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The Oval, London
London, England, United Kingdom
27,500
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Wembley Stadium, 90,000
The Oval, London is the 5th-oldest (opened 1845) of the 2,233 stadiums on this site. The nearest listed stadium is The Den, 4.5 km away.
- Listed for
- Cricket
- Tenants
- Surrey, England cricket team
- Position
- 51.48° N, 0.12° W
Where it stands in the United Kingdom
- Wembley Stadium62,500 more90,000
- 35 more listed stadiums
- St Andrew's1,254 more28,754
- Toughsheet Community Stadium1,223 more28,723
- Craven Cottage607 more28,107
- The Oval, London27,500
- Carrow Road350 fewer27,150
- The Valley389 fewer27,111
- The Hawthorns413 fewer27,087
- 90 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Operator
- Surrey County Cricket Club
- First men's Test
- 1880
- Share of listed capacity in the United Kingdom
- 0.8%
- Compared with the median in the United Kingdom
- 1.4 times the median capacity of 19,700 across its 133 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1840s in the United Kingdom
- 1 of the 133 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Stamford Bridge, 5.3 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 10
Nearest listed stadiums
- The Den · east20,146 places, opened 19934.5 km
- Stamford Bridge · west40,044 places, opened 18775.3 km
- Lord's · north-west31,100 places, opened 17876.5 km
- Craven Cottage · west28,107 places, opened 18967.4 km
- Emirates Stadium · north60,704 places, opened 20068.0 km
Source: Wikipedia, The Oval.