Watford
Est: 1881
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Watford Football Club have worked in partnership with AccessAble, to produce detailed pan-disability guides for Vicarage Road.
The accessibility information in this guide aims to assist fans with disabilities and provide an additional resource to help home and away supporters plan their visit.
You can view the guide via accessable.co.uk/organisations/watford-football-club
Vicarage Road is 0.5 miles from the High Street, providing a short walk to the stadium. It is south-west of the town centre.
London Overground
Watford High Street [WAT]
The station is located at 182 High Street WD17 2EG; 10 mins’ walk.
It offers the following services:
Directions to ground: Walk west along Lady’s Close; Turn right onto Wiggenhall Road, A4145; Turn left onto Vicarage Road.
London Underground
Watford
The station is located at Cassiobury Park Avenue WD18 7LE; 20 mins' walk.
It offers the following services:
Directions to ground: Walk east along Cassiobury Park Avenue; Turn right onto Shepherd’s Road; Turn left onto Rickmansworth Road; Turn right onto Harwood’s Road.
National Rail
Watford Junction [WFJ]
The station is located at Station Road, WD17 1EJ; 25 mins’ walk.
It offers the following services:
Directions to ground: Walk south along Clarendon Road; Turn left onto High Street (passing Moon Under Water pub); Turn right onto Market Street (walk the full length); Turn left onto Cassio Road; Turn right onto Vicarage Road.
Bus
Routes 8, 10, 320, 322, 324, 501, W1, W19 serve Vicarage Road
Official Supporters Coaches park right outside the stadium entrances, on Vicarage Road.
Vicarage Road on Google Maps: click here
The stadium is served by the following main roads:
From City Centre
Exchange Road and Beech Grove form a ring road around the narrow High Street, which runs north-south. A412 is north of the town centre and leads towards the orbital motorway system. Lower High Street heads south, towards Pinner Road and London Road.
Stadium Area
Vicarage Road runs north of the stadium, passing Vicarage Road Stand. Access before and after games is for the General Hospital only. The stadium backs onto the hospital, restricting access by road on two sides. Occupation Road is a minor side street, which runs past the Elton John Stand.
A4178 (Wiggenhall Road from south / Cassio Road from north) meet at the A4145 gyratory, near to the stadium.
Parking
No parking at the ground. Street parking only for local residents / matchday permit-holders. Parking is not permitted at Watford General Hospital.
Watford town centre has several car parks. The nearest is Church Street Car Park (WD18 0JD) on the inside of the ring-road, opposite the turn-off into Vicarage Road. All town centre car parks are within a 10-minute walk of Vicarage Road.
Capacity: 21,000
Record PL attendance: 21,590 v Sunderland (27 November 1999)
Built: 1922
Pitch size: 105m x 68m
Stadium address: Vicarage Road Stadium, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0ER
Phone: +44 (0) 1923 496000
Vicarage Road, known to Hornets fans as The Vic, has been Watford’s home since the club moved from Cassio Road in 1922.
The two Main Stands are named after club legends, Sir Elton John and Graham Taylor, who were owner and manager during its most successful period.
The stadium opened a Sensory Room in December 2016 for supporters with Autism, who can watch the matches in a spacious room that blocks out the noise of fans in the stands.
