List of venues in the United Kingdom

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There are many venues in the United Kingdom where a variety of national and international sport, musical and entertainment acts perform. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Stadiums and festivals

Further information: List of stadiums in the United Kingdom by capacity

• Glastonbury Festival, near Pilton – 210,000 ^[6]
• Download Festival, Donington Park – 110,000 ^[7]
• Wembley Stadium (new; 2007–present), London – 90,000
• Twickenham Stadium, London – 82,000
• Wembley Stadium (old; 1923–2000), London – 82,000 (seated)
• London Stadium (formerly Olympic Stadium) – 80,000
• Reading and Leeds Festival – 80,000
• Roundhay Park, Leeds – 79,999 ^[8]
• Old Trafford, Greater Manchester – 74,879
• Principality Stadium, Cardiff – 74,500
• Creamfields, Daresbury – 70,000
• Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh – 67,144 (seated)
• National Bowl, Milton Keynes - 65,000 (Standing)
• Celtic Park, Glasgow – 64,411
• Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London - 62,000
• Anfield, Liverpool – 61,276
• Emirates Stadium, London – 60,704
• Etihad Stadium, Greater Manchester – 60,000
• Stadium of Light, Sunderland – 60,000
• Hampden Park, Glasgow – 51,866
• Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow – 50,817
• TRNSMT, Glasgow Green, Glasgow – 50,000
• Hyde Park, London – e.g. Masters of Rock, 1996: 150,000; Simon & Garfunkel, 2004: 50,000; Hard Rock Calling, 2008: 45,000.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Emirates Old Trafford , Greater Manchester – 50,000
• Villa Park, Birmingham – 42,682
• In the Park, Sefton Park, Liverpool – 40,000 ^[9]
• Finsbury Park, London – 40,000
• Goodison Park, Liverpool – 39,572
• Elland Road, Leeds – 37,792
• Glasgow Summer Sessions – 35,000
• Highest Point Festival, Williamson Park – 35,000
• Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield – 34,835
• Coventry Building Society Arena – 32,753 (seated)
• King Power Stadium, Leicester – 32,500
• Bramall Lane, Sheffield – 32,050
• American Express Stadium, Brighton and Hove – 31,876
• Ewood Park, Blackburn – 31,367
• Stadium MK, Milton Keynes – 30,500
• Truck Festival, Steventon – 30,000
• Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton – 30,000 (incl. boxes can equal 31,700)
• MKM Stadium, Kingston upon Hull – 25,400
• Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk – 25,000
• Shambala Festival, Kelmarsh - 25,000
• Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea – 21,088
• Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen – 20,866
• Easter Road, Edinburgh – 20,421
• Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh – 20,099 ^[10]
• Bloodstock Open Air, Catton Hall, Derby – 20,000
• Terminal V, Edinburgh – 20,000
• Clapham Common, London – 20,000
• Craven Park, Kingston upon Hull – 12,225–20,000
• JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester – 17,000^{[ citation needed ]}
• Nass Festival, Shepton Mallet – 15,000
• STōK Racecourse, Wrexham – 13,341
• Riverside Festival Glasgow – 10,000
• Kelburn Garden Party, Fairlie – 4,000

Indoor arenas

Main article: List of indoor arenas in the United Kingdom

• Co-op Live, Manchester – 23,500
• AO Arena, Manchester – 21,000
• The O2 Arena, London – 20,000
• Earls Court Exhibition Centre (1887–2014), London – 20,000
• Utilita Arena Birmingham  – 16,000
• P&J Live, Aberdeen – 16,000
• BP pulse LIVE, Birmingham – 13,928 to 15,643
• First Direct Arena, Leeds – 13,500
• Utilita Arena Sheffield – 13,500
• OVO Hydro, Glasgow – 13,000
• OVO Arena Wembley, London – 12,500
• London Arena (1989–2006) – 12,500
• SEC Centre, Glasgow – 12,500
• Utilita Arena Newcastle – 11,000
• M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool – 11,000; ECHO 2 – 4,000; the auditorium – 1,350
• Earls Court Two (1991–2014), London – 10,750
• Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham – 10,000
• Utilita Arena Cardiff – 7,500 (standing); 5,000 (seated)
• Copper Box Arena, London – 7,500
• Lee Valley VeloPark, London – 7,000

