Ashton Gate Stadium — Attraction in Bristol

Even though I am from Bristol originally and have a general knowledge of the city centre, I found getting to the stadium from Temple Meads Station on the recommended M2 Metrolink bus quite tricky. It takes a somewhat circuitous route to Ashton park and ride, with the "Ashton Gate Stadium" stop a full ten minute walk from the stadium itself, in a former railway cutting, with no clear path, a busy road interchange, a subterranean skate park / drug den, and tree lined public park, all blocking the view, throughout which, Google Maps was a bit hopeless and a passer by much more helpful. Indeed, the Stadium only came into view when I actually arrived.

I wish I had recorded that obstacle course for the purpose of this review.

The stadium itself was a very pleasant surprise. Clean, nice toilets, good signage and very spacious under the stands for the 2025 Bristol Tattoo Convention.

There was a very limited in-house food facility but several concessions parked outside the main entrance.

There is no cash point. I located a local Sainsbury's 10 mins walk away where there was a "Hole in the wall." I rarely carry cash these days but even now many sole grader businesses don't take cards away from their own workspace.

There was 5G everywhere I went in the city centre and there was a good signal even under the reinforced concrete of the stadium stands.

Well worth the visit....

i would like to thank the amazing staff of Ashgate Stadium. I attended the Take That concert on Sunday 9th June - My daughter has autism and other additional needs and this was our first outside stadium concert. Unfortunately the level of sound and crowds before the show were too much and my daughter couldn't handle it and got extremely upset. I went to the area that was dealing with disabilities to ask if they had a sensory room we could wait in. They didn't for this event. However, they absolutely bent over backwards to help us. From the initial person we spoke with, the security people, the disability awareness people , everyone was amazing. The names i remember are Gareth , who was able to access the prayer room and allow us this special space to remain in, with a balcony to view the concert, brought us drinks, Ted, the amazing chap in security who allowed us to sit with him and talked to us thus helping calm my daughter, Bernadette who did welfare checks on us and sat with my daughter when the fireworks were on. there were a few others who's names i didn't get but they were all so helpful. Whoever is the Head of the staff here should be very proud of their team. They enabled us to enjoy the concert - but avoid the overwhelming crowds of people and the loud music beforehand , allowing my daughter to enjoy her experience of a concert. ...

Caveat - I attended for some Rugby games, don't take this as being the same for a football match.

The Good Points.

The staff are great, they are all friendly and want to help where they can. My wife is very tall and uses a stick, she didn't fit in the seats we were allocated (unable to choose seats for these fixtures). No bother, they moved her somewhere she could fit, no complaints, just a move so she could enjoy the game.

Food and Drink - there is a good selection of food and drink available. It's expensive but sports stadiums are. There was no complaint about bringing in food for a diet that the ground food doesn't cater for.

The Bad points.

There is little parking available, even for people with reduced mobility.. we had to rely on Just Park to get a parking space locally to the ground. Whilst there was traffic management in place, getting close to drop people off seemed impossible.

Seating - it's not made for tall or wide people. I'm not that tall (5ft 11) and my knees were against the chair in front or the back of the person's head in front of me. If you are wider, then you are squashing the person next to you. To be fair, this is why I prefer to stand on a terrace to watch sport but that option was not available here. Loose a seat from each row and people might be...