It is very important that you check your match ticket so that you know exactly which turnstile you need to use. Victoria Park is not that easy to navigate around, and it can be a long route to get from one side of the football ground to the other.
There are turnstiles on all four corners of the ground, and all four partly provide entrance to the adjacent stands either side of them.

Coming to Victoria Park via Hartlepool Station will bring you up to the ground along Clarence Road to the east. The stand that runs alongside this road is known as the Longbranch Homes Stand through sponsorship, but is also named after Cyril Knowles.
Born in Yorkshire on 13th July 1944, Knowles was a left-back who had a long successful spell at Tottenham Hotspur between 1964 and 1976. Having been made manager of Darlington and Torquay United after retiring, he became Hartlepool United manager in 1989, who were then at the bottom of the Fourth Division. He would guide the Pools to survival by the end of the season and led them to promotion into the Third Division the following year.
Knowles was diagnosed with a brain tumour in February 1991 which he failed to recover from, passing away on 30th August 1991 at the age of 47. The East Stand at Victoria Park has been named after him since 1995.
The exterior of the Longbranch Homes Stand is a mix of different sized and different coloured buildings. If you begin at the southern end, you will first come to a blue exit gate and a Ticket Collection Point. Immediately after this collection point is a white-coloured turnstile block. Turnstiles C5-C8 are located here, C5-C6 being for the Longbranch Homes Stand and C7-C8 being for fans in the adjacent South Stand.
Heading past a white wall with blue silhouettes on it, you will reach a white corrugated iron building that is elevated above ground. Underneath is the entrance marked "Executive Suites & Boxes. Maidens Suite & Boardroom."
Towards the centre of the Longbranch Homes Stand is a blue corrugated iron building, in turn elevated above ground. The entrance underneath is for the Centenary Bar (which is usually available for away supporters on a matchday).
Following another white wall with blue silhouettes, you will arrive at the northern turnstile block, also whiter in colour. Turnstiles C1-C4 are found here. Turnstiles C1-C2 are for away supporters based in the adjacent North Stand. Turnstiles C3-C4 are for home fans in the Longbranch Homes Stand.
To the right of this turnstile block is a blue exit gate, followed by two brick plaques dedicated to Hartlepool United supporters, and a further blue gate is in place between them.
The opposite side of Clarence Road from the Longbranch Homes Stand is often taken up by parked supporters coaches and team coaches on a matchday. It is usually closed off to vehicles as plenty of visiting fans walk past this stand before entering the football ground.

In the northeast corner of Victoria Park, you can find a large building with a white corrugated iron roof. It mostly has a white coloured base with its higher parts painted dark blue, but the building is painted grey on its western side.
Inside this building are major club facilities, including the Main Ticket Office. Main Reception and Pools Retail, all of which are accessible from off Clarence Road. On the western side is an entrance to the Club 1908 Lounge.

Head past a wall of brick plaques and through a set of grey gates, and you can head round to the northern side of Victoria Park. The North Stand is known for sponsorship reasons as the Simpson Millar Solicitors Stand.
The exterior of the Simpson Millar Solicitors Stand is dominated by a large blue fence atop a grass bank. Out beyond is the stadium's official car park. You can only see part of the stand's corrugated iron exterior from outside, and the blue fence is normally covered in advertising boards.
The most notable feature on this side of Victoria Park, aside from the car park, is the western side of the club office building. The adjacent northern side of this building has large boards higher up advertising Hartlepool players "suited and booted" from Suit Direct, the main sponsor of the stadium.
Fans based in the Simpson Millar Solicitors Stand need to make use of the turnstiles off Clarence Road. C1-C2 are for visiting fans, situated in the white turnstile block at the northern end of the road. You will head past the stadium's Main Reception, Ticket Office and Pools Retail in order to reach them.

A small footpath through a gate enables you to get around the northwest corner of Victoria Park. It is here that you can find a large brick building which houses The Corner Flag (Hartlepool United Football Club Supporters Association). A sign above the door indicates that visitors are welcome on a matchday.

Head around from The Corner Flag building and you will come to the start of the West Stand. It is split into two sections internally, the upper section known as the Teesside International Airport Stand. The lower section is named after Neale Cooper.
Born in India on 24th November 1963, Cooper moved to Scotland as a child, coming through Aberdeen’s academy and going on to play more than 350 games for clubs in Scotland and England. He moved into management in 1996, taking charge of Hartlepool United between 2003 and 2005 during what is considered one of the club’s most exciting chapters. He was reappointed Hartlepool manager six years later in 2011 and resigned the following October.
Forever held in high regard by Pools fans, Cooper passed away on 28th May 2018 at the age of 54 after being found collapsed in a stairwell in Aberdeen. The West Stand at Victoria Park has been named in his honour since June of that year.
The exterior of the western side appears rather naked when compared to the Longbranch Homes Stand opposite. There is a perimeter fence a little away from the outer wall, which is made mostly from corrugated iron. The underside of the stand’s seating area is visible from outside, with an outer concourse housed beneath this.
There are two sets of turnstile blocks for the western side of Victoria Park Both can be found at either end of the stand. The more northern turnstile block, made from brick, houses Turnstiles M3-M6. Immediately left of Turnstile M3 is a booth marked "Card Sales Only and Teesside International Airport Stand Collections."
The more southern turnstile block, also made from brick, houses Turnstiles M7-M14. This turnstile block is also used by fans based in the adjacent South Stand, M7-M11 being marked for those in the Teesside International Airport Stand or the Neale Cooper Terrace.
Immediately outside this western side of Victoria Park is a small skate park and a fenced off football court. The small car park out beyond here is a pay and display officially used for the Mill House Leisure Centre. Fans regularly make use of this on a first-come first-served basis during matchdays though.

The South Stand at Victoria Park is better known to many as the Town End. It is known for sponsorship reasons however as the Brunel Group Stand.
This is the least accessible side of Victoria Park. With a Morrisons supermarket right up behind it, you are unable to walk right alongside its corrugated iron exterior unless you have a ticket for this side of the football ground.
The Brunel Group Stand has two sets of turnstiles available to use, both on opposite sides of the stadium. Turnstiles M12-M14 can be found on the western side of the stadium, next to ones used for the Teesside International Airport Stand and the Neale Cooper Terrace. Alternatively, Turnstiles C7-C8 can be found on the eastern side of the stadium, next to ones used for the Longbranch Homes Stand off Clarence Road.
If you are outside the Cyril Knowles Stand, there are two different routes you can take to get to these southwest turnstiles. One involves heading south down Clarence Road past the Morrisons car park and turning right onto Museum Road from a roundabout. From there, you continue along Museum Road, turn right on Raby Road, and pass through the bollards onto Rium Terrace. Head up here and the southwest turnstiles will eventually become visible on your right.
Alternatively, you can head north along Clarence Road, past the Main Reception Building, and turn left into the ground’s official car park. Heading all the way through this car park and will bring you to a footpath that swings round to the left, past The Corner Flag building. Head along this and past the northwest turnstiles to the southwest turnstiles.