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Away Travel Info: Seat Unique Riverside

By Car

The Riverside is located less than one mile from Chester-le-Street front street, four miles outside Durham and 10 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne.

Car Parking

There will be extra parking arrangements for games and events which are expected to draw particularly large crowds. These arrangements will be made readily available on the website from around 2-3 weeks before the event.

It is not recommended that you try to park in the residential areas around Durham Cricket.

By Rail

Chester-le-Street station is served by three train operating companies. Northern Rail, CrossCountry & First TransPennine all run regular services from local & regional destinations. On busy match days, additional stops are made by trains at Chester-le-Street.

Please note: East Coast services from Edinburgh and London are unable to call at Chester-le-Street: the nearest stop for East Coast is Durham.

There is a shuttle bus service available from Durham Railway Station to and from Seat Unique Riverside.

By Bus

There is an extensive local bus network operating to and from Chester-le-Street. Routes north / south from Newcastle to several destinations (e.g. Durham, Bishop Auckland), and east / west (e.g. Sunderland, Consett).

The nearest Chester-le-Street has to a Bus Station is the Market Place where the bus stops have real time information (10 – 15 minute walk to The Riverside). However, the Market Place is not the nearest bus stop to The Riverside. The closest stops to the Riverside are two stops further south of the Market Place – at the Black Horse (for buses in both directions, north and south, a 5 – 10 minute walk to Seat Unique Riverside).


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County Cricket Division 1
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Nottinghamshire 4 70
2 Surrey 4 60
3 Sussex 4 52
4 Essex 3 47
5 Warwickshire 3 46
6 Durham 4 45
7 Hampshire 3 43
8 Yorkshire 3 40
9 Somerset 4 33
10 Worcestershire 4 18

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