Best & Worst - Durham Alliance

REFRESHMENTS

AVAILABILITY:
Billy Hardy Complex - fully-licensed clubhouse
Welfare Ground, Brandon - fully-licensed clubhouse
Recreation Park, Murton - fresh-brewed tea and homely snacks in the pitchside shed

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FOR TRAVELLERS

EASIEST TO FIND:
Dunston Park (resigned) - slap-bang on the A1 junction
Billy Hardy Complex - just off the A19/A1231

EASIEST TO PARK:
Darlington Education Village - massive carpark

HARDEST or MOST-CONFUSING TO FIND:
Whitworth Park School Annexe, Tudhoe/Spennymoor - the place itself is easy to find, but nothing (even on Spennymoor's excellent website) informed the casual visitor to go there!
Crookhall, Consett - as above

ACCESS BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
Everywhere - nearest bus stops within 100m

PANORAMA

BEST RURAL LANDSCAPE:
Leeholme Recreation Ground - across the fields to the Vale of Durham
Brandon - set overlooking the Deerness Valley

BEST URBAN LANDSCAPE:
Dunston Park - great views of the Newcastle/Gateshead cityscape

WEATHER PROTECTION

BEST ALL-ROUND:
Welfare Ground, Brandon - the West Stand (ie a proper stand)
Recreation Park, Murton - main stand (the crumbling relic of a proper stand)

WORST:
Leeholme Recreation Ground
Crookhall
Dunston Park
Darlington Education Village
Whitworth Park School Annexe

SPECTATOR FACILITIES

TOILETS:
Coxhoe Park (Active Life Centre)
Bobby Robson Centre
Billy Hardy Complex
Special mention goes to...
Recreation Park, Murton - decrepit pitchside urinal

STAFF ON HAND:
Coxhoe Park (Active Life Centre)
Billy Hardy Complex
Welfare Ground, Brandon

STUFF FOR KIDS:
Coxhoe Park (Active Life Centre)
Sherburn Leisure Centre
Dunston Park
Wingate Welfare Park

CAMARADERIE AT PITCHSIDE

Sherburn - best mix of age-groups and genuine match interest
Murton - friendly and inclusive to visitors