The Riverside Stadium’s exterior has a very nice balance to it. Much like other large football grounds that were built around the same time, the stadium has a white cantilever roof that runs the whole way around its fully enclosed exterior.
The South Stand is taken up mostly by the cantilever roof which comes down the back and into the ground around it, but there is also a nice, sandy coloured brickwork base where the turnstiles into this stand can be found. A large red tower protrudes out of the southeast corner and close to this is the club’s Away Ticket Office, right next to the away turnstiles.
One of the larger club car parks is out beyond the South Stand, accessible by heading along The Leeway and entering over by the southeast corner.

Continuing round in a clockwise direction brings you to the West Stand, which is easily the most interesting part of the Riverside Stadium’s exterior.
It is taller than the other three stands and you can clearly see the cantilever roof jump up in both the northwest and southwest corners, though it still remains connected to the rest of the stadium.
Middlesbrough’s Official Club Shop as well as the entrance into the Middlehaven Suite can be found in the northwest corner, whilst the entrance into the Legends’ Lounge is in the southwest corner of the stadium.
In the centre of the West Stand is the Players' and Officials' Entrances between two large red towers that form part of the modern-looking façade. Large grey panels and opaque glass windows run along the upper levels of the West Stand, with the cantilever roof up above this.

Out beyond the centre of the West Stand is a large red gate alongside two statues.
The one on the left is of George Hardwick, regarded as the greatest defender in the club’s history and a player who also collected 13 England caps. His legacy lives on in the George Hardwick Foundation dedicated to helping carers, former carers and patients. The foundation has three main sites in Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough and The University Hospital of North Tees.
The statue on the right is of Wilfred Mannion, a forward who made over 350 senior appearances for Middlesbrough and is arguably considered the club’s greatest ever player. He was also a former England International who in 2004 was inducted into the English Hall of Fame at the National Football Museum in Manchester.
A small building for ticket collections is out further beyond the red gate and the two statues, whilst the club’s Main Ticket Office is located in the West Stand itself, over towards the southwest corner.
As you would expect, there are more car parking spaces here than can be found anywhere else around the stadium.

The North Stand’s exterior looks almost identical to the South Stand opposite, but the main noticeable difference is that there is no red tower in one of the corners.
There are two rows of car parking spaces out beyond the stand, and part of the River Tees is out beyond here, with a metal fence put up to keep people off the bank itself.
Tickets for the North Stand can be bought and collected from a small opening in the brickwork wall next to Turnstiles 30-34.

The East Stand follows a similar design to the North and South Stands, but also includes a row of glass windows above the turnstiles.
The entrances into the Willie Maddren Education Centre and the Hardwick Bar are located in the centre of the stand under a small curved roof, and there is a single row of parking beyond its exterior, which is again dominated by the white cantilever roof.