Directions to grounds




BISHOPSTOKE

From M3 Junction 13:- Turn right into Leigh Road towards Eastleigh centre. Follow this road all the way to the Eastleigh Town Hall and then bear left into Romsey Road. At the roundabout take the second exit (to Bishopstoke) and continue on the Bishopstoke Road for about a quarter of a mile. The car park and playing fields are then on your left.

BITTERNE PARK

From the Chilworth roundabout (M3, Junction 14):- Follow along Bassett Avenue, turning left at the first roundabout and going straight ahead at the following set of traffic lights. Then take the left turn signed to Portswood and Bitterne. Go straight ahead (right exit) at the mini-roundabout towards Portswood, and then straight ahead again at the next two sets of traffic lights (crossing Portswood Road and Thomas Lewis Way). You will then come to the Cobden Bridge. After reaching the end of the bridge, fork left into Manor Farm Road (the Bitterne Triangle clock is on your right). Follow Manor Farm Road past the school, and you should see the car park for Riverside Park on your left, where the changing rooms are located. Take a left out of the changing rooms and follow the footpath up to the pitches at Bitterne Park Rec.

CHARLTON, ANDOVER

From Winchester:- Take the A34 out of Winchester towards Newbury, and branch onto the A303 just after Sutton Scotney services (signposted to Andover). Continue on the A303 past the Andover turn off and Portway Industrial Estate until you reach the exit for Ludgershall (A342). Take the 3rd exit at the roundabout (Ring Road), then go over the A303 and at the next roundabout go straight across (2nd exit). At the next roundabout take the 1st exit (Portway Industrial Estate), then take the 1st right which is signposted 'The Depot'. Follow the road round until you reach the car park, keeping the astroturf on your right.

CRESTWOOD

From M3 Junction 13:- Turn right into Leigh Road towards Eastleigh centre. Take the first left into Woodside Road towards Boyatt Wood. Go straight ahead at the roundabout, and then take the next right into Shakespeare Road. Crestwood School is then on your left, and parking is available at the school by turning up into the crescent. The pitches are at the back of the school.

FLEMING PARK

From M3 Junction 13:- Turn right into Leigh Road towards Eastleigh town centre. At the first main junction (just after the Holiday Inn) turn right into Passfield Avenue. Fleming Park Sports Centre is then a little way down on the right. The changing rooms are around to the left of the Sports Centre as you look at it from the road, and the pitches are in behind the Sports Centre.

FOUR MARKS

From Winchester (North):- Leave Winchester via Worthy Road (B3047) and drive through Kingsworthy until you get to the Cart & Horses pub. At the T-junction turn left, then immediately right towards Alresford. Travel for 5-6 miles to the end of this road and then turn left. Drive through Alresford and Bishop's Sutton (about 10 miles) and then turn left onto the A31 towards Four Marks. At the bottom of the hill in the village, turn left into Lymington Bottom Road and follow for three miles. Near the end of this road (just before the T-junction) you will see the pitch, but turn right at the junction and then right again, and park at the cricket pavilion or nearby Village Hall.

From Winchester (East):- At the mini-roundabout by King Alfred's statue, take the Alresford Road (B3404) out of Winchester, which then becomes the A31 towards Alresford. At the Alresford roundabout, stay on the A31, and continue on towards Four Marks. Then follow directions as above.

GARRISON GROUND

From Winchester centre:- From the mini-roundabout by King Alfred's statue, turn down Chesil Street towards the M3 and the Park & Ride. Go past the Heart In Hand pub, and the entrance to the pitches is through a gate on your left just by the mini-roundabout.

From M3 Junction 10:- Come off the M3 at the Bar End junction, and then take the City Centre exit off the roundabout. Turn right at the traffic lights, and you should see the pitches parallel to the road. When you reach the mini-roundabout, the entrance is through a gate on your right.

GREEN PARK

From the Chilworth roundabout (M3, Junction 14):- Follow Bassett Avenue to the first roundabout, then turn right (2nd exit) down Winchester Road. Go straight over at the next roundabout, and keep following straight ahead into and through Millbrook, until you reach the Millbrook Flyover roundabout. Go all the way around the roundabout and take the Wimpson Lane exit (by KFC). The Green Park playing fields are then on your left as you go along Wimpson Lane.

