A Craven Cottage away day puts you in the Putney End, behind the goal at the southern end of the ground, after what might be the nicest walk to a football stadium in England. Fulham's home sits on the bank of the Thames in SW6, about 10 to 15 minutes on foot from Putney Bridge station through Bishops Park, and the away allocation for most Premier League games runs to roughly 2,700. Here is the whole day, from the station to the final whistle.
Where away fans sit at Craven Cottage
Away supporters take one side of the Putney End, the stand behind the goal at the southern end, in the blocks closest to the Riverside Stand. The Football Ground Guide's 2026/27 page for the ground lists P5, P6 and P7, with an allocation of around 2,700 for most fixtures. Home fans have the rest of that end, so you are not sealed into a corner of the ground, and the Cottage keeps the feel of a proper old day out because of it.
The stand itself is honest, elderly and loud when it wants to be. Legroom is generous by Premier League standards, and the construction is metal and plywood, which means a few hundred away fans stamping their feet sound like several thousand. A handful of seats in the back rows have support beams in the way, so if your ticket office lets you choose, go lower and central. The food and drink kiosks sit behind the stand, covered but open to the air, and that is a detail you will remember on a Wednesday night in December.
Allocations move from game to game, and the number a ground guide prints is not always the number your club receives. Our reference piece on away end capacity at English grounds sets out what Premier League Rule R.9 and EFL Regulation 34.2.1 require, and how to check the real figure before you commit to travel.
Getting to Craven Cottage from Putney Bridge and Hammersmith
Putney Bridge on the District line is the nearest station, and the walk takes 10 to 15 minutes through Bishops Park. Leave the station, turn left and then right into Ranelagh Gardens, follow the bend round, cross at Putney Bridge and go into the park. Keep the Thames on your left and the ground appears in front of you. Locals call that stretch the Green Mile, and for the last few hundred yards you are under plane trees on the embankment path with rowers going by on the water.
Hammersmith is the other sensible option: Circle, District, Hammersmith and City and Piccadilly lines, then about 20 minutes straight down Fulham Palace Road past Charing Cross Hospital before turning right into Crabtree Lane or Harbord Street. It is the better bet if you are arriving from Paddington, and plenty of visiting fans use it on the way out when Putney Bridge is backed up. East Putney and Parsons Green are both walkable as well.
Do not drive. Matchday parking in this part of SW6 is effectively non-existent, the residential streets are permit-controlled, and every guide to the ground gives the same advice.
Bishops Park earns its own paragraph. It opened in 1893 under the London County Council, it holds Grade II status on the register of parks and gardens of special historic interest, and it runs from the river up past Fulham Palace. A memorial to the International Brigade volunteers of the Spanish Civil War has stood in there since 1997. Give yourself an extra 20 minutes and take the walk slowly, because there are very few grounds in the country where the approach is the best part of the journey.
The Riverside Stand, and what actually changed
The Riverside Stand is the big structural change at Craven Cottage, and it took well over a decade to arrive. Fulham were granted permission on 27 July 2012 to redevelop the river side of the ground and take capacity towards 30,000. Work began in the summer of 2019, and the ground played on at a temporary 19,000 through the 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons. On 17 March 2022 the club announced the lower tier would be open for 2022/23, holding over 2,000 supporters. The chairman had already said, on 26 November 2019, that the development would carry the name Fulham Pier and operate as a venue outside matchdays.
Completion slipped from 2021 to 2024, and the fit-out was still being finished as of February 2025. The finished stand is raised above pitch level, runs the length of the Thames side, added roughly 3,900 seats, and took a Stadium Design Summit award in 2025.
From the Putney End it changes the room. The old Riverside was a low 1972 stand with the river behind it, and the replacement is a wall. The corner has survived intact, though, with the Grade II listed Cottage pavilion of 1905 still tucked into it, and so has the Johnny Haynes Stand on Stevenage Road, Archibald Leitch's 1905 work and one of the last of its kind anywhere in English football.
How many does Craven Cottage hold now
Published capacities for Craven Cottage do not currently agree with one another, which matters if you plan on quoting a figure in the pub. The Premier League handbook figure is 28,107. The Football Ground Guide's current page says 29,600 after the redevelopment. ONTOUR's Craven Cottage ground page lists 27,782.
