Visiting · Belfast BT12 6LU
National Stadium at Windsor Park
The home of Northern Ireland football. Everything you need for matchday — getting here, which gate to use, the family stand and accessible facilities.
Which entrance?
Your entrance is printed on your ticket and shown in the app. Entry is through automated turnstiles — have your QR code ready. Hospitality and box guests use the VIP entrance in the South Stand.
Recommended for most fans
Boucher Road
- West Stand
- South Stand
- North Stand blocks A–G and L–Q
Family stand and away supporters
Donegall Avenue
- East Stand (Family Stand)
- North Stand blocks H–K and R–T
- Away fans (orange turnstiles, on the right as you enter)
Getting here
By train
Adelaide is the closest halt, on the line from Belfast Grand Central towards Lisburn and Portadown. Extra capacity runs on international nights.
By bus
Take a Metro 9 to the City Hospital stop, head along the Lisburn Road, turn down Lower Windsor Avenue and cross the railway footbridge.
On foot
From the city centre, walk via Shaftesbury Square and the Lisburn Road to Lower Windsor Avenue, then over the footbridge. Stewards will point you to your gate.
By car
Leave the M1 at Stockman’s Lane. There is no parking in the residential streets right beside the stadium — please park further out and respect our neighbours.
Check Translink for times on the day.
The family stand
The East Stand is our family stand, entered from Donegall Avenue, with junior prices for under-16s. It's also home to the JD Northern Ireland Supporters' Store and the Education and Heritage Centre, where stadium tours begin.
Accessibility
- 133 wheelchair spaces, each with an adjacent seat for a personal assistant — at the back of the East (Family) Stand and in the South Lower and South Upper stands.
- Lifts serve every accessible seating area, with accessible toilets next to each one. Corporate lounges are wheelchair-accessible too.
- Step-free ambulant seats in the South and East stands for fans with reduced mobility.
- Fans who need an essential companion or carer can request a free companion seat.
- Blind and partially sighted fans can sit anywhere, and can request a match-commentary headset.
Book accessible seats
Tell us what you need once — wheelchair space, companion, step-free access, a commentary headset — and we'll look after the rest. Requests are approved in the ticket system and your companion ticket is issued automatically.
Request accessibility ticketsOn matchday
Food and drink
Kiosks inside take card and cash, but there are no cash machines in the stadium — the nearest are on the Donegall Road and Lisburn Road.
Searches and prohibited items
Bags are searched and adults may be searched at the gate, so allow extra time. Leave glass, cans, flares and smoke bombs, air horns, laser pens and anything that could be used as a weapon at home. Pyrotechnics, pitch incursions and sectarian, racist or indecent chanting are criminal offences in Northern Ireland.
Summarised from the Irish FA's Fans' guide to the stadium (PDF) . Always check your ticket for your entrance on the day.