From Southampton centre:- At the big junction by the Civic Centre, turn down Western Esplanade (which runs down to Southampton Central Station, parallel to the railway line). Go straight ahead, and this then joins on to Mountbatten Way. Drive past the docks and factories on your left, past the Millbrook pitches, and then turn off when you reach the Millbrook Flyover. From the roundabout here, take the Wimpson Lane exit, and then follow as above.

HENRY BEAUFORT SCHOOL

From Winchester centre:- At the City Road crossroads (by the Station) turn onto the Andover Road, and continue up past the Jolly Farmer pub and Peter Symonds' College. Turn left into Stoney Lane, and then take the first right into Bereweeke Avenue. The turning for the school is at the top of the hill on the right.

From M3 Junction 11:- Go straight ahead at the first roundabout, and then take the third exit (signed to Winchester) at the next roundabout. Follow this road to the end, and then bear right at the traffic lights into Jewry Street. At the next main set of traffic lights turn left into City Road, and then right at the crossroads onto the Andover Road. Then follow the directions as above.

HURSTBOURNE TARRANT

From M3 Junction 9:- Take the A34 turning (signposted Newbury), branch left towards Andover and then merge onto the A303. Branch left again, and merge onto the A3093. Take the first exit at the roundabout, and the 2nd exit at the next roundabout, still following the A3093. At the Enham Arch Roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A343 (New Street). Follow signs for the A343 across the next three roundabouts, taking the 1st, 2nd and 2nd exits respectively. As you enter Hurstbourne Tarrant, turn right onto Church Street / Stoke Road (B3048, signposted Mary Bourne). The pitch is down this road next to a Primary School.

KING GEORGE V

From Winchester centre:- From the mini-roundabout by King Alfred's statue, turn down Chesil Street towards the M3 and the Park & Ride. Turn left just before the Heart In Hand pub (signposted to the playing fields). At the end of the road (where it bears round to the left), go straight over and through the gates on the right. Then follow the track round to the football pitches.

From M3 Junction 10:- Come off the M3 at the Bar End junction, and then take the City Centre exit off the roundabout. Turn right at the traffic lights, and then go straight over the mini-roundabout. You will see the Heart In Hand pub on your right. Turn right just after this, and then follow the directions as above.

KNIGHTSWOOD LEISURE CENTRE

From M3 Junction 12:- Leave the motorway and turn left onto Leigh Road. Follow up to the traffic lights (next to the Vauxhall Garage), and then turn left onto Bournemouth Road. At the roundabout (by Asda) take the fifth exit onto Templars Way, and follow until you reach a mini-roundabout. Take the first exit and head straight across when you reach the crossroad traffic lights. At the mini-roundabout take the third exit onto Knightwood Road, and head towards the traffic lights (Cleveland Bay). Turn left onto Skywoods Road, then follow for 400m and turn right into Knightwood Leisure Centre.

LORDSHILL

From M27 Junction 3:- Join the M271 towards Totton, and leave at Junction 1 (the Lordshill exit). From here turn on to Brownhill Way, and after 50 yards turn left into Redbridge Lane. Follow this road almost as far as the main junction on to Romsey Road, and you should see the pitches on your right. The entrance to the Lordshill Outdoor Recreaton Centre is then on the right just before the junction.

From Southampton centre:- Head out towards Totton on the Millbrook Road. At the Redbridge Flyover, turn on to the M271, and then leave at Junction 1. Go right around the roundabout over the motorway to join on to Brownhill Way, and then follow the directions as above.

MAYFIELD PARK

From M27 Junction 8:- Take the third (final) exit towards Windhover, and at the Windhover roundabout take the second exit into Hamble Lane. Go straight over the next two mini-roundabouts, and then turn right into Portsmouth Road (signed to Woolston) and continue along this road for some distance until you spot Upper Weston Lane on your left (on a mini-roundabout just after the traffic lights). Weston Lane runs alongside Mayfield Park. Turn into the new recreation centre (which is on the left as you go down Weston Lane), and the changing rooms are beside the centre. You then cross over Weston Lane to get to the pitches.

From Southampton centre:- Cross the Itchen Toll Bridge by Ocean Village, and carry straight on along Portsmouth Road. Turn right into Wright's Hill just before the railway bridge, and then right again into Weston Lane. Then follow as above.

