Wakefield Hockey Club

Sat 01 Feb 2025

12:00

10:45

Meet 10.45 ahead of on pitch warm up 11.30 at Stowe School, Stowe, MK18 5EH

Buckingham Kit Colours: Black/Black/Black
Wakefield Kit Colours: Green/Black/Green

Changing facilities prior to the match will be in the pavilion close to the pitch.

Changing and teas afterwards will be at Buckingham Cricket ground near the centre of Buckingham.

Please let Grant know ASAP if you are not stopping for teas.

Full details below.......
All our home matches are played at Stowe School, Buckingham (MK18 5EH) with showers and teas hosted at Buckingham Cricket club (MK18 1BG). From M40 J10, from the slip-road follow signs across 3 roundabouts to join the A43 towards Northampton (M1 signs). Continue on the A43, straight over 3 roundabouts, for 5
miles. At the fourth roundabout, (ignore the first exit - A422 towards Banbury), take the second main exit (A43 Northampton), then right at the next roundabout on to the A422 towards Buckingham. Continue for 4 miles. Turn left at the Water Stratford crossroads, following the NT Stowe Landscape Gardens sign. Go straight on across 2 sets of crossroads to the Stowe School main gate. Please ignore any directions to the National Trust entrance.
From Bicester take the A4421 for 7 miles. At the A421 roundabout take the second exit, following signs to Stowe Landscape Gardens, then bearing right towards the village of
Tingewick. Turn left at the mini roundabout, through Water Stratford and then straight on across 3 sets of crossroads to the Stowe School main gate. Please ignore any directions
to the National Trust entrance. From Buckingham on the A422 towards Brackley, turn right into Stowe Avenue. Bear left
with the main road past Chackmore and continue for about 1 mile. Please ignore the directions to the National Trust entrance and continue, turning right at the main gate to
Stowe School. From Towcester on the A43 after the second roundabout (with McDonalds and a BP garage on your right), ignore the first exit (with a NT signpost for Stowe) and take the
second exit slip-road (signposted Silverstone Circuit, Dadford and Stowe), go past the motor-racing circuit and through Dadford. After 1 mile turn left at the Stowe School main gate. Please ignore any directions to the National Trust entrance
Facilities
On entry to the School follow the road over the small lake and go straight ahead passing the security gate after approx. ¾ mile. Do not turn right into the main school grounds.
Keep following the track past the National Trust building for another 300 metres and then follow the bend to the right down a dip and up to the car park. Adjacent to the carpark is a
wooden pavilion with toilets (Male & Female) and changing rooms. Drinking water is also available from here. We will also provide hot water and tea/coffee but these will be served
at pitchside.
If the gate to the pitches is open please do not bring your cars any further, the school has requested that we do not take more than 3 cars up to the pitches and we must leave the access free for emergency vehicles if required.
There is no bar or facilities for refreshments for spectators at the pitch but there is an
excellent farm shop, café and restaurant (Boycott Farm) just one mile from the school. To get to Boycott Farm go straight over the junction on exiting the school and take the first left
in the dip in the road. Boycott Farm is 500yds on the left. Post match changing rooms and shower facilities are at the Cricket club
Directions to Buckingham Cricket Club
Leave the school via the same gate that you entered by and turn immediately left. The road runs alongside the National Trust lands to your left. Stay on this road for 3.5 miles until you reach a T-Junction at the bottom of a hill. Turn left and follow this road into the centre of Buckingham. At the 1st roundabout turn sharp right and follow the road down the hill (The White Hart pub will be on your immediate left). Go ahead and cross the bridge
over the river, shortly after that you will come to a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights.
Turn left immediately after this crossing and proceed up the hill (Bourton Road). The cricket club is 0.3 miles along this road on the left hand side, the Fire station is on the opposite side of the road. There is parking in the Cricket club grounds.

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