Hebburn Sports Ground is the home of Hebburn Town FC.
The ground is located on South Drive, Hebburn, NE31 1UN. There are local bus services and a Metro service that can get you to the ground.
Metro travel
The Tyne and Wear Metro is a public light rail rapid transport system which operates over and underground across Tyne and Wear. There are 60 stations on the network. Serving Newcastle city centre, Sunderland city centre, Newcastle Airport and the seafronts at North and South Tyneside.
Hebburn station is the closest to Hebburn Town FC ground.
If you’re travelling from South Shields, board any train. If you’re travelling from Newcastle, board a South Shields train.
If you’re travelling from Sunderland board, any train to Airport and change to a South Shields train at Pelaw station platform 1.
Walking route
From Hebburn station: About a 15 minute walk.
From platform 2 walk, through the car park and turn left onto May Close. Follow the curve to the junction. At the junction turn right onto Hedgeley Road. At the crossroad turn left onto Station Road. Follow the road and at the next crossroad turn right onto Victoria Road. Follow the road and turn right onto South Drive (you’ll see pitches on your right).
Metro tickets can be purchased on the day of travel from any Metro station. Ticket machines accept both cash and card payments. Metro ticket machines also translate into 6 languages. If you’re travelling with children, up to three children aged 11 and under can travel free with every fare paying adult.
Using a POP Pay As You Go card to travel on Metro will save you money (compared to buying paper tickets). You touch in at the start of your journey (on the yellow validator or gateline) and out at the end of your journey and you get charged the cheapest fare for your journey.
The Shields Ferry
The Shields Ferry is a passenger ferry service on the River Tyne, connecting the local communities of North and South Tyneside. Local buses serve the ferry landings either side of the river and Metro stations are located nearby.
If you travel to the South Shields Ferry landing, you can connect with local bus services or to the Metro at the South Shields Interchange to travel to the football ground.
Rail travel
Newcastle station and Sunderland station have mainline rail links throughout England and Scotland.
From Newcastle station you can transfer to a Metro train at Central Station. Metro services stop at Sunderland rail station.
Bus travel
There are local bus services that stop near to the football club. Tickets can be purchased direct from bus drivers on the day of travel. Commercial bus operators in Tyne & Wear, Northumberland and County Durham can also be purchased via their own dedicated apps.
National Coach travel
There are two main coach arrival points in central Newcastle:
- National Express bus station on St James Boulevard
- Megabus and Flixbus on John Dobson Street
National coach services also serve Sunderland, arriving at Park Lane Interchange located in the city centre. You can connect to Metro services from Park Lane Interchange and from stations in Newcastle city centre.