For an away supporter, none of those three is the number that governs your day. The allocation does. Treat the total as a little under 30,000, and go by the figure your own club publishes when tickets are released.
Away ticket prices at Craven Cottage in 2026/27
The Football Ground Guide lists these Putney End bands for the 2026/27 season:
| Band | Adult | Concession / young adult | Junior |
|---|---|---|---|
| A+ | £79 | £73 | £42 |
| A | £73 | £67 | £36 |
| B | £61 | £54 | £36 |
| C | £48 | £42 | £36 |
| Family | £36 | £31 | £19 |
Match categories are set by the home club, so the band your fixture falls into depends on the opponent and the date. What you actually pay for an away allocation is confirmed by your own club's ticket office when it goes on sale, and that is the number to budget against.
Pubs and the hour before kick-off
Two pubs come up repeatedly for visiting supporters, and both sit on the Putney Bridge side, so they are on your way in rather than a detour. The Eight Bells at 89 Fulham High Street, SW6 3JS is listed as an away-fans pub on matchdays. The King's Arms at 425 New King's Road, SW6 4RN is the other regular recommendation. Both fill early for a 3pm, so a coach that lands at half twelve means going straight there.
If they are full, the park is the answer. A lot of away fans pick up a coffee near the station and walk the riverside path slowly instead, and at this ground that is no consolation prize. Get to the turnstiles in good time either way, because the queues at the Putney End back up in the final 20 minutes before kick-off.
Fulham's next home fixtures in 2026/27
The next ten home league games at Craven Cottage, as listed on ONTOUR. Kick-off times are UK time as currently listed, and television selections move them, so check again a fortnight out.
| Date | Fixture | Listed kick-off |
|---|---|---|
| Sat 17 Oct 2026 | Fulham v Hull City | 15:00 |
| Wed 28 Oct 2026 | Fulham v Crystal Palace | 19:45 |
| Sat 7 Nov 2026 | Fulham v Newcastle United | 15:00 |
| Sun 29 Nov 2026 | Fulham v AFC Bournemouth | 14:05 |
| Sat 12 Dec 2026 | Fulham v Brentford | 15:00 |
| Sat 26 Dec 2026 | Fulham v Brighton and Hove Albion | 15:00 |
| Wed 30 Dec 2026 | Fulham v Arsenal | 19:30 |
| Wed 6 Jan 2027 | Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur | 19:30 |
| Sat 23 Jan 2027 | Fulham v Aston Villa | 15:00 |
| Sat 6 Feb 2027 | Fulham v Manchester City | 15:00 |
The two midweek 19:30 kick-offs either side of new year are the ones the Putney End was built for, and the west London trip to take a chance on is Brentford on 12 December. Fulham sit 19th in the table as things stand, which usually sharpens the mood inside a ground rather than softening it. Fulham's club page carries the live position, form and results, and the full fixture list covers every other ground you might be heading to.
Craven Cottage on ONTOUR
Craven Cottage is one of the grounds ONTOUR fans have posted from most this season. The Chelsea game on Monday 24 August, the AFC Wimbledon EFL Cup tie that Thursday, and the 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Sunday 20 September all carry check-ins from supporters who were in the ground, and the matchday photos from the United afternoon are on the Craven Cottage ground page now, taken from the seats rather than the press box. Somewhere in the country this weekend a fan will walk into an away end, log it before the teams come out, and have the ground on their record by Monday morning.
That is what ONTOUR is for, as in on tour with your club, and nothing to do with the travel or clothing brands of a similar name. You check in at the ground, your photos attach themselves to the right fixture, and a season of away days turns into something you still have in ten years. If you are chasing the full set, the 92 Club page tracks which grounds count this season, the 92 Club rules explained covers the edge cases hoppers argue about, and groundhopping for beginners handles the cost and the first few trips.
Do Craven Cottage early. Very few grounds hand you a listed Edwardian pavilion, a mile of riverside and an away end that still lets you hear yourself sing, all in one afternoon.
