Stadiums · North East England
Blackwell Meadows
Blackwell Meadows in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Paid entry
About
Blackwell Meadows is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Blackwell Meadows is a multi-purpose sports ground in Darlington, County Durham, England. It provides facilities for both rugby union and association football, which provides the homes of Darlington RFC and Darlington F.C., with a capacity of 3,281 including 588 seated. Opened in 1994, it was initially constructed to host games for Darlington RFC, a grassroots rugby union team who were looking for a new premises after selling their McMullen Road location for retail development. The club committed £1.7 million to develop their new ground. The ground also hosted an international game in 2013. In 2016, the ground was renovated in order to begin hosting matches for Darlington 1883, the new guise of the collapsed Darlington F.C.. This marked the club's return to their hometown for the first time since their departure from the nearby Darlington Arena in 2012. The club would go on to return to their traditional Darlington FC name the following year, and gradually began to develop the facilities overtime.
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Background
History
Blackwell Meadows hosted their first international match on 3 March 2013, when the England under-18 rugby union team faced Scotland; England came out as 57–13 winners in front of 1,600 spectators. In December 2013, it was announced that Darlington 1883, a football club who at that point were a continuation of Darlington F.C., would move to Blackwell Meadows, returning to the town of Darlington for the first time since they left The Darlington Arena in 2012, after a prolonged period of financial difficulty. Prior to their relocation to Blackwell Meadows, the club have agreed to ground-share with Bishop Auckland F.C. at their Heritage Park ground, where they played at for four years. The club…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6380, -1.6927
- Address
- | city =
- Established
- 1994
Sources
- wikidata: Q28605252 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Blackwell Meadows (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Blackwell Meadows?
- Blackwell Meadows is in North-East England, United Kingdom.
- When was Blackwell Meadows built?
- Built or established in 1994.
- Who owns Blackwell Meadows?
- Blackwell Meadows is owned by | operator =.