Park Lane (stadium)

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Park Lane
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Full name Park Lane
Location Park Lane, Whitefield, Greater Manchester, M45 7DZ
Coordinates 53°32′19″N2°18′13″W / 53.53861°N 2.30361°W / 53.53861; -2.30361 Coordinates: 53°32′19″N2°18′13″W / 53.53861°N 2.30361°W / 53.53861; -2.30361
Capacity 3,000
Surface Grass
Construction
Built 1955
Opened 1955
Renovated 1982
Expanded 1990
Tenants

Sedgley Park R.U.F.C. (1955 – present)

Swinton R.L.F.C. (2003–10; 2015)

Park Lane is a rugby stadium in Whitefield near Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It is the home of Sedgley Park R.U.F.C. and, from 2003–10 and 2015, Swinton rugby league club.

Whitefield, Greater Manchester town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England

Whitefield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It lies on undulating ground above the Irwell Valley, along the south bank of the River Irwell, 3 miles (4.8 km) south-southeast of Bury, and 4.9 miles (7.9 km) to the north-northwest of the city of Manchester. Prestwich and the M60 motorway lie just to the south.

Bury, Greater Manchester town in Greater Manchester, England

Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irwell 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east of Bolton, 5.9 miles (9.5 km) southwest of Rochdale and 7.9 miles (12.7 km) northwest of Manchester. Bury is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, and had a population of 78,723 in 2015; the borough had a population of 187,474 in 2011.

Sedgley Park R.U.F.C.

Sedgley Park Rugby Union Football Club, the 1st XV team of which play under the name of Sedgley Tigers, is a rugby union club based in Whitefield, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester. They play in the fourth tier of the English rugby union league hierarchy and have played in National League 2 North since season 2013–14. The Tigers nickname is due to their striped kit.

Sedgley Park R.U.F.C. moved to Park Lane in 1955. A large, two-storey clubhouse was completed in 1982 and was extended in the 1990s. Also in the 1990s the club turned its two pitches into one and purchased a field, just across the road, to provide three more much needed pitches.


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