List of English rugby league stadiums by capacity

This is a partial list of English rugby league stadiums, ranked in descending order of capacity.

Existing stadiums

English rugby league stadiums
Stadium City Image Club Division Capacity Record RL
Attendance		 Notes
Wembley Stadium London – – 90,000 85,217 Challenge Cup Final
Test matches
Old Trafford Manchester – – 75,643 74,468 Super League Grand Final
Test matches
Olympic Stadium London – – 66,000 44,393 Test matches
Elland Road Leeds – – 37,890 39,468 Test matches
Odsal Stadium Bradford Bradford Bulls Championship 27,500 102,569 Largest club venue in Great Britain
KCOM Stadium Hull Hull F.C. Super League 25,400 25,150 Shared with Hull City A.F.C.
DW Stadium Wigan Wigan Warriors Super League 25,133 25,011 Shared with Wigan Athletic F.C.
Kirklees Stadium Huddersfield Huddersfield Giants Super League 24,500 24,126 Shared with Huddersfield Town F.C.
Headingley Leeds Leeds Rhinos Super League 21,062 40,175 Shared with Yorkshire Carnegie
Totally Wicked Stadium St Helens St. Helens Super League 18,000 17,980 Shared with Liverpool F.C. Reserves
Keepmoat Stadium Doncaster Doncaster League 1 15,231 14,716 Shared with Doncaster Rovers F.C.
Halliwell Jones Stadium Warrington Warrington Wolves Super League 15,200 15,008
The Shay Halifax Halifax Championship 14,061 10,666 Shared with FC Halifax Town
Select Security Stadium Widnes Widnes Vikings Super League 13,350 14,666 Shared with Widnes F.C.
Craven Park Hull Hull Kingston Rovers Championship 12,225 11,811
Leigh Sports Village Leigh Leigh Centurions Super League 12,000 12,005 Shared with Leigh Genesis F.C. and Swinton Lions
Mend-A-Hose Jungle Castleford Castleford Tigers Super League 11,775 25,449
Zebra Claims Stadium Workington Workington Town League 1 10,000 17,741 Shared with Workington Comets
Crown Oil Arena Rochdale Rochdale Hornets Championship 9,961 6,492 Shared with Rochdale A.F.C.
Post Office Road Featherstone Featherstone Rovers Championship 9,850 17,000
Belle Vue Wakefield Wakefield Trinity Super League 9,333 29,335 Shared with Sheffield Eagles (2017)
Bootham Crescent York York City Knights League 1 8,256 11,347 Shared with York City F.C.
Craven Park Barrow-in-Furness Barrow Raiders League 1 7,600 16,045
Cougar Park Keighley Keighley Cougars League 1 7,500 14,000
Fox's Biscuits Stadium Batley Batley Bulldogs Championship 7,500 23,989
Recreation Ground Whitehaven Whitehaven Championship 7,500 18,650
Bower Fold Stalybridge Oldham Roughyeds Championship 6,500 4,089 Shared with Stalybridge Celtic F.C.
Tetley's Stadium Dewsbury Dewsbury Rams Championship 5,100 3,995
Fartown Ground Huddersfield 5,000 35,136 Former home of Huddersfield Giants
New River Stadium London London Skolars League 1 5,000 415 Shared with Hashtag United F.C.
Owlerton Stadium Sheffield Sheffield Eagles Championship 4,000 3,636 Shared with Sheffield Tigers
Trailfinders Sports Ground London London Broncos Championship 3,020 1,845 Shared with Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club
Butts Park Arena Coventry Coventry Bears League 1 3,000 Shared with Coventry R.F.C. and Coventry United F.C.
Pennine Way stadium Hemel Hempstead Hemel Stags League 1 2,000 125
Prince of Wales Stadium Cheltenham Gloucestershire All Golds League 1 2,000 137 Shared with Smiths Rugby Club
Iffley Road Oxford Oxford League 1 500 55 Shared with Oxford University RFC

Old stadiums

Former / Demolished Stadiums
Stadium Image Club Capacity Record RL
Attendance		 Closed
Wembley Stadium – 82,000 99,801 2000
Old Crown Flatt Dewsbury Rams 26,000+ 1991
Don Valley Stadium Sheffield Eagles 25,000 10,603 2013
Central Park Wigan Warriors 18,000 47,747 1999
Knowsley Road St. Helens 17,500 35,695 2010
Belle Vue Doncaster 11,500 2006
The Willows Salford Red Devils 11,363 26,470 2011
Station Road Swinton Lions 11,000 44,621 1992
The Boulevard Hull F.C. 10,500 21,504 2009
Craven Park Hull Kingston Rovers 10,000 20,000 1989
Hilton Park Leigh Centurions 10,000 17,000 2009
Thrum Hall Halifax 9,832 29,153 1998
Wilderspool Stadium Warrington Wolves 9,200 35,000 2014
Watersheddings Oldham Roughyeds 9,000 28,000 1997

Future stadiums

Stadiums which are currently in development, and are likely to open in the near future, include:

Stadium Capacity Club Notes
New Castleford Stadium 15,000 Castleford Tigers
Newmarket Stadium 15,000 Wakefield Trinity
New Swinton Stadium 6,000 Swinton Lions

There are usually also several expansions to existing grounds in progress. See the discussion thread linked below for the latest details.

See also

References

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