Guide to the Gardens: Lightning vs Bristol Bears

• Tickets for the fixture are still available from £12* adult and £4 child*.
• Lightning versus Bristol Bears Women is included in the 2025/26 Lightning Season Ticket.
• Season Ticket Holders should have received their individual match tickets for this fixture – please contact ticketoffice@northamptonsaints.co.uk if you are yet to receive your tickets.

Below are the opening hours for Lightning vs Bristol Bears

• 12:30pm: Car Park D open
• 1.30pm: Ticket windows open
• 1.30pm: Stadium open, Village Store open
• 3pm: Lightning vs Bristol Bears KO
• 3.15pm: Ticket Office closes
• 3:40pm: Lightning vs Bristol Bears HT
• 4:30pm: Lightning vs Bristol Bears FT
• 5:30pm: Rodber Bar closes
• 10:00pm: Car park closes

• Make sure to check out our Family Zone inside of Heroes, and have a go at face painting, sign making and our brand new hair plaiting station with @eleanors_beauty_and_hair
• Also in the family zone, visit our Saints and Lightning Trading Card stand!
• Northampton-based singer Hannah Faulkner will be in the Rodber Bar before the match and at half-time.
• Loughborough RFC will be providing the guard of honour as the teams run out onto the pitch.
• For the 2025/26 PWR season, Loughborough Lightning will have a brand new fan-zone located between the Gate 2 turnstiles up to the South Stand Reception.
• Make sure you’re pitchside after the final whistle for your chance to receive a signed ball from a Lightning player.
• Teams involved in the pre-game U16 girls festival will be parading the pitch at half-time, be sure to give them a wave and a cheer. 

• Make sure to get to the Village Store to get your hands on our brand new Loughborough Lightning home and away kits for the 2025/26 season and show your support!
• Brand new Loughborough Lightning bobble hats are also available.
• You can also order the kit and other Lightning merchandise HERE.

• Loughborough Lightning’s matchday programme is available to all supporters, free of charge, via a digital-only format.
• From 4pm on Friday, 20 February, the matchday programme for Lightning vs Bristol Bears will be available to view HERE.

• Car Park D is available for supporters, priced at £3 (NN5 5JT)
• Car Park hangers do not apply for this fixture.
• Car Parks D opens from 12:30pm.
• After the Car Parks close at 10:00pm, there will be no access to any vehicle left behind until Monday morning.
• Parking for Blue Badge holders ONLY is available in Car Park A.
• Given that cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens sits in a residential area of the town, we strongly urge all supporters to use the Club’s Car Parks. Should they choose not to do so, supporters must park with due care and respect for the needs of local residents and businesses.

• Rodber Bar (East Stand) will be open from 1:30pm. Hot and cold drinks will be available along with food options.
• There will also be a Pick & Mix stall in the Rodber Bar.
• Hot drinks will also be available from the coffee unit in the village.
• Please be aware that cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens is a cashless stadium; all bars and food outlets will only accept card payments.

• Box 1 (East Stand) is available to use as a sensory room on Lightning matchdays.
• This a designated space to help people, regardless of age, who have sensory processing needs.
• Its purpose is to provide a safe and calming environment for those with neurodivergent needs who may be finding the match atmosphere overwhelming.
• This will include ear defenders, fidget toys, colouring, feelings cards and calming sound/light for people to use.

• ​The Club requests that supporters refrain from standing at the side of the pitch to watch the warm-up to prevent congestion. Please watch the warm-up from your seat.
• There will NOT be an official timekeeper in attendance at the game on Sunday, so the in-stadium clocks will not stop during the game.
• Saints’ Fan Radios will NOT be in use on Sunday.