Any advice for travelling to Emirates Stadium

corbyboy

I am going the the Emirates stadium with my wife on Sunday to see the Emirates Cup. I am just wondering what is the best way to get there.

Nearest station is Kettering (well technically it's now Corby but trains seem to run more frequently from Kettering) and a 1 day travelcard costs £36.50 each.

That seems a bit expensive so I want to drive. My plan is to drive to Watford tube station (73 miles) and park. Apparently it's only £1 to park there on a Sunday but it's not clear whether that's £1 per day or per hour.

A travelcard for Watford Undergound Station to Arsenal costs £5.60 each as it is zone 7-2.

Does this seem like a good idea? Watford Underground Station only has 70 spaces so I hope it doesn't fill up. I don't think you can reserve a space in advance. Have I got the right price for the travelcard? There seem to be lots of different prices all over the place.

Any thoughts? Thanks.

jeannieblue

I can't answer any of your questions.....

But if your wife can't make it - I'm available.........

KeithP

If I were driving from Kettering I would head down M1 and leave at Junc 4 for Stanmore Underground Station... less than 2 miles from M1. In zone 5.
Plenty on on street parking at Stanmore... especially on a Sunday.
Jubilee Line train to Finchley Road and a cross platform change to Met Line.

dacouch

Did you know that NASA train a lot of their astronauts at the Emirates Stadium

jeannieblue

dacouch wrote: »

Did you know that NASA train a lot of their astronauts at the Emirates Stadium

That's a new one on me ... any more info?

I know they hold the X factor there ..

dacouch

Nasa train the astronauts there as the conditions are very similar to the moon eg no atmosphere...

dzug1

corbyboy wrote: »

A travelcard for Watford Undergound Station to Arsenal costs £5.60 each as it is zone 7-2.

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Well maybe. But the obvious route goes through zone 1 so you'd need to include that as well. Doing it without entering zone 1 looks tortuous.

corbyboy

dzug1 wrote: »

Well maybe. But the obvious route goes through zone 1 so you'd need to include that as well. Doing it without entering zone 1 looks tortuous.

I didn't realise that was how it worked.

So if I buy a travelcard for zones 2-7, I can't even go through zone 1 even if I am not getting off?

Obukit

corbyboy wrote: »

I didn't realise that was how it worked.

So if I buy a travelcard for zones 2-7, I can't even go through zone 1 even if I am not getting off?

In theory you can't, although as you almost never get your ticket inspected on the Tube, only at gates, you could almost certainly get away with it.

woody01

I am going on Sunday also.
I live in the Huntingdon area.

Best thing to do is drive to huntingdon (its only 20 miles from Kettering)and get the train to Finsbury park from there. (£19 return).

The walk from Finsbury Park to the Emirates is 10 minutes tops (and remember to stop in the Ashburton Grove for some pre-game beer!

jeppy

Where would you suggest for afterwards. We are thinking of having a pub meal whilst waiting for the crowds to die down.

We dont mind walking up to 1 mile away approx.

Any ideas

Thanks