Gillingham Away Guide (2023/2024 Season)

⚽️ Gillingham 🆚 Doncaster Rovers
🗓️ 27/04/2024
⏰ 15:00
🏟️ Priestfield Stadium    
🏆 Sky Bet League Two

Ticket Information

Tickets for this game have sold out, no tickets will be available to purchase on the day. 

Address

Priestfield Stadium, Redfern Avenue, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 4DD

Supporters Coaches

Retford Supporters Club: (Paul Mayfield 07961 727769, Len South 01302 817347 please do not contact until after 6 pm)

Bus Times:

• Wilfreda: 08:15
• Retford: 08:14
• Harworth: 08:20
• Bawtry: 08:30
• Rossington: 08:30
• Punches: 08:40
• DRI: 08:45
• EPS: 09:00

Prices:

Bus travel is only available to supporter club members, see the below link for more details 

https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2023/august/away-travel

Members:
• Adults: £29
• Concessions: £27

Are the Supporters Coaches parked at the stadium?

The simple answer is no. If you have spoken to anyone who has been on the coach to Gillingham before, you will have been told about the long walk to the stadium.

The coaches are parked at the railway station which is roughly a 20 min walk to the stadium.

Disabled Supporter Information 

Information for disabled supporters can be found below: 

Click here

Travelling By Car

Sat Nav Post Code: ME7 4DD

By Road from the North:

Exit A2 at junction 1 (M2) onto the A289. Follow signs for Medway Tunnel. After about three miles take the second exit off the roundabout, again following signs towards Medway Tunnel. At the next roundabout take the first exit. At the next roundabout take the first exit into the Tunnel. On exit follow the A289 over two sets of traffic lights before coming to the Strand roundabout. Take the third exit onto Church Street. Drive up the hill and continue over the level crossing. Take the second left after the crossing and follow Linden Drive to the end. Turn right into Redfern Avenue, where you will see the MEMS Priestfield Stadium on your right.

By Road from the South:

Exit the M2 at junction 4 onto the A278. Follow signs for Gillingham driving over two roundabouts before taking the first exit off the third roundabout onto the A2. Continue until you come to the next roundabout (Premier Inn to your left) and take the third exit onto the A289. At the first roundabout take the first exit onto Cornwallis Avenue. Continue along Cornwallis Avenue over the traffic lights before turning right into Toronto Road. Take the second left off Toronto into Redfern Avenue, where you will see the Priestfield Stadium on your left.

Car Parking

There is no available parking at, or outside the stadium, on matchdays. However, there is parking available at the nearby Woodlands Academy (postcode: ME7 2DU) and Our Lady of Gillingham Church (postcode: ME7 1YL).

There is also a car park is situated at Barnsole Road Primary School, the address being the junction of School Avenue and Barnsole Road, postcode ME7 2JG, and is around 5 to 10 minutes’ walk from Priestfield Stadium. The car park is clearly signposted. There is availability for approximately 50 cars, with an overflow area available for an extra 20 cars when required. The car park is gated and opening times are 13:00 – 18:00

Please note that the car park will be locked 10 minutes before kick-off. It will reopen approximately 10 minutes after the full-time whistle as the school require the car park to be secure when our attendant is not on site. A telephone number is available should anyone need to leave early in an emergency. The cost to park, cash only please, is just £5.00.

Public Transport 

Travelling By Train

Hourly trains on Southeastern’s High Speed service depart from London St Pancras at 20 minutes past the hour, with a scheduled journey time to Gillingham of around 45 minutes. As this is Southeastern’s flagship service, tickets cost more than those to Gillingham from other London termini.

Southeastern trains to Gillingham depart from London Victoria at 10 and 40 minutes past the hour (journey time around 50 minutes) and
42 minutes past the hour (journey time around 70 minutes).

Thameslink trains to Gillingham depart from London Blackfriars at 11 and 41 minutes past the hour (journey time around 90 minutes). These trains also stop enroute at London Bridge, from where they depart at 18 and 48 minutes past the hour.

Upon leaving Gillingham station turn left on to Balmoral Road, and follow it to the end of the road. Home supporters should then turn left onto Gillingham Road and then take the first right onto Linden Road (parallel to the Sainsbury’s Local store).

Follow that to the end, and then turn right onto Redfern Avenue, upon which you will be greeted by the Priestfield Stadium’s Magnus Search Medway Stand.

Pubs

Official away pub is Fleur De Lis just off Livingstone circus, but once turnstiles are open all three kiosks will be open with food and drinks.

Cash or Cashless?

The stadium is cashless, no cash is accepted inside the stadium.

Rovers Till I Die!