The ACN Away Guide – Burnley | OneFootball

The ground

Turf Moor is one of the more traditional grounds in the league, with four steep stands boxing in the pitch. Away fans are housed behind one of the goals. The facilities in this stand have been updated in the last few years, with plastic seats replacing wooden, refurbished toilets and concourse, and safe standing rails.

Getting There (From Norwich)

If you’re taking the train, you’ll need to catch a couple of connections at Peterborough and Leeds, the ground is about a twenty minute walk away from Manchester Road Station. However, as this is a late kick off on a Friday, there will not be any trains back to Norwich until the following morning.

If you’re driving, take the A47, then stay on the A17 until you switch to the A1 at Newark. Then, change onto the M62 at Junction 32a towards Manchester. Join the M66 at Junction 18, before finally taking the A56 and M65 into Burnley.

Parking can be found at Burnley Cricket Club (see below), as well as Woodgrove Car Park Towneley Park (BB10 3RQ), Town Centre Car Parks Millennium NCP on Brown Street (BB11 1PZ), Deanmill (Plumbe Street) Car Park (BB11 3AG), and Aircelle Ltd, Bancroft Avenue (BB10 2TQ).

Where to drink

Burnley Cricket Club is right next to Turf Moor. The clubhouse boasts three bars (two of which serve a handpicked selection of real ales), a regular drink rotation, as well as hot and cold food. After the match, they offer cut-prices on drinks. They also offer parking, with space for around fifty cars at a cost of around £5-£7.

Alternatively, the Bridge Bier Huis in the town centre serves a selection of real ales and continental beers.

Footy Scran

If you’re looking for something to have on the go, head over to Burnley Market Hall, which has a wide selection of food vendors serving everything from burgers, to Thai food, to pasta.

For those after a more sit-down meal (perhaps before heading home post-match), the surrounding countryside hosts a number of pubs that serve food, including the Kettledrum Inn and the New Waggoners Inn – both just a ten minute drive outside of town.

Things to See and Do

If you’re staying over the weekend, consider taking a walk up Crown Point to the ‘Singing Ringing Tree’, a sculpture of steel pipes that produces a singing sound when the wind runs through them.

Fun Fact

Be sure to try the local delicacy of ‘benny and hot’, a 50/50 mix of Bénédictine liqueur and hot water. Burnley’s signature drink was brought back by soldiers of the East Lancashire Regiment after the First World War, with the town being the largest consumer of the Bénédictine outside France.