Stadiums · North East England
Redheugh Park
Redheugh Park in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
About
Redheugh Park 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
Redheugh Park (pronounced red-yuff) was a football stadium in Gateshead, England. The stadium was built in 1930 when South Shields F.C. moved to Gateshead from Horsley Hill and became Gateshead AFC. It was their home for more than 40 years. The stadium offered terracing all round. The Main Stand was a two-thirds pitch length seated stand (purchased from a greyhound stadium in Carlisle) with covered standing extensions added on either side. Opposite the Main Stand was a large covered terrace that ran the full length of the ground. The North end of the ground had a small covered terrace, whilst the opposite Ropery Road (South) End was a small uncovered terrace, which latterly included a large totalisator scoreboard introduced for greyhound racing.
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Background
History
In 1930 Gateshead Council set about finding a suitable site for Gateshead AFC to relocate to. Sites at Low Fell and Sheriff Hill were considered, but were deemed too far out of town. The chosen location was in the Teams area of Gateshead, a worked out clay pit (known as Johnsons Clay Hole) edged by Ropery Road and Derwentwater Road. The holes, tunnels and craters on the site were filled by lorries full of the town's refuse. Redheugh Park was officially opened by Mr Sutcliffe, the Football League's then Vice-President on 30 August 1930 when Gateshead AFC played their first-ever Football League game winning 2–1 against Doncaster Rovers in front of 15,545 spectators. Greyhound racing at…
Visiting
For nearly twenty years the outlines of Redheugh Park could be made out with the terraces appearing as grass humps on the land. The area was completely leveled for the 1990 Gateshead Garden Festival and used as a car park. A few years later saw football return to the area in the shape of the Pitz 5-a-side soccer centre which was renamed Power League which is still in place today.
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- Coordinates
- 54.9523, -1.6305
- District
- Gateshead
- Parish
- Gateshead, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE8 2HD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham
- Established
- 1930
Sources
- wikidata: Q7305898 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Redheugh Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Redheugh Park?
- Redheugh Park is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE8 2HD), in the parish of Gateshead, unparished area.
- When was Redheugh Park built?
- Built or established in 1930.
- Who owns Redheugh Park?
- Redheugh Park is owned by Gateshead Council.
- How do I get to Redheugh Park?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE8 2HD. It sits within the Gateshead Central and Whickham parliamentary constituency.