Coach Hire to the Amex Stadium for Groups and Supporters

Why groups travel to the Amex by coach

The Amex Stadium holds around 31,800 people, and almost all of them leave within a few minutes of each other. That is why so many groups travel by coach.

There is no local street parking for supporters. The residential roads around the ground operate resident parking schemes with a no-parking zone enforced on matchdays, and enforcement officers patrol. Stadium car parking has to be pre-booked, and the park and ride sites at Mill Road, the University of Brighton and Brighton Racecourse fill on a first come, first served basis.

The train works well enough on the way in. The queue at Falmer station afterwards has been known to take up to fifty minutes to clear, which is a long wait if you are responsible for a group.

A coach avoids all of that, since you leave from one place and come back to the same one.

Coach parking at the Amex has to be booked in advance

The stadium coach park sits next to the south stand, and there is a lift from the coach car park down to the outer north concourse for level access into the ground. Coaches and minibuses are permitted to park there, but only when the vehicle has been pre-booked with the club, and Brighton and Hove Albion ask organisers of private minibus and coach travel to submit vehicle details in advance of the fixture.

It is an easy thing to overlook, and you cannot turn up in a 53-seater on a Saturday afternoon and expect to find somewhere to leave it.

Tell us at the quote stage that you are travelling to a fixture and we will supply the vehicle and driver details you need for the club’s form. Making sure the booking is registered with the stadium stays with the group organiser, since the club deals with the party holding the tickets, but we will give you everything required to complete it.

The official set-down point for cars is car park C5 at the University of Sussex, and there are no stopping locations along Village Way or Woollards Way. A coach with a booked space in the stadium coach park avoids that.

Club, academy and youth team travel

Getting a squad to a fixture is a different job, and one we do regularly.

For clubs travelling to the Amex, whether for a cup tie, a youth fixture or a stadium visit, there is room for kit and a trailer can be arranged for bulkier loads. Every driver holds an enhanced DBS check, which is not optional when the squad is under eighteen. Drivers are used to late returns after evening games. Our full sporting event and team coach hire service covers fixtures across the country.

The same drivers and vehicles are out on school work during the week, whether that is a theme park day at Thorpe Park or a nursery outing to Drusillas Park.

Concerts, rugby and other events at Falmer

The stadium is used for more than football. It has hosted Rugby World Cup matches, UEFA Women’s Euro fixtures and England under-21 internationals, and it runs a programme of non-matchday events.

The same applies to all of them. A full crowd leaves at once, parking near the ground is restricted and the station queue afterwards is long. A coach makes most sense for evening events, when getting everyone home is the awkward part.

If your group plans to bring drinks on board, mention it when you book so the office can confirm what is permitted on the vehicle.

Getting to Falmer and where we collect from

The Amex Stadium is at Village Way, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9BL, just off the A27 at the B2123 Falmer junction, between Brighton and Lewes and next to the University of Sussex and University of Brighton campuses.

From our base at Cross in Hand near Heathfield, we collect anywhere in Sussex and Kent, as part of our wider coach hire in Sussex and coach hire in Kent work. Regular Amex pickups run from Heathfield, Uckfield, Crowborough, Hailsham, Eastbourne, Hastings, Battle, Lewes, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill, Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge, along with village pubs and clubhouses in between.

Supporters’ groups often board at more than one point along the route, which is fine. Send us the list and we will plan a sensible run.

Book your transport to the Amex

Coach hire to the Amex Stadium is quoted per vehicle for the whole trip, so send us the fixture or event date, the number of passengers and your pickup points. The written quote comes back with nothing added later.

Phone 01435 515099 or email info@jrpdirect.co.uk. The online form and WhatsApp reach the same office. Once the booking is confirmed we check the arrangements with you again before you travel.