the railway station or if you have to go back down to zig-zag up, but if it's all at the same level, I reckon a brisk walk could be done in 10 minutes. But only for a few months before it increases to 1 hour+ !
 
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West Sutton - right next to Sutton's ground
Spalding - across the road is Spalding United
Falmer - right next to Brighton's ground.
 
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Crosshill/Cathcart/Kings Park/Mount Florida are all within 10 mins walk of Hampden, home of Queens Park FC.
 
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Stratford and Stratford International are borderline 10 mins for London Stadium.

Norbiton for Kingsmeadow (AFC Wimbledon)
East Dulwich for Champion Hill (Dulwich Hamlet - not professional leagues but I have to big up the local team)
 
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What's it called? It's called Cumbernauld
I would have a stab at suggesting the possibility of Ashburton Grove stadium being a short walk from Finsbury Park, depending which section of the stadium that spectators are heading towards. Unsure if this is less than 10 minutes walk, and although normal passengers cannot enter Drayton Park station on matchdays just before and just after kick off and the final whistle respectively, is Drayton Park alight only before kick off or is the station totally closed?

Also, Witton is less than a 10 minute walk from Villa Park, again, depending which section of the stadium is required.

The opening post did not mention if the timing of the walk is from the station to a reference point of the stadium such as the ticket office, hospitality suite, club shop, etc, hence how I have used the phrase "depending which section of the stadium".
 
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What's it called? It's called Cumbernauld
yorkie said:
Google suggests 17mins. Now admittedly you could beat Google by a few mins by walking quickly but I don't think this counts as "within 10 minutes walk"

Sadly true :(

York City is currently 14 minutes so doesn't qualify, however the reconstruction of Scarborough Bridge (due for completion on March) to provide level access will reduce that, though it's unclear if the path will continue at the same level as the railway station or if you have to go back down to zig-zag up, but if it's all at the same level, I reckon a brisk walk could be done in 10 minutes. But only for a few months before it increases to 1 hour+ !
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Are York City moving away from Bootham Crescent? I am aware it has been on the cards for a long time now.
 
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Horwich parkway for the as was Reebok- Bolton.
Crewe for Gresty Road- Crewe.
Blackpool North for Blackpool.
Stockport for Edgely Road- Stockport County.
Buxton for Silverlands- highest ground in England.
Aston
 
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lxfe_mxtterz said:
Pushing the 10 minute boundary a little, Kirkdale station is about a 15 minute walk away from Goodison Park.
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I’d say at least 20 mins, it’s a 15 minute *run*, especially as it’s all uphill on the way back. Had some close calls running for the 22:19 (as was) from Kirkdale after a 20:00 kickoff at Anfield.
 
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You can see Gresty Road stadium from Crewe station. But it does stretch the definition of football! But an easy short walk, literally round the corner.
 
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yorkie said:
York City is currently 14 minutes so doesn't qualify, however the reconstruction of Scarborough Bridge (due for completion on March) to provide level access will reduce that, though it's unclear if the path will continue at the same level as the railway station or if you have to go back down to zig-zag up, but if it's all at the same level, I reckon a brisk walk could be done in 10 minutes. But only for a few months before it increases to 1 hour+ !
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From the plans published in the York Press, which may have changed, I think that the route from the bridge either joins the top of the zig-zag, or continues roughly level to the end of the car park. Sorry, it was a while ago and I don't remember the exact routing.
 
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How about Hartlepool United (if they still class as a football team - I can remember them winning the odd match!
 
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