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Leigh Sports Village

Leigh Sports Village is a stadium in the United Kingdom.

Leigh Sports Village

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Leigh Sports Village is a stadium in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 2008. Coordinates: 53.4910°, -2.5290°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.

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Leigh Sports Village (known as The Progress With Unity Stadium for sponsorship reasons) is a multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards, the Manchester United Women's senior team, and Manchester United's men's Under-21 and Academy teams. The complex also plays host to amateur rugby league club Leigh East and amateur athletics club Leigh Harriers, who both occupy dedicated facilities on the site. Other facilities on site include the Leigh campus of Wigan and Leigh College, Leigh Sports Centre, which includes a gym, multi-use sports hall and swimming pool, a Holiday Inn Express hotel, a Morrisons supermarket and the Whistling Wren pub. During 2022, it hosted matches in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

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Coordinates
53.4910, -2.5290
District
Wigan
Parish
Wigan, unparished area
Postcode
WN7 4HX
Parliamentary constituency
Leigh and Atherton
Established
2008

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Leigh Sports Village?
Leigh Sports Village is in West Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.4910°, -2.5290°.
When was Leigh Sports Village built?
Leigh Sports Village dates to 2008 — the Modern period.