List of Rugby League stadiums in England

This is a list of Rugby league stadiums in England, ranked in descending order of capacity. It includes:

The stadiums of all clubs in the top three tiers of the English rugby league system. This includes, for reference, stadiums located outside England of any Welsh, French or Canadian clubs (currently 5) that compete in these top three tiers.
Does not include neutral venues for Challenge Cup Final, Grand Final or Magic Weekend.

Current Stadiums

1. KCOM Stadium

2. DW Stadium

3. Kirklees Stadium

4. Odsal Stadium

5. Headingley Stadium

Overall Rank	Stadium	Town / City	Capacity	Club	Notes
1	KCOM Stadium	Hull	25,404	Hull F.C.	Shared with Hull City
2	DW Stadium	Wigan	25,023	Wigan Warriors	Shared with Wigan Athletic
3	John Smiths Stadium	Huddersfield	24,500	Huddersfield Giants	Shared with Huddersfield Town
4	Odsal Stadium	Bradford	22,739	Unoccupied	Stadium not currently in use
5	Headingley Stadium	Leeds	21,500	Leeds Rhinos	Shared with Yorkshire Carnegie
6	Totally Wicked Stadium	St Helens	18,000	St. Helens	Shared with Liverpool F.C. Reserves
7	Keepmoat Stadium	Doncaster	15,231	Doncaster	Shared with Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Belles
8	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Warrington	15,200	Warrington Wolves	N/A
9	The Shay	Halifax	14,061	Halifax	Shared with Halifax Town
10	Halton Stadium	Widnes	13,350	Widnes Vikings	Shared with Widnes FC, Liverpool Ladies, Everton Ladies and Halton Spartans
-	Stade Gilbert Brutus	Perpignan	13,000	Catalans Dragons	N/A
11	Craven Park	Hull	12,225	Hull Kingston Rovers	N/A
12	Leigh Sports Village	Leigh	12,000	Leigh Centurions	Shared with Manchester United Reserves
13	City of Salford Stadium	Salford	12,000	Salford Red Devils	Shared with Sale Sharks
14	Wheldon Road	Castleford	11,775	Castleford Tigers	N/A
15	Kingston Park Stadium	Newcastle	10,200	Newcastle Thunder	Shared with Newcastle Falcons
16	Derwent Park	Workington	10,000	Workington Town	N/A
17	Spotland Stadium	Rochdale	10,000	Rochdale Hornets	Shared with Rochdale F.C.
18	Post Office Road	Featherstone	9,850	Featherstone Rovers	N/A
19	Belle Vue	Wakefield	9,333	Wakefield Trinity	N/A
20	Bootham Crescent	York	8,256	York City Knights	Shared with York City
-	Queensway Stadium	Wrexham	8,256	North Wales Crusaders	N/A
21	Cougar Park	Keighley	7,800	Keighley Cougars	N/A
22	Craven Park	Barrow	7,600	Barrow Raiders	N/A
23	Recreation Ground	Whitehaven	7,500	Whitehaven	N/A
24	Mount Pleasant Stadium	Batley	7,500	Batley Bulldogs	N/A
25	Crown Flatt	Dewsbury	5,100	Dewsbury Rams	N/A
26	New River Stadium	Haringey	5,000	London Skolars	Shared with Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club, Hashtag United F.C. and Haringey Rhinos
27	John Charles Centre	Leeds	4,000	Hunslet	N/A
-	Stade Ernest-Argeles	Blagnac	4,000	Toulouse Olympique	N/A
28	Heywood Road	Sale	3,387	Swinton Lions	Shared with Sale F.C.
-	Stebonheath Park	Llanelli	3,700	West Wales Raiders	Shared with Llanelli A.F.C. and Llanelli AAC
29	Trailfinders Sports Ground	West Ealing	3,020	London Broncos	Shared with Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club
30	Butts Park Arena	Coventry	3,000	Coventry Bears	Shared with Coventry United and Coventry RFU
31	Olympic Legacy Park	Sheffield	3,000	Sheffield Eagles	Shared with Sheffield United Ladies
32	Pennine Way Stadium	Hemel Hempstead	2,000	Hemel Stags	N/A
33	Whitebank Stadium	Oldham	1,500	Oldham	Shared with Avro FC

Old stadiums

This list contains clubs who have moved from their old stadium to another permanent stadium. It does not include stadiums used by clubs for only two seasons.

Year	Club	Old Stadium	Replacement Stadium
1929	Swinton Lions	Chorley Road	Station Road
1953	Doncaster	York Road Greyhound Stadium	Tattersfield
1973	Hunslet F.C.	Parkside	-
1980	Hunslet	Leeds Greyhound Stadium	-
1983	Hunslet	-	Elland Road
1988	Rochdale Hornets	Athletic Grounds	Spotland Stadium
1989	Hull Kingston Rovers	Old Craven Park	'New' Craven Park
1992	Huddersfield Giants	Fartown Ground	Kirklees Stadium
1992	Swinton Lions	Station Road	Gigg Lane
1995	Doncaster	Tattersfield	Meadow Court Stadium
1995	Hunslet	Elland Road	John Charles Centre
1997	Halifax	Thrum Hall	The Shay
	Doncaster	Meadow Court Stadium	Belle Vue
	Oldham	Watersheddings	Boundary Park
1999	Wigan Warriors	Central Park	DW Stadium
2002	Hull F.C.	The Boulevard	KCOM Stadium
	Warrington Wolves	Wilderspool Stadium	Halliwell Jones Stadium
	Swinton Lions	Gigg Lane	-
2004	Swinton Lions	-	Park Lane
2004	Coventry Bears	Coundon Road	Butts Park Arena
2006	Doncaster	Belle Vue	Keepmoat Stadium
2007	Leigh Centurions	Hilton Park	Leigh Sports Village
2009	Oldham	Boundary Park	Whitebank Stadium
2010	St. Helens	Knowsley Road	Totally Wicked Stadium
2010	Swinton Lions	Park Lane	-
2011	Salford Red Devils	The Willows	City of Salford Stadium
2014	York City Knights	Huntington Stadium	-
2015	Newcastle Thunder	Gateshead International Stadium	Kingston Park Stadium
2016	York City Knights	-	Bootham Crescent
2016	Swinton Lions	-	Heywood Road

Future stadiums

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

Stadium	Capacity	Club	Notes
Five Towns Stadium	c.13,300	Castleford Tigers	Broke ground in May 2016 after planning permission was granted in 2011. The stadium is expected to be completed in 2019
Belle Vue (redevelopment)	c.12,000	Wakefield Trinity	Wakefield originally planned to build a stadium at Newmarket but funding could never be found for the project. In 2016, the club's current ground, Belle Vue, was bought by 88m Group who expressed interest in redeveloping the ground. The next year plans were unveiled for a 12,000 capacity stadium on the current site of the old one. In December 2017, Wakefield Trinity and Wakefield Council agreed on a deal that would see Belle Vue redeveloped by 2020.
New Swinton Stadium	c.5,000	Swinton Lions	In 2016, Swinton signed a lease on a 7.3-acre site in Agecroft to build a community stadium within three years. However, plans have been in doubt due to Swinton's financial troubles.
Whitebank Stadium (redevelopment)	c.TBA	Oldham RLFC	In November 2016 plans were approved to add a 3G pitch to the stadium and add some other training facilities as well as office space for Oldham RLFC who also have ambitions of redeveloping the stadium to meet RFL minimum standards for the Championship and make it their permanent home.

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