Home Game Access

Home Game Information

Traffic Management

A number of roads around the stadium are either closed or have controlled access before, during and after home games. In addition the Metropolitan Police control pedestrian traffic towards Highbury & Islington and Finsbury Park stations. A map can be found here.

The following information comes from Islington Council and more up-to-date information may be available on their website here.

The table below shows how the road closures operate depending on time of kick-off. We have listed the most common kick-off times below, but please note these are subject to change and from time to time there may be a match that starts outside of the times listed below.

Kick-off	Before the match			During the match	After the match
	No road closures	Access permit holders only	No vehicle access	Roads re-opened	No vehicle access	No road closures
12.00pm	Until 10am	10am to 11am	11am to 12.15pm	12.15pm to 1.30pm	1.30pm to 2.45pm	After 2.45pm
12.45pm	Until 10.45pm	10.45am to 11.45am	11.45am to 1pm	1pm to 2.15pm	2.15pm to 3.30pm	After 3.30pm
3.00pm	Until 1pm	1pm to 2pm	2pm to 3.15pm	3.15pm to 4.30pm	4.30pm to 5.45pm	After 5.45pm
4.00pm	Until 2pm	2pm to 3pm	3pm to 4.15pm	4.15pm to 5.30pm	5.30 to 6.45pm	After 6.45pm
4.30pm	Until 2.30pm	2.30pm to 3.30pm	3.30pm to 4.45pm	4.45pm to 6pm	6pm to 7.15pm	After 7.15pm
7.30pm	Until 5.30pm	5.30pm to 6.30pm	6.30pm to 7.45pm	7.45pm to 9pm	9pm to 10.15pm	After 10.15pm
7.45pm	Until 5.45pm	5.45pm to 6.45pm	6.45pm to 8pm	8pm to 9.15pm	9.15pm to 10.30pm	After 10.30pm
8.00pm	Until 6pm	6pm to 7pm	7pm to 8.15pm	8.15pm to 9.30pm	9.30pm to 10.45pm	After 10.45pm

Two hours before a match

Residents displaying the special road closure access permit will have access to most streets while supporters arrive. However, to ensure safety the Metropolitan Police will close parts of Hornsey Road, Queensland Road and Benwell Road in N7, nearest the stadium and part of Gillespie Road, N5, outside Arsenal tube station.

Residents will be able to access Citizen Road, N7, via Lowman Road , N7.

One hour before

This is the busiest time when most people arrive.

For one hour before a match, until 15 minutes after its start, only emergency vehicles will be permitted to pass the road closure points.

During a match

While a match is on, the police will reopen all roads except Queensland Road and parts of Benwell Road and Hornsey Road. Part of Gillespie Road will also remain closed due to barriers in the road.

This is necessary in case the stadium needs to be evacuated in an emergency.

After a match

After matches the streets immediately around the ground are busiest as everyone leaves the stadium.

15 minutes before the end of a match, the Metropolitan Police will close the same roads as before the match. They will also close Palmer Place, Prah Road and the northern part of the St Thomas’s Road near Finsbury Park station to assist with the management of supporter road crossings. These closures could last up to one hour but may open more quickly if it’s safe to do so.