Re: Stadium Site pictures : Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:42 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

Is the bridge that is being put within the next couple of days the one which will enable a decent walk to the train station?
Was told it will be 5-10 mins walk to St H Central, is this true?

Thats the one. May take a little longer if you go via the pub like me

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:23 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

Is the bridge that is being put within the next couple of days the one which will enable a decent walk to the train station?
Was told it will be 5-10 mins walk to St H Central, is this true?

you can use the bridge from the station via St Mary's market Ted, or go via Peasly Cross Lane, there not a huge difference, should take 10 minutes.
Using the bridge will bring you out at the home end, you can walk along past the main stand to the away end, getting some atmophere, after the game I would go back along Peasly Cross Lane it is a bit shorter.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:15 pm  

A rough approximation of the recommended route from the station to the ground via the new bridge. Unfortunately I couldn't remove the blue markers.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:29 pm  

Thanks, not too far at all.
Could well be the train as long as there's a service next Good Friday.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:58 pm  

You can also use Todd road down the side of Matalan to get to the bridge.

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:30 pm  

If I could point everybody to the first page of this VERY long thread when some kind person did an overlay of the site plans which showed where the bridge would go.........................oh hang on it was me !! viewtopic.php?f=18&t=385845 there ya go

If I could point everybody to the first page of this VERY long thread when some kind person did an overlay of the site plans which showed where the bridge would go.........................oh hang on it was me !! viewtopic.php?f=18&t=385845 there ya go

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:35 pm  

roader wrote:

You can also use Todd road down the side of Matalan to get to the bridge.

think you will find Todd road has gone, the map is wrong, thats the canal towpath, why its called Todd road is a strange one.
Todd road ran down what is now the link road, Matalan to where the new bridge is going.

but yes you can use the towpath. (sorry nowt else to do today)

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:09 am  

cant wait to go there now

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sat Oct 22, 2011 2:33 pm  

This weeks photo's.

It was a hive of activity today, especially round the south stand with people rushing to complete the stadium for monday.













close up of the KC statue, showing that the number 5 is missing



The glass frontage has been cleaned so you can see clearly into the building. Here we see what look like movable partitions for the community facility



The finishing touches were being done to the South East turnstile block.
I love the way they are very clearly marked out. There should be no difficulty with fans wondering were they enter the ground from.



The Stairway to Heaven was not fenced off, and already a fellow snapper had taken the opportunity to get a closer look



Yes its a Saintly Crusader from Redvee.net admiring the new stadium. Love the nice touch of having the exit signs painted white with red letters rather than the more familiar green with white letters



end of part 1

Re: Stadium Site pictures : Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:01 pm  

part 2

Having climbed THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN, i was able to get some closer than normal pics of the East stand.

here we see the East stand turnstile block



Here we see some pics of the North East corner.

The lorry in the first pic gives you a good idea of the height of the brick wall



in the second pic we can see the scoreboard and the newly installed gates



finally in this pic we see that the roadway linking the North stand car park to the East car parks is quite narrow, though wide enough to get a Tesco lorry down it. This being the route that Tesco deliveries will come into the store.



The east stand car park looks complete. All the lights are in place and its been marked out



Moving over to the North stand

The two turnstile blocks in this stand look complete.

In the background of the first pic you can also see a sign pointing to the seats for numbers 156 to 185



in this second pic you should be able to see one of the bar areas being fitted out.



While we are talking of signage, do you sit in these seats within the North stand?



A big crane was stationed in the North car park, presumably to aid in painting the high level superstructure. However it wasnt doing anything, and while i was there it was packed away.





This shot shows Warrington road to the left and the North stand to the right



The North West gates were open, and you could see that all the stairways in the South stand have been painted white so that you can clearly see each step.