Exhibition and conference venues

• Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre, Farnborough – 12,000 (Hall 1), 3,150 (Hall 5)
• National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham – 12,000 (Hall 4), 8,000 (Hall 5)
• Manchester Central Convention Complex – 10,900 (Halls 1 and 2 combined), 8,100 (Hall 2)
• Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London – 10,250 (standing), 7,250 (seated)
• Great Hall, Olympia London – 10,000 (standing), 4,000 (seated)
• EventCity (2011–2021), Manchester – 9,360 (Hall 3), 4,500 (Hall 4)
• Exhibition Centre Liverpool – 7,000 (standing, combined halls), 2,400 (per hall)
• ExCeL London – 5,000 (ICC Auditorium), 65,000 (event halls)
• ICC Wales, Newport – 1,500 (Tiered auditorium)

Indoor theatres and halls

• Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth – 6,500 (standing); 4,000 (seated)
• Royal Albert Hall, London – 5,544
• Eventim Apollo (formerly Hammersmith Odeon), London  – 5,039 (standing); 3,632 (seated)
• O2 Brixton Academy, London – 4,921
• Brighton Centre, Brighton – 4,500
• Bradford New Victoria (formally Bradford Odeon), Bradford – 4,000 (standing); 3,400 (seating)
• Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth – 4,000
• Bridlington Spa, Bridlington – 3,800
• Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull – 3,750
• Forum Birmingham, Birmingham – 3,500
• King George's Hall, Blackburn – 3,500
• Blackpool Winter Gardens, Blackpool – 3,500
• Connexin Live Arena, Kingston upon Hull  – 3,500
• O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester – 3,500
• O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester – 3,500
• Swansea Arena  [ cy ], Swansea – 3,500
• The Halls Wolverhampton  – 3,404 (Civic Hall); 1,289 (Wulfrun Hall); 550 (Slade Rooms)
• Roundhouse, London – 3,300 (standing); 1,700 (seated)
• Troxy, London – 3,100
• Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh – 3,059
• O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham – 3,009 (Academy); 600 (Academy 2); 250 (Academy 3)
• O2 Academy Edinburgh, Edinburgh – 3,000 (concerts); 1,000 (dinners)
• Birmingham Digbeth Secretspace, Birmingham – 3,000 (standing); 1,300 (seated)
• Empress Ballroom, Blackpool – 3,000
• Planet Ice Coventry - SkyDome Arena, Coventry – 3,000
• Usher Hall, Edinburgh – 2,900 (standing); 2,200 (seated)
• Royal Festival Hall, London – 2,895
• Indigo at The O2, London – 2,750
• Manchester Academy, Manchester – 2,600 (Academy 1); 950 (Academy 2); 650 (Club Academy); 470 (Academy 3)
• O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow – 2,500
• Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow – 2,500
• Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth – 2,500
• Venue Cymru, Llandudno – 2,500 (Arena); 1,450 (Theatre Auditorium)
• Planet Ice Milton Keynes Arena, Milton Keynes – 2,500
• Rock City, Nottingham – 2,450
• London Coliseum  – 2,358
• Liverpool Empire Theatre, – 2,348
• London Palladium  – 2,300
• O2 Forum Kentish Town, London – 2,300
• Mayflower Theatre, Southampton – 2,300
• O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds – 2,300
• Caird Hall, Dundee – 2,300 (standing); 1,200 (seated)
• Royal Opera House, London – 2,268
• Symphony Hall, Birmingham  – 2,262
• The Forum, Hertfordshire – 2,250
• Planet Ice Leeds Arena, Leeds – 2,200
• Sunderland Empire, Sunderland – 2,200
• De Montfort Hall, Leicester – 2,200
• O2 Academy Sheffield, Sheffield – 2,150
• NX Newcastle  – 2,135
• O2 City Hall Newcastle  – 2,135
• Bristol Beacon, Bristol – 2,124 standing, 1,866 seated
• Lyceum Theatre, London – 2,096
• O2 Institute Birmingham, Birmingham – 2,000
• Brentwood Centre  – 2,000
• The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow – 2,000
• O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London – 2,000
• Tobacco Dock, London – 2,000 ^[11]
• The Venue, London – 2,000
• Albert Hall, Manchester  – 2,000
• Newport Leisure Centre, Newport – 2,000
• Watford Colosseum, Watford – 2,000
• Eventim Olympia, Liverpool – 1,960
• Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol – 1,951
• Barbican Centre, London – 1,949 (Hall); 200 (Pit)
• Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh  – 1,915 (seated)
• Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow  – 1,900
• Winter Gardens, Margate  – 1,900
• York Barbican, York – 1,900 (standing); 1,500 (seated)
• Brighton Dome, Brighton  – 1,860 (standing); 1,700 (seated)
• Cambridge Corn Exchange  – 1,849
• Hull City Hall, Kingston upon Hull  – 1,800 (standing); 1,200 (seated)
• O2 Academy Bournemouth  – 1,800
• The Baths Hall, Scunthorpe – 1,800 (standing); 1,021 (seated)
• New Theatre Oxford, Oxford – 1,785
• O2 Academy Liverpool, Liverpool – 1,750 (academy1 - 1250, academy 2 - 500)
• O2 Guildhall Southampton, Southampton – 1,749
• Heaven, London – 1,725
• The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Newcastle Gateshead – 1,700 (Sage One); 450 (Sage Two)
• G Live, Guilford – 1,700
• O2 Academy Bristol  – 1,650
• The Forum, Bath  – 1,640
• Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-sea – 1,630
• Marble Factory, Bristol – 1,600
• Cardiff University Students' Union Great Hall, Cardiff – 1,600
• The Engine Shed, Lincoln – 1,600
• Perth Concert Hall, Perth – 1,600 (standing); 1,200 (seated)
• Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent – 1,600
• Sadler's Wells Theatre, London – 1,560
• UEA LCR, Norwich – 1,550
• Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry – Butterworth Hall - 1,535, Theatre - 573, Studio - 150, Helen Martin Studio - 143, Woods Scawen Room - 250.
• Victoria Theatre, Halifax – 1,512
• De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill –1,500
• Leith Theatre, Edinburgh – 1,500
• Regent Theatre, Ipswich  –1,500
• Koko (previously known as Camden Palace and The Music Machine), London – 1,500
• Electric Brixton (formerly known as the Fridge), London – 1,500
• O2 Institute, Birmingham – O2 Institute 1 - 1,500, O2 Institute 2 - 600, O2 Institute 3 - 250
• The O2 Ritz, Manchester  –1,500
• Great Hall, Exeter – 1,500 (standing); 650 (seated)
• St Augustine's Cultural Arts, Brighton – 1,500 (standing);1,000 (seated)
• Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent – 1,467
• OPEN Norwich, Norwich – 1,450 (standing); 500 (seated); Closed 2020
• O2 Academy Leicester, Leicester – 1,450
• Bath Pavilion, Bath – 1,400
• The Spotlight, Hoddesdon  – 1,360 (standing); 566 (seated)
• King's Theatre, Edinburgh  – 1,350 (seated)
• London Hippodrome, London – 1,340 (seated)
• Theatre Royal, Norwich  – 1,300
• New Victoria Theatre, Woking – 1,300
• City Hall, Salisbury – 1,255 (standing); 1,355 (mixed); 953 (seated)
• Music Hall Aberdeen  – 1,281 (seated)
• Cambridge Theatre, London – 1,231
• Portsmouth Pyramids Centre, Portsmouth – 1,200 (standing); 500 (seated)
• Rialto Reborn, Coventry – 1200 (standing); 550 (seated)
• The Telegraph Building, Belfast – 1200
• The Hexagon, Reading – 1200
• Alban Arena, St Albans – 1200 standing (850 seated)
• Embassy Theatre, Skegness – 1,168
• Royal National Theatre, London – 1,160 (Olivier); 890 (Lyttelton); 400 (Cottesloe)
• Grand Central Hall, Liverpool – 1,150
• Scala, London – 1,145
• Theatre Royal,Nottingham – 1,107
• Electric Ballroom, London – 1,100 (800 downstairs, 300 upstairs)
• The Grand Theatre, Blackpool – 1,100
• SWX Bristol, Bristol – 1,100
• Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield – 1,068
• Old Vic, London – 1,067
• O2 Academy Oxford  – 1,020
• Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon – 1,000
• Citadel Arts Centre, St Helens – 1,000
• Tramshed, Cardiff  – 1,000
• Weymouth Pavilion, Weymouth – 988
• Crucible Theatre, Sheffield  – 980
• Queen's Hall, Edinburgh  – 900 (standing); 801 (seated)
• The Leadmill, Sheffield – 900 (standing); 400 (seated)
• Southampton Engine Rooms, Southampton – 860
• The Liquid Room, Edinburgh – 800 (club nights); 650-700 (gigs)
• Floral Pavilion Theatre, – 814
• Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh – 658

Smaller venues

(including public houses)

• Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham - 978
• Theatre Royal, Brighton - 952
• Orchard Theatre, Dartford - 950
• Queen Elizabeth Hall, London - 913
• Epic Studios, Norwich - 900
• Corn Exchange, Ipswich - 900 standing, 800 seated.
• The Aquarium, Lowestoft - 900
• Malvern Theatres, Worcestershire - 850
• Cambridge Junction - 850
• The Coventry Empire. Empire 1 - 800 (Standing) Empire 2 - 180 (Standing)
• Scala, Kings Cross, London - 800
• O2 Academy Islington, Islington, London - 800
• Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot - 798
• Churchill Theatre, Bromley - 781
• Vibez, Newport - 750
• Union Chapel, Islington, London - 750
• Albert Hall, Nottingham, Nottingham - 750
• Limelight, Belfast - 750
• Lemongrove, Exeter - 700
• The Picturedrome Holmfirth - 690
• Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham - 675
• Lighthouse, Poole - 669
• Playhouse Theatre, Oxford - 663
• The Caves Edinburgh, Edinburgh - 650
• Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent - 644
• The Dome, London - 600
• The Garage, London - 600
• New Vic Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent - 600
• Concorde 2, Brighton - 600
• @sohoplace, London - 600
• Yoko Ono Lennon Centre, Liverpool - 600 (lecture theatre), 400 (tung auditorium)
• Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford - 586
• Stephan Joseph Theatre, Scarborough - 569
• Lemon Tree, Aberdeen - 550 standing, various seated caps
• Under The Bridge, Fulham, London - 550
• Bloomsbury Theatre, Bloomsbury, London - 535
• Band on the Wall, Manchester - 520
• Britannia Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool ballroom - 500 (seated)
• Camden Underworld, Camden Town, London - 500
• The Old Market, Brighton & Hove, Brighton - 500
• Perth Theatre - 500
• Corn Exchange, Exeter - 500 (standing), 300 (seated)
• The Fox and Firkin, London - 499
• STYX, North London - 499
• Ruskin Arms, London (circa 1960s–2008) - 499
• New Theatre Royal Lincoln, Lincoln - 475
• Buskers, Dundee - 450
• The Stables, Milton Keynes - 398 seated and 50 standing (Jim Marshall Auditorium) 80 seated or 100 standing (Stage 2)
• The Magic Garden, London - 380
• Purcell Room, South Bank, London - 367
• Jazz Cafe, London - 350
• 100 Club, London - 350
• MK11 Live Music Venue, Milton Keynes - 330
• Downstairs at the Dome - 300
• Tunnels, Aberdeen - 300 standing or 500 clubnight
• Drummomds, Aberdeen - 300 standing
• Electric Circus, Edinburgh - 300
• The Mart Theatre, Skipton - 300
• The Bongo Club, Edinburgh - 300 standing
• The Standard Music Venue, Walthamstow - 300
• The Boileroom ^[12] Guildford - 300
• Ronnie Scott's, London - 300
• Phoenix, Exeter - 300 (standing), 158 (seated)
• The Picturedrome ^[13] Northampton - 300
• Fulham Greyhound, London (circa 1971–1990) – 275
• The Borderline, London – 275
• Sheffield Library Theatre, Sheffield – 260
• Century Theatre Coalville, Leicestershire - 206
• Off The Square, Manchester - 200+
• Eel Pie Club, Twickenham, London – 200+
• The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh - 200 standing
• Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh - The Boudoir: 60 seated, 150 standing, The Vault: 80 seated, 200 Standing
• The Half Moon, Putney, London – 200
• The Square, Harlow  – 200 (closed January 2017)
• The Horn, St Albans  – 200
• Silsden Town Hall, Bradford - 180
• The Rose Theatre, Chesterfield - 160
• DIY Space For London, Bermondsey  – 160
• The Leeds Club, Leeds – 150
• Dublin Castle, Camden, London – 150
• Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster  – 150
• House of Detention, Clerkenwell, London  – 130 ^[14]
• 606 Club, London - 120
• Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh - 100
• Greencoat Place, Victoria - 100
• The New Headingley Club, Leeds – 100
• Vortex Jazz Club, London - 100
• The Lion Theatre, Horncastle - 96
• Cellar, Aberdeen - 80
• Bawtry Phoenix Theatre, Bawtry - 72

Capacities not specified

• Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
• Kilburn National Club, London
• Marquee Club, London (Wardour Street 1964–1988; Charing Cross Road 1988–2001)
• Powerhaus (was once The Pied Bull; closed circa 1990s; now Halifax Building Society), Islington, London
• The Sir George Robey, Finsbury Park (briefly renamed Powerhaus after Islington venue "moved" here) (closed circa 2000s), London
• Camden Falcon, London (closed circa 1990s)
• Rainbow Theatre, London (1971–1982; now a Christian church)
• The Roxy, London (1976–1978; now a sports shop)
• Music Room Space Events, Mayfair, London
• Hope and Anchor, Islington, London

See also

• Architecture portal
• Lists portal
• United Kingdom portal

• List of London venues

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