List of English rugby league stadiums by capacity

This is a list of English rugby league stadiums. It contains all finals venues and professional club grounds in addition to select amateur club grounds, ranked in descending order of seating capacity.

Existing stadiums
Stadium City Image Club Division Capacity Record RL
attendance		 Notes
English rugby league stadiums – competition finals venues
Wembley Stadium London – – 90,000 85,217 Challenge Cup Final
Old Trafford Manchester – – 75,643 74,468 Super League Grand Final
English rugby league stadiums – club grounds
Odsal Stadium Bradford Bradford Bulls Championship 26,019 102,569
MKM Stadium Hull Hull F.C. Super League 25,586 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.
John Smith's Stadium Huddersfield Huddersfield Giants Super League 24,500 24,375 Shared with Huddersfield Town F.C.
Headingley Leeds Leeds Rhinos Super League 21,062 40,175
Totally Wicked Stadium St Helens St. Helens Super League 18,000 17,980 Shared with Liverpool F.C. Reserves
Eco-Power 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
Boundary Park Oldham Oldham R.L.F.C. From 2024 13,513 Shared with Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
Craven Park Hull Hull Kingston Rovers Super League 12,225 11,811
AJ Bell Stadium Barton upon Irwell Salford Red Devils Super League 12,000 11,247 Shared with Sale Sharks
Leigh Sports Village Leigh Leigh Leopards Super League 12,000 12,005 Shared with Manchester United W.F.C.
Mend-A-Hose Jungle Castleford Castleford Tigers Super League 11,775 25,449
Kingston Park Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle Thunder Championship 10,200 Shared with Newcastle Falcons and Newcastle United Reserves
Derwent Park Workington Workington Town Championship 10,000 17,741
Crown Oil Arena Rochdale Rochdale Hornets League 1 9,961 8,872 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
York Community Stadium York York City Knights Championship 8,500 Shared with York City F.C.
Craven Park Barrow-in-Furness Barrow Raiders Championship 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[lower-alpha 1] League 1 6,500 4,089 Shared with Stalybridge Celtic F.C.
Tetley's Stadium Dewsbury Dewsbury Rams Championship 5,100 3,995
Fartown Ground Huddersfield Various amateur sides Non-league 5,000 35,136 Former home of Huddersfield Giants
White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre London London Skolars League 1 5,000 1,542 Stadium is rented by many other teams, most notably Haringey Rhinos.
South Leeds Stadium Beeston, Leeds Hunslet League 1 4,000 Shared with Yorkshire Rams
Olympic Legacy Stadium Sheffield Sheffield Eagles Championship 3,900 Shared with Sheffield Giants
Heywood Road Sale Swinton Lions League 1 3,387 Shared with Sale FC Rugby Union Club
Whitebank Stadium Oldham Oldham[lower-alpha 2] League 1 1,500 Shared with Avro F.C.

Former stadiums

Existing stadiums no longer used for rugby league
Stadium City Image Club Capacity Record RL
attendance		 Last RL use Notes
Existing Stadiums – former grounds of rugby league clubs
Deepdale Preston Lancashire Lynx 23,404 2000 Was shared with Preston North End F.C.
Gateshead International Stadium Gateshead Gateshead Thunder 11,800 2014 Was shared with Gateshead F.C., Gateshead Harriers, and Gateshead Senators
Woodlands Memorial Ground Lytham St Annes Blackpool Panthers 9,000 2010 Was shared with Fylde Rugby Club
Victory Park Chorley Chorley Lynx 4,300 2004 Was shared with Chorley F.C.
Pennine Way Stadium Hemel Hempstead Hemel Stags 2,000 125 2017
Iffley Road Oxford Oxford 500 55 2017 Was shared with Oxford University RFC

Demolished stadiums
Stadium Image Club Capacity Record RL
attendance		 Date
closed		 Notes
Demolished Stadiums – test and finals venues
Wembley Stadium – 82,000 99,801 2000 Challenge Cup Final
Demolished Stadiums – club grounds
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 R.L.F.C. 9,000 28,000 1997
Huntington Stadium York City Knights 3,428 4,977 2014

Future stadiums

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

StadiumCapacityClubNotes
New Castleford Stadium15,000 Castleford Tigers
Newmarket Stadium15,000 Wakefield Trinity
New Swinton Stadium6,000 Swinton Lions

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

See also

Notes
  1. When in Championship
  2. When in League 1

References
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