DIRECTIONS AND GROUND LOCATIONS
How to get to all venues on the SLN Aylesbury Sunday Football Combination
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COUNCIL VENUES - HOW TO FIND THEM
Bedgrove (BED)
Leave Aylesbury town centre on the main A41 towards Hemel Hempstead,
Watford/Berkhamsted. At a mini roundabout, you will go past a brand new Esso
garage with The Plough pub next to it on your left. Carry on for approximately
a mile until you come to a roundabout. Take the third exit into Bedgrove, you
will see The Duck pub immediately on your right. Carry on for about half a
mile until you see a large pub on your right (The Buckinghamshire Yeoman).
Turn left into the road immediately opposite this pub - Ambleside, where you
will see two churches on the corner of either side of this road. The football
pitches are then about 300 yards on your left with a large car park.
Meadowcroft (MC)
Traveling west on the A41 as if you were leaving Aylesbury, you will see the
large shopping areas on your left. Go straight over the roundabout with
MacDonalds on your left. At the next roundabout, turn right into Meadowcroft.
You will see the John Kennedy pub on your right and a row of shops on your
left. Carry on this road for about half a mile, over a mini roundabout where
you will see the pitches on your left and the floodlights of the Astroturf
pitch. Turn left into the car park after about 100 yards.
Walton Court (WC)
Edinburgh Sports Ground (ESG)
Fairford Leys (FFL)
These three venues are within spitting distance of each other. You can also
use these initial directions to get to the following teams home venues:
Ickford & Ickford Reserves FC
Stone FC
To get to all of these
venues, leave Aylesbury town centre on the A418 Oxford Road heading south
towards Oxford and Thame where you will see the TA Centre (Viney House) on your
right. Go over the hump back bridge and you will see Aylesbury College and Sir
Henry Floyd Grammar School on your left. You will then hit a major set of
traffic lights that may hold you up for some time if you’re unlucky.
For
Edinburgh Sports Ground
you will need to turn left at these lights
into Churchill Avenue. You will then see a large roundabout ahead of you with
the Greyhound pub on your right. Go straight over this roundabout and you will
see the pitches in the distance. Follow the road round where you will see the
car park on your right. There is a row of shops opposite this car park.
For
Walton Court
you will need to go straight through these lights and
carry on until the next roundabout and take the second exit (Ellen Road).
Carry on this road for about a mile until you see the pitches on your left.
Turn left into Hannon Road keeping the pitches on your left and a small
shopping centre on your right. You will need to park on the road adjacent to
the pitches and changing rooms. You will also see that Walton Court
actually backs on to Edinburgh Sports Ground.
For
Fairford
Leys
you will need to go straight through these lights. Carry on along the
A418 over the roundabout (as mentioned in the Walton Court directions).
At the next roundabout, turn right into Fairford Leys. You will see the
pitches immediately on your left through the trees. At the next roundabout,
take the first exit left where you will see the changing rooms and car park
about 100 yards in front of you.
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Clubs who do not use
council venues for their home games
The Bell Topboys FC
Now play their home games at Burcott Lane in Bierton - directions to follow.
VTS FC
VTS FC will play their home games on the side pitch at Aylesbury Vale FC, Haywood Way - directions to follow.
Cheddington Reserves FC
Playing in the village of Cheddington - directions to follow
AFC Belgrave
AFC Belgrave will play their home games at Westcott Sports & Leisure Club on Westcott Venture Park - directions to follow.
Chandos Arms FC
Chandos Arms FC will now
play their home games in the village of Weston Turville at the Memorial
Playing Fields - a couple of miles or
so east of Aylesbury. There are a couple of ways to get there, but
here's how I do it. Travel east on the A41 out of Aylesbury. You
will reach the roundabout where you would turn off to go to Bedgrove.
Instead of this, keep going on the A41 and take the next right signposted
Weston Turville (you will see The Holiday Inn on the corner). Travel
along this road for approximately 1 and a half miles passing Weston Turville Golf Club
on your right. At the mini roundabout, turn right onto Main Street. About a
fifty yards
or so on your right is School Approach. The
Chandos Arms Public House is just beyond the ground itself!
Ickford FC & Ickford
Reserves FC
Follow the directions for ACC but carry on the main A418 towards Thame. When
you reach the main roundabout for Thame, take the third exit towards Oxford
(M40), remaining on the A418. Carry on until the next roundabout and again
taking the third turning, remaining on the A418 towards Oxford. You will see a
sign directing you to turn right to Ickford – IGNORE THIS SIGN. Carry
on for about a couple of miles until you reach Tiddington. On the right,
you will see The Fox pub. Turn right at this pub towards Ickford. Carry on
this road until you come to a T-junction. Opposite this junction you will see
the entrance to the ground. You will have to park on the road outside this
entrance.
Aston Clinton Sports
& Social Club FC
Leave Aylesbury town centre on the main A41 towards Hemel Hempstead/London.
Go
over the roundabout as mentioned in the directions to Bedgrove and carry on
along the A41. At the next roundabout, take the second exit towards Aston
Clinton/Weston Turville. After about two miles, you will come to a mini
roundabout with a Total Garage on your right. Go straight over the this
roundabout and carry on through Aston Clinton for about for about half a mile
and you will see the entrance to Aston Clinton Park on your right. Turn
in here and the large car park and changing rooms are ahead of you. Aston
Clinton has an excellent clubhouse and bar and you are made very welcome to
stay for a drink after the game.
Halifax (Aylesbury) FC
Halifax FC play their home games at Kimble Cricket Club in Little Kimble which is between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough. Leave Aylesbury on the A413. Go over the Bedgrove roundabout and the new Hampden Hall Roundabout. At the next roundabout turn right into Station Road. Go over the railway bridge with Stoke Mandeville train station on your left. At the next roundabout take the first exit signposted the A4010 for Wycombe. You will have The Bull pub immediately on your left and The Wool Pack pub about 100 yard further on. Carry on this road for a couple of miles to the next roundabout where you will be taking the last exit remaining on the A4010. Remain on this road for exactly one mile and you will enter Kimble. After about 100 yards or so, you will turn left signposted Chinnor B4009. As soon as you turn you will go under a railway bridge. IMMEDIATELY after this bridge, turn right into Marsh Lane. Kimble Cricket Club is about half a mile on your left. Parking is tight, but this is one of the best venues on the league and certainly has the best playing surface as it doubles as the cricket outfield in the summer months.
Padbury AFC
Follow A413 from Aylesbury to
Buckingham via Winslow, Take 2nd left Springfield's, signposted playing
fields, straight on to car park and pitch.
PLEASE DRIVE VERY SLOWLY THROUGH ESTATE. This is the home pitch of
Padbury United FC