MILLBROOK

From the Chilworth roundabout (M3, Junction 14):- Follow Bassett Avenue to the first roundabout, then turn right down Winchester Road. At the roundabout turn left and then immediately straight over the mini-roundabout into Hill Lane. Follow this road through one set of traffic lights and down past King Edward's school. Just before you get to the next set of lights at Archers Road, turn right into Darwin Road. At the end of this road turn right, and then follow straight ahead down Paynes Road, which eventually goes underneath and onto Mountbatten Way, heading towards Millbrook and Totton. Drive past the docks and factories on your left, and you should then see a Texaco garage. Turn left at the lights just before this into Millbrook Point Road, and the pitches are in behind the garage (car park on the left).

From Southampton centre:- At the big junction by the Civic Centre, turn down Western Esplanade (which runs down to Southampton Central Station, parallel to the railway line). Go straight ahead, and this then joins on to Mountbatten Way. Then follow as above.

NORTH BADDESLEY

From the Chilworth roundabout (M3, Junction 14):- Take the Chilworth Road off the roundabout signed to Chilworth and North Baddesley (branching off to the left just before you join the M3 - not the Chandlers Ford road). Follow this road for about two miles through Chilworth village and into North Baddesley. At the first set of traffic lights turn right, and then immediately left up a small access road. The Rec is then on your left.

RIVERSIDE PARK

From the Chilworth roundabout (M3, Junction 14):- Follow along Bassett Avenue, turning left at the first roundabout and going straight ahead at the following set of traffic lights. Then take the left turn signed to Portswood and Bitterne. Go straight ahead (right exit) at the mini-roundabout towards Portswood, and then straight ahead again at the next two sets of traffic lights (crossing Portswood Road and Thomas Lewis Way). You will then come to the Cobden Bridge. After reaching the end of the bridge, fork left into Manor Farm Road (the Bitterne Triangle clock is on your right). Follow Manor Farm Road past the school, and you should see the car park for Riverside Park on your left.

RUGBY CAMP, PORTSMOUTH

From the M3:- Take the M27 (East) towards Portsmouth. This eventually turns into the A27. Take the exit for Southsea and Fratton. After a short distance, there is a big supermarket on the right on the right. Get in the right lane at the traffic lights, and turn right. Carry straight on over a big roundabout, then a mini-roundabout, and cross over a bridge. Signs for the Rugby Camp playing fields are on the right and parking is through the gates.

SOUTHAMPTON CIVIC SPORTS CENTRE

From the Chilworth roundabout (M3, Junction 14):- Follow along Bassett Avenue (A33) and turn right into Winchester Road at the first roundabout. At the next roundabout turn right again (signed to the Sports Centre). The road then bears off to the right and is sign-posted to the Sports Centre car park. The changing rooms and pitches are down the hill from the car park.

SUTTON SCOTNEY (THE GRATTON)

From Winchester:- Head out of Winchester on the Andover Road (B3420) towards the A34. Then at the A34/A272 junction, take the road towards South Wonston and Sutton Scotney. You will pass through South Wonston, and eventually come into Sutton Scotney. Take a right turn at the Victoria Hall, and then take the first left after the bridge into Gratton Close. The playing fields are located at the back of Gratton Close, by the Doctor's surgery.

TESTWOOD

From M27 Junction 3:- Join the M271 towards Totton. Then go under and onto the Redbridge Flyover, and take the first exit towards Totton (Commercial Road). When you get to the roundabout take the 2nd exit on to Salisbury Road (signed to Totton). Testwood Recreation Ground is on your left after about a quarter of a mile.

TWYFORD

From M3 Junction 11:- Take the B3335 towards Twyford for a mile or so. Enter the village and go straight over at the crossroads. The Bugle pub (now closed down) is on your left after a couple of hundred yards. Immediately after this turn left into ParK Lane. Follow this road up but do not branch left into Roman Road. The turning for the car park and pitches is on your right.

From Fair Oak:- Take the Winchester Road towards Twyford. Just as you enter the village, you will see the Phoenix pub on your left and the Bugle (now closed down) on your right. Just before the Bugle, turn right into Park Lane. Then follow the directions as above.