St. James’ Park in Newcastle city centre is the home to Newcastle United Football Club.
The club are actively working to reduce their carbon footprint and would like to encourage all fans to consider how they get to the stadium and consider using public transport. For NUFC season ticket holders, there is a club supported travel season ticket, the Magpie Mover. As a region we are very lucky with the options available, hopefully this guide will help you.
Travelling to Newcastle
There are numerous ways to travel to Newcastle upon Tyne including domestic and international air travel, main line rail services, international ferry services from Holland (Amsterdam), national coach services, local bus services and Metro (a light rail network serving 60 stations across the North East).
Travelling to St. James’ Park
St. James’ Park is located on Strawberry Place (NE1 4ST) right in the heart of Newcastle City. There are numerous Metro stations and local bus services that can get you to or near to the football stadium.
Metro travel
The Metro system consists of 60 stations with several of those being in the centre of Newcastle. Haymarket, Monument, St James, and Central Station are the closest stations to St. James’ Park football ground. All stations are within easy walking distance to the stadium.
Walking routes
From Haymarket: About a 7 minute walk.
Leave the station onto Percy Street. Follow the road until you reach the crossroads. Turn right onto Gallowgate. The stadium is about 3 minutes walk from here, on your right.
From Monument: About a 7 minute walk.
Walk up Blackett Street (you’ll see old Eldon Square green/war memorial on your right). Follow until you reach the crossroads, and go straight over onto Gallowgate and you’ll see the stadium on your right.
From Central Station: About a 13 minute walk (via leisure outlets).
Leave the station onto Neville Street and cross onto Grainger Street. Follow this path for about 3 minutes and turn left onto Newgate Street. After another 3 minutes, turn left onto St Andrew’s Street (walk under the Chinese Arch) and follow the path to Gallowgate. You’ll see the stadium in front of you.
Or for a more direct route leave the station onto Neville Street. Cross onto Grainger Street then turn first left onto Westgate Road. Follow the road to the crossroads and turn right onto St James Boulevard. Follow this path and you’ll see the stadium on your left.
From St James: The ground is adjacent to St James station.
Metro tickets can be purchased on the day of travel from any Metro station. Ticket machines accept cash and card payments. Ticket machine information screens 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.
Rail travel
Newcastle station is located a short distance away from St. James’ Park and has mainline rail links throughout England and Scotland. Metro Central Station can be accessed from Newcastle station, there is an entrance from the rail station and two on street entrances.
Walking routes to the stadium from Newcastle station: About a 13 minute walk.
Leave the station onto Neville Street, cross onto Grainger Street. Follow this path for about 3 minutes. Turn left onto Newgate Street, after another 3 minutes turn left onto St Andrew’s Street (walk under the Chinese Arch) and follow the path to Gallowgate. You’ll see the stadium in front of you. Or for a more direct route leave the station onto Neville Street, cross onto Grainger Street then turn first left onto Westgate Road. Follow the road to the crossroads and turn right onto St James Boulevard, follow this path and you’ll see the stadium on your left.
Bus travel
There are also numerous local bus services that stop around the ground. 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 and both are a short walking distance to St. James’ Park ground:
- National Express bus station on St James Boulevard (about a five minute walk to the stadium, follow St James’ Boulevard north to Strawberry Place).
- Megabus and Flixbus on John Dobson Street (about five minute walk to the stadium, follow New Bridge Street West, Blackett Street and Gallowgate).
Travelling to and from Newcastle International Airport
Airport Metro station is attached to Newcastle International Airport. There is frequent Metro service that runs directly from Airport to Newcastle city centre. The journey takes about 25 minutes.
Travelling to and from Newcastle International Ferry Terminal
The International Ferry Terminal is located within walking distance of both Meadow Well and Percy Main Metro stations. There are quick and frequent Metro services that run directly from Newcastle Centre, with approximate journey times of 25 minutes.
There is a dedicated bus service, the number 327, which runs in coordination to Ferry arrivals and departures that runs direct to and from Newcastle City Centre. The 327 drops off on Bewick Street, which is within walking distance of St. James’ Park ground and all city centre attractions.
