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This is a list of sports stadiums in England, ranked in descending order of capacity. All stadiums in England with a capacity of 10,000 or more are included.

Only stadiums within the territory of England are included; thus the home stadiums of the six Welsh football clubs playing in the English football league system are not listed here.

Current stadiums

Image Stadium Location Current capacity with expansion limit Sport Occupant Notes
Wembley Stadium Wembley, London 90,000 Football National football team, De facto home of the England national football team and used for club football cup and play-off finals. Also used for the Rugby league Challenge Cup Final and American football with National Football League matches being held annually.
Old Trafford Old Trafford, Greater Manchester 74,994 (88,000)[1] Football Manchester United Since 1998 has been used to host Rugby league's Super League Grand Final. Also used for some Rugby league Internationals and one Rugby league World Club Challenge.
Twickenham Stadium Twickenham, London 82,000 Rugby union National Rugby union team Whilst the new Wembley Stadium was being built, Twickenham hosted some Rugby league Internationals and the Rugby league Challenge Cup Final twice.
London Stadium Stratford, London 66,000[2] Athletics, Football West Ham United Built for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. Refitted for football and athletics.
Stadium of Light Sunderland 49,000 (65,000)[3] Football Sunderland
Etihad Stadium Manchester, Greater Manchester 55,097 (63,000)[4] Football Manchester City Formerly known as City of Manchester Stadium. Hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games and 2008 UEFA Cup Final.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Tottenham, London 62,303[5] Football Tottenham Hotspur The stadium was completed and opened on 3 April 2019
Anfield Liverpool 54,167 (61,000)[6] Football Liverpool In 1991, held the Rugby league World Club Challenge match between Wigan and Penrith.
Emirates Stadium Holloway, London 60,260[7] Football Arsenal Without the naming rights, the stadium is known as Ashburton Grove,[8] or simply Arsenal Stadium. Of note, UEFA international competitions do not use the commercial names of stadiums.
Goodison Park Liverpool 40,170 (will be replaced with 52,888-seat stadium)[9] Football Everton The only club ground in England to have hosted a World Cup Semi-Final. The first club to host a FA Cup Final.
St. James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 52,387

(65,000)

Football Newcastle United Hosted several Euro 1996 games and games for the football tournament at the London 2012 Olympics.
Elland Road Leeds 39,460 (51,000)[10] Football Leeds United Was originally the home ground of Holbeck Rugby league Club and also hosts Rugby league Internationals as well as World Club Challenge (and other) matches for Leeds Rhinos. For a number of years the home ground of Hunslet Rugby League Club. Location for Rugby League Challenge Cup Final replays and RFL Yorkshire Cup finals.
Villa Park Aston, Birmingham 42,788 (50,000)[6] Football Aston Villa
St Mary's Stadium Southampton 32,689 (50,000 planned)[11] Football Southampton
Molineux Wolverhampton 31,700 (50,000 planned)[12] Football Wolverhampton Wanderers
Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield 39,732 (45,000)[13] Football Sheffield Wednesday Euro 1996 group stage venue.
Stamford Bridge Fulham, London 42,449 [6] Football Chelsea
Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough 35,100 (42,000)[14] Football Middlesbrough
Bramall Lane Sheffield 33,000 (40,000 seat expansion going to build) Football Sheffield United
King Power Stadium Leicester 32,312 (40,000 planned) Football Leicester City Has hosted some of Leicester Tigers major games including their major Heineken Cup Matches and Premiership play-offs games.
Ewood Park Blackburn 31,367 (40,000 expansion renovation structurally possible)[6] Football Blackburn Rovers Has hosted Rugby league Internationals.
City Ground Nottingham 30,602 (38,000 planned)[15] Football Nottingham Forest
Selhurst Park Selhurst, London 26,225 (34,000 to expand)[16] Football Crystal Palace
Pride Park Stadium Derby 33,597[17] Football Derby County
Ricoh Arena Coventry 32,609[18] Football & Rugby Union Coventry City & Wasps RFC
Alexander Stadium Birmingham 32,000 Athletics Birchfield Harriers
Falmer Stadium Brighton 30,750[19] Football Brighton and Hove Albion
Stadium MK Milton Keynes 30,500 Football Milton Keynes Dons
St Andrew's Birmingham 30,016[17] Football Birmingham City
Lord's Cricket Ground St John's Wood, London 30,000 Cricket Middlesex CCC A major redevelopment has been proposed for Lord's which would increase capacity by another 10,000 as well as adding apartments and an ice rink.[citation needed]
Craven Cottage Fulham, London 26,000 (30,000 to expand) Football Fulham Original home ground of Fulham RL club.
Portman Road Ipswich 29,673[20] Football Ipswich Town
University of Bolton Stadium Bolton 28,723[6] Football Bolton Wanderers
Bet365 Stadium Stoke 28,384[17] Football Stoke City
The Hawthorns West Bromwich 27,877[21] Football West Bromwich Albion
Carrow Road Norwich 27,359[22] Football Norwich City
The Valley Charlton, London 27,111[6] Football Charlton Athletic Has been a home ground for London Broncos.
Ashton Gate Bristol 27,000[23] Football and Rugby Union Bristol City & Bristol Bears Construction for Bristol City's £40m redevelopment of Ashton Gate was completed in September 2016.
Odsal Stadium Bradford 26,019[24] Rugby league Bradford Bulls Was a home for Bradford City whilst Valley Parade was being rebuilt.
The Oval Kennington, London 25,500 Cricket Surrey CCC
KC Stadium Kingston upon Hull 25,404 (plans to expand 32,000)[25] Football & Rugby league Hull City AFC & Hull
The Darlington Arena Darlington 25,294[26] Rugby Union Darlington Mowden Park RFC
DW Stadium Wigan 25,138[27] Football & Rugby league Wigan Athletic & Wigan Warriors
Valley Parade Bradford 25,136[28] Football Bradford City Was the home ground of Bradford Bulls Rugby league club while Odsal Stadium was being redeveloped.
Edgbaston Cricket Ground Birmingham 25,000 Cricket Warwickshire CCC
John Smiths Stadium Huddersfield 24,554[29] Football & Rugby league Huddersfield Town & Huddersfield Giants RLFC
Madejski Stadium Reading 24,161[30] Football & Rugby union Reading
Welford Road Leicester 26,000 Rugby union Leicester Tigers Expanding to 30,000 seats due to increased supporter demand.
Deepdale Preston 23,408 Football Preston North End The oldest continunally used football stadium in the world, in use since 21 January 1875.[31] Lancashire Lynx Rugby league club also used the ground as their home.
Oakwell Stadium Barnsley 23,009[32] Football Barnsley
Turf Moor Burnley 22,619[33] Football Burnley
Headingley Leeds 22,250 Rugby league & Rugby union Leeds Rhinos & Yorkshire Carnegie
Old Trafford Old Trafford, Greater Manchester 22,000 Cricket Lancashire CCC
Rose Bowl Southampton 22,000 Cricket Hampshire Has a standard capacity of 6,500, but uses temporary seating to give a capacity of 22,000 for international matches.[34]
Vicarage Road Watford 22,000 Football Watford Has played host to Rugby league Internationals and Saracens FC before February 2013.
Vale Park Burslem 20,552[35] Football Port Vale
Meadow Lane Nottingham 20,438[26] Football & Rugby union Notts County & Nottingham RFC
Fratton Park Portsmouth 20,288 Football Portsmouth
The Den Bermondsey, London 20,146[36] Football Millwall
Crystal Palace NSC Crystal Palace, London 20,000 Athletics Has been a host to London Crusaders Rugby league club.
Home Park Plymouth 19,500[37] Football Plymouth Argyle
Loftus Road Shepherd's Bush, London 19,148[17] Football Queens Park Rangers Has played host to Rugby league Internationals.
Headingley Leeds 18,350 Cricket Yorkshire CCC
Langtree Park St. Helens 18,000[24] Rugby league St Helens R.F.C.
Brentford Community Stadium London 17,250 Football and Rugby Union London Irish and Brentford FC
Riverside Ground Chester-le-Street 17,000[38] Cricket Durham CCC
Brunton Park Carlisle 16,981[39] Football Carlisle United Was also the original home ground of Carlisle RLFC in the 1980s.
Prenton Park Birkenhead 16,567[40] Football Tranmere Rovers
Kingsholm Stadium Gloucester 16,500 Rugby union Gloucester Rugby
Bloomfield Road Blackpool 16,116 Football Blackpool F.C. Plays host the Northern Rail Rugby league Cup Final.
County Ground Swindon 15,728[41] Football Swindon Town
Trent Bridge Nottingham 15,358[42] Cricket Nottinghamshire CCC
Keepmoat Stadium Doncaster 15,231[43] Football & Rugby league Doncaster Rovers & Doncaster
Halliwell Jones Stadium Warrington 15,200[24] Rugby league Warrington Wolves
London Road Peterborough 15,152[44] Football Peterborough United
St Lawrence Ground Canterbury 15,000 Cricket Kent CCC One of two cricket grounds that have a tree within the boundary.
County Cricket Ground Bristol 15,000[45] Cricket Gloucestershire CCC
Centre Court, Wimbledon Wimbledon, London 15,000[46] Tennis
The Shay Halifax 14,000 Football & Rugby league Halifax Town & Halifax Largest non-league football stadium.
Boundary Park Oldham 13,624[47] Football & Rugby league Oldham Athletic & Oldham R.L.F.C.
Franklin's Gardens Northampton 15,600 Rugby union Northampton Saints plans to expand stadium to 17300.
Stobart Stadium Halton Widnes 13,350 Rugby league Widnes Vikings
Sandy Park Exeter 16,000[48] Rugby union Exeter Chiefs There are plans to expand the stadium's capacity to perhaps 20,000 if Exeter establish themselves as a top-flight side.[49]
Griffin Park Brentford, London 12,763[23] Football Brentford Has been the home ground for London Broncos Rugby league club (2002–2006).
Twickenham Stoop Twickenham, London 14,000 Rugby union & League Harlequins & Harlequin R.F.L.
Kassam Stadium Oxford 12,500 Football Oxford United.
Craven Park Kingston upon Hull 12,500 Rugby league Hull Kingston Rovers
Roots Hall Southend 12,392[17] Football Southend United Was also home ground for Southend Invicta Rugby league club.
Recreation Ground Bath 14,300 Rugby union & Cricket Bath Rugby & Somerset CCC.
Memorial Stadium Bristol 12,100 Football Bristol Rovers
Sixways Stadium Worcester 12,068[50] Rugby union Worcester Warriors
Belle Vue Wakefield 12,000 Rugby league Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Was also home to Wakefield and Emley between 2007 and 2009.
New York Stadium Rotherham 12,000 Football Rotherham United
Salford City Stadium Salford 12,000 Rugby league Sale Sharks & Salford City Reds
Gigg Lane Bury 11,840[51] Football Bury & FC United Was home to Swinton Lions (1992–2002).
Gateshead International Stadium Gateshead 11,800 Athletics, Football & Rugby league Gateshead FC, Gateshead Thunder (1999) & Gateshead Thunder
The Jungle Castleford 11,750[24] Rugby league Castleford Tigers
Peasholm Park End North Marine Road Scarbrough 11,500 Cricket Yorkshire CCC Scarborough CC
Bescot Stadium Walsall 11,500[52] Football Walsall
No. 1 Court, Wimbledon Wimbledon, London 11,429[53] Tennis
Priestfield Stadium Gillingham 10,952[23] Football Gillingham
Edgeley Park Edgeley, Stockport 10,832[54] Football & Rugby union Stockport County & Sale Sharks.
Derwent Park Workington 10,500 Rugby league & Speedway Workington Town & Workington Comets
Proact Stadium Chesterfield 10,379 Football Chesterfield Football Club
Vitality Stadium Bournemouth 10,375[55] Football AFC Bournemouth
Kenilworth Road Luton 10,226[56][57] Football Luton Town
Spotland Rochdale 10,208[26] Football Rochdale
Kingston Park Newcastle-upon-Tyne 10,200 Rugby union Newcastle Falcons
Alexandra Stadium Crewe 10,153[58] Football Crewe Alexandra
Sincil Bank Lincoln 10,127[59] Football Lincoln City
Colchester Community Stadium Colchester 10,105[60] Football Colchester United
Blundell Park Cleethorpes 10,033[26] Football Grimsby Town
Adams Park High Wycombe 10,000 Football Wycombe Wanderers
Allianz Park Hendon, London 10,000 (to be expanded to 10,500) Rugby Union Saracens FC Capacity reduced to 8,500 for 2019/20 season, while new West Stand is built
Queen's Club London 10,000 Tennis Queen's Club Championships
County Cricket Ground Beckenham 10,000 Cricket Kent CCC

Former stadiums

Main article: List of defunct English football stadiums

Following crowd troubles in the 1980s, and regulations imposed after the Taylor Report, several English football league stadiums have been built or completely redeveloped in the last few years. Prior to 1988, however, the last newly built Football League ground in England & Wales was Roots Hall, Southend, which was opened in 1955.Next was in 1989.

Future stadiums

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

Stadium Location Capacity Sport Occupant Notes
Stamford Bridge Fulham, London 60,000 Football Chelsea In planning stage
Crystal Palace Park Crystal Palace, London 40,000 Football Crystal Palace In planning stage
Fossetts Farm Stadium Southend, Essex 22,000 Football Southend United In planning stage
Five Towns Stadium Castleford, West Yorkshire 13,300 Rugby league Castleford Tigers In planning stage
Stadium for Cornwall Threemilestone, Cornwall 10,000 Rugby union, Football Cornish Pirates, Truro City In planning stage

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