Highest English football stadia by altitude
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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
football stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
s, ranked in descending order of altitude
Altitude
Altitude or height is defined based on the context in which it is used . As a general definition, altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The reference datum also often varies according to the context...
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The list is not exhaustive but includes the top three teams from English League football. Internationally these stadiums cannot compare with those found in countries such as Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, where the Estadio Hernando Siles
Estadio Hernando Siles
Estadio Hernando Siles is a sports stadium in La Paz, Bolivia. It is the country's largest sports complex with a capacity of 42,000 seated spectators and is named after Hernando Siles Reyes, the 31st President of Bolivia...
stands 3,637 metres above sea level.
Stadiums
Altitudes are given in metres above sea level.| Rank | Stadium | Altitude | Club | Capacity | Division | Notes |
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| 1 | Silverlands | 304 | Buxton Buxton F.C. Buxton Football Club are an English football club based in Buxton, Derbyshire. They were established in 1877 and joined the Combination League in 1891. They then joined the Manchester League in 1899 and won the championship in 1932. They reached the 3rd round of the FA Cup in the 1951-52 season.... |
3,000 | Northern Premier League Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League, is one of the regional English football leagues which sits directly below the Football Conference featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs. Geographically, the league covers all of Northern England, and the northern areas of the Midlands. Originally just one... Premier Division |
Highest stadium in England |
| 2 | Ironworks Road Ground | 287 | Tow Law Town Tow Law Town F.C. Tow Law Town A.F.C. is an English non-league football club from Tow Law, County Durham, currently playing in the Northern League Division One. The team, nicknamed "The Lawyers", play their home games at Ironworks Road... |
3,000 | Northern League Northern League (football) The Northern League is a football league in North East England for semi-professional and amateur teams. Having been founded in 1889, it is the oldest surviving football league in the world after the Football League.... Division One |
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| 3 | West View | 281 | Bacup Borough Bacup Borough F.C. Bacup Borough F.C. are an English football club based at West View in Bacup, Lancashire. They currently play in the North West Counties League Premier Division and are full members of the Lancashire County Football Association. They play at the The Brian Boys West View Stadium... |
3,000 | North West Counties League Division One | |
| 4 | Seal Park | 208 | Mossley | 4,000 | Northern Premier League Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League, is one of the regional English football leagues which sits directly below the Football Conference featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs. Geographically, the league covers all of Northern England, and the northern areas of the Midlands. Originally just one... Division One North |
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| 5 | Welfare Ground | 196 | AFC Emley AFC Emley AFC Emley are an English football club based in Emley, near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The club was formed in 2005 by officials of the old Emley A.F.C. after the old club moved to Wakefield in 2000 and are now called Wakefield F.C..-History:... |
2,500 | Northern Counties East League Division One | Former home of Emley A.F.C. |
| 6 | The Beeches | 182 | Tividale Tividale F.C. Tividale F.C. are a football club based in Tividale, near Dudley, West Midlands, England. They were established in 1954. In the 1976-77 season, they reached the 4th round of the FA Vase. For the 2011-12 season, they are members of the Midland Alliance.... |
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division | Also home to Bartley Green Bartley Green F.C. Bartley Green F.C. are an English football club originally based in Bartley Green, a residential suburban area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands. In the 2005–06 season, they joined the Midland Combination Division Two and were the league champions. For the 2011–12 season, they are members of the... |
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| 7 | Bower Fold | 170 | Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Celtic F.C. Stalybridge Celtic are an English full time professional football club from Stalybridge, Greater Manchester in North West England. The club, which plays its home matches at Bower Fold, is currently in the Conference North in the sixth tier of the English football league system... |
6,500 | Football Conference Football Conference The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional... North Division |
Highest ground to host Football League games |
| 8 | The Hawthorns The Hawthorns The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, Sandwell, England, with a capacity of 26,484. It has been the home of West Bromwich Albion F.C. since 1900, when it became the sixth ground to be used by the club. The ground was the last Football League ground to be built in the... |
168 | West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands... |
28,003 | Premier League | Highest altitude Football League ground. |
| 9 | Royal Oak Way | 168 | Daventry United | 1,000 | United Counties League United Counties Football League The United Counties Football League is an English football league covering Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, as well as parts of Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk. It has a total of four divisions, two for first teams and two for reserve teams... Division One |
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| 10 | The New Lawn | 165 | Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers F.C. Forest Green Rovers Football Club is an English football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, currently the longest-serving members of the Conference National. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.-Early years:... |
5,147 | Football Conference Football Conference The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional... Premier Division |
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| 11 | Oldbury Leisure Centre | 164 | Continental Star Continental Star F.C. Continental Star F.C. are a football club based in West Midlands, England, currently members of the Midland Combination Premier Division.-History:... |
Midland Combination Midland Football Combination The Midland Football Combination is an English football league covering parts of the West Midlands. It comprises five divisions, a Premier Division, Divisions One and Two and two Reserves Divisions... Premier Division |
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| 12 | Vale Park Vale Park Vale Park is a football stadium in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is the home ground of Port Vale F.C., who have played at the ground since 1950.... |
160 | Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as... |
22,356 | Football League Two Football League Two Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system.... |
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| 13 | The Bourne | 160 | Hook Norton Hook Norton F.C. Hook Norton F.C. is a village football club based in Hook Norton, near Banbury, England.In the 2002–03 season, it entered into the 2nd Qualifying Round of the FA Vase. For the 2011–12 season, they are members of the Hellenic Football League Division One West... |
Hellenic League Premier Division | ||
| 14 | Elderstubbs | 160 | Daventry Town Daventry Town F.C. Daventry Town F.C. is a football club based in the town of Daventry, Northamptonshire, England.-History:The club was established in 1886 as a local-town club playing in the Northampton Town League... |
5,000 | United Counties League United Counties Football League The United Counties Football League is an English football league covering Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, as well as parts of Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk. It has a total of four divisions, two for first teams and two for reserve teams... Division One |
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| 15 | Boundary Park Boundary Park Boundary Park is the main sports stadium of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies at the northwestern extremity of Oldham, with the towns of Royton and Chadderton lying immediately north and west respectively, giving rise to the name Boundary Park.... |
155 | Oldham Athletic | 10,638 | Football League One Football League One Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system.... |
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See also
- List of English football stadiums by capacity
- List of football (soccer) stadiums by country