Stadiums · Yorkshire & the Humber
Edgeley Park
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Edgeley Park — football stadium in Edgeley, Stockport, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Stockport · 0.7 km
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Edgeley Park, the nearest railway station is Stockport, which is 0.7 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is SK3 9DD. Entry details are not provided, so please check in advance for accessibility options.
About
Edgeley Park is a stadium in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1891. Wikidata describes it as: "football stadium in Edgeley, Stockport, England". Coordinates: 53.3997°, -2.1664°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Edgeley Park is a football stadium in Edgeley, Stockport, England. Built for Stockport RFC, a rugby league club, in 1891, by 1903 the rugby club was defunct and Stockport County Football Club moved in. Sale Sharks Rugby Union Club also played at the ground between 2003 and 2012. Edgeley Park is currently an all-seater stadium holding 10,900 spectators but is set to be increased to a capacity of around 18,000, with the start of the project in 2025. In 2015, Stockport Council purchased the stadium for around £2 million, leasing it back to the football club, in order to prevent it from being demolished and redeveloped.
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Background
History
The land Edgeley Park is built on was originally donated to Stockport by the Sykes Family (owners of Sykes Bleaching Company) in the late 1800s, for sporting use. The stadium was built in 1891 for rugby league club Stockport RFC. Stockport County FC moved there from Green Lane in 1902, needing to find a bigger stadium to play in following their entrance into the Football League two years earlier. Stockport County's first game at Edgeley Park was a 1–1 draw against Gainsborough Trinity in 1902. The Sykes family sold the site to Stockport County in 1932 for £1,600. The Main Stand of the ground, which, at the time was made of wood, burnt down in 1935, destroying all of Stockport County's…
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- Coordinates
- 53.3997, -2.1664
- District
- Stockport
- Parish
- Stockport, unparished area
- Postcode
- SK3 9DD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stockport
- Established
- 1891
- Nearest railway station
- Stockport — 0.7 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q1284381 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Edgeley Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Edgeley Park 2011.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Edgeley Park?
- Edgeley Park is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode SK3 9DD), in the parish of Stockport, unparished area.
- What is Edgeley Park?
- Edgeley Park — football stadium in Edgeley, Stockport, England.
- How do I get to Edgeley Park?
- The nearest railway station is Stockport, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode SK3 9DD.
- When was Edgeley Park built?
- Built or established in 1891.
- How do I get to Edgeley Park?
- The nearest railway station is Stockport, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SK3 9DD.