List of British rugby league stadiums by capacity

This is a list of British rugby league stadiums. ranked in descending order of capacity. There is a large number of rugby league stadiums and pitches in England, and a definitive list of stadia would be impossible to produce. This list, therefore, is limited to stadiums that meet one of the following criteria based on current capacity:

Existing stadiums
Overall
Rank		 Stadium Town / City Capacity Team League
1 Odsal Stadium Bradford 26,019 Bradford Bulls Championship
2 MKM Stadium Hull 25,586 Hull F.C. Super League
3 DW Stadium Wigan 25,133 Wigan Warriors Super League
4 Kirklees Stadium Huddersfield 24,500 Huddersfield Giants Super League
5 Headingley Headingley, Leeds 21,062 Leeds Rhinos Super League
  Stade Ernest-Wallon France Toulouse[lower-alpha 1] 19,500 Toulouse Olympique Championship
6 Totally Wicked Stadium St Helens 18,000 St Helens Super League
7 Eco-Power Stadium Doncaster 15,231 Doncaster League One
8 Halliwell Jones Stadium Warrington 15,200 Warrington Wolves Super League
9 The Shay Halifax 14,061 Halifax Panthers Championship
10 Boundary Park Oldham 13,531 Oldham League One
  Stade Gilbert Brutus France Perpignan[lower-alpha 1] 13,000 Catalans Dragons Super League
12 Craven Park Hull 12,225 Hull Kingston Rovers Super League
13 Salford City Stadium Barton upon Irwell, Salford 12,000 Salford Red Devils Super League
14 Leigh Sports Village Leigh 12,000 Leigh Leopards Super League
15 Wheldon Road Castleford 11,775 Castleford Tigers Super League
16 Kingston Park Newcastle upon Tyne 10,200 Newcastle Thunder Championship
17 Derwent Park Workington 10,000 Workington Town League One
18 Spotland Stadium Rochdale 9,961 Rochdale Hornets League One
19 Post Office Road Featherstone 9,850 Featherstone Rovers Championship
20 Belle Vue Wakefield 9,333 Wakefield Trinity Super League
21 Plough Lane Wimbledon, London 9,215 London Broncos Championship
22 York Community Stadium Huntington, York 8,500 York Knights Championship
23 Craven Park Barrow in Furness 7,600 Barrow Raiders Championship
24 Cougar Park Keighley 7,500 Keighley Cougars Championship
25 Mount Pleasant Batley 7,500 Batley Bulldogs Championship
26 Recreation Ground Whitehaven 7,500 Whitehaven Championship
27 Eirias Stadium Colwyn Bay 6,080 North Wales Crusaders League One
28 Crown Flatt Dewsbury 5,100 Dewsbury Rams League One
29 Fartown Ground Huddersfield 5,000 amateur rugby league
30 White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre Wood Green, London 5,000 London Skolars League One
31 South Leeds Stadium Beeston, Leeds 4,000 Hunslet League One
32 Memorial Ground Penryn 4,000 Cornwall League One
33 Olympic Leagcy Stadium Sheffield 3,900 Sheffield Eagles Championship
34 Heywood Road Sale 3,387 Swinton Lions Championship

Former stadiums

Stadiums no longer used for rugby league
Stadium City Club Capacity Last used
Barnet Copthall Hendon, London London Broncos 10,500 1995
Brewery Field Bridgend Crusaders 8,000 2009
Butts Park Arena Coventry Coventry Bears 4,000 2021
Coundon Road Stadium Coventry Coventry Bears 9,000 2004
Craven Cottage Fulham, London London Broncos 22,384 1984
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre Crystal Palace, London London Broncos 16,000 1993
Deepdale Preston Lancashire Lynx 23,404 2000
Elland Road Beeston, Leeds Hunslet 37,608 1995
Leeds Greyhound Stadium Beeston, Leeds Hunslet 1980
Gateshead International Stadium Gateshead Gateshead Thunder 11,800 2014
Griffin Park Brentford, London London Broncos 12,300 2006
The Gnoll Heath South Wales Scorpions 6,000 2013
Iffley Road Oxford Oxford 500 2017
Polytechnic Stadium Fulham, London London Broncos 1990
Portway Stadium Birmingham Midlands Hurricanes 3,000 2022
Queensway Stadium Wrexham North Wales Crusaders 8,256 2020
Racecourse Ground Wrexham North Wales Crusaders 15,500 2016
The Hive Stadium Canons Park, London London Broncos 6,500 2015
Trailfinders Sports Ground West Ealing, London London Broncos 5,000 2021
Twickenham Stoop Twickenham, London London Broncos 14,800 2013
Woodlands Memorial Ground Lytham St Annes Blackpool Panthers 9,000 2010
The Valley Charlton, London London Broncos 27,111 2000
Victory Park Chorley Chorley Lynx 4,300 2004

Demolished stadiums
YearClubDefunct StadiumReplacement Stadium
1973 Hunslet Parkside
1988 Rochdale Hornets Athletic Grounds Spotland Stadium
1989 Hull Kingston Rovers Old Craven Park New Craven Park
1991 Dewsbury Rams Old Crown Flatt Crown Flatt
1992 Swinton Lions Station Road Gigg Lane
1997 Oldham Watersheddings Boundary Park
1998 Halifax Panthers Thrum Hall The Shay
1999 Wigan Warriors Central Park DW Stadium
2002 Hull F.C. The Boulevard MKM Stadium
2004 Warrington Wolves Wilderspool Halliwell Jones Stadium
2006 Doncaster Belle Vue Keepmoat Stadium
2009 Leigh Leopards Hilton Park Leigh Sports Village
2010 St Helens Knowsley Road Langtree Park
2011 Salford Red Devils The Willows City of Salford Stadium
2013 Sheffield Eagles Don Valley Stadium Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium
2014 York Knights Huntington Stadium York Community Stadium

Future stadiums

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

StadiumExpected
capacity		ClubNotes
Five Towns Stadium15,000 Castleford Tigers
The Jungle (Wheldon Road)
(Redevelopment)		11,775 Castleford TigersIn April 2022, Castleford announced alternative plans to their new stadium project. The club would use £2m grant from Wakefield Councils Rugby League Resilience Fund and funds from the new employment site proposed at the site of the new stadium.

The club would then build a new main stand and modernise and redevelop the 3 other existing stands.

Cougar Park
(Redevelopment)		7,800 Keighley CougarsKeighley announced plans for a new 2,000 capacity main stand in April 2023 that’s would be partly funded by the £33m Keighley Towns Fund. It will replace the original stand that dates back to the 1930s and include classrooms, a cafe, health suite and better facilities for the media and TV crews.
New Swinton Stadium6,000 Swinton Lions

There are usually also several expansions to existing grounds in progress.

See also

Notes
  1. Located in France but club plays in a top 3 tier of British Rugby League

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