List of venues in the United Kingdom
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
Glastonbury Festival , near Pilton – 210,000[ 6] Download Festival , Donington Park – 110,000[ 7] Wembley Stadium (new; 2007–present), London – 90,000Twickenham Stadium , London – 82,000Wembley Stadium (old; 1923–2000), London – 82,000 (seated)London Stadium (formerly Olympic Stadium) – 80,000Reading and Leeds Festival – 80,000Roundhay Park , Leeds – 79,999[ 8] Old Trafford , Greater Manchester – 74,879Principality Stadium , Cardiff – 74,500Creamfields , Daresbury – 70,000Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh – 67,144 (seated)National Bowl , Milton Keynes - 65,000 (Standing)Celtic Park , Glasgow – 64,411Tottenham Hotspur Stadium , London - 62,000Anfield , Liverpool – 61,276Etihad Stadium , Greater Manchester – 60,000Stadium of Light , Sunderland – 60,000Hampden Park , Glasgow – 51,866Ibrox Stadium , Glasgow – 50,817TRNSMT , Glasgow Green, Glasgow – 50,000Hyde 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 , Manchester – 50,000Villa Park , Birmingham – 42,682In the Park, Sefton Park , Liverpool - 40,000[ 9]
Finsbury Park , London – 40,000Goodison Park , Liverpool – 39,572Elland Road , Leeds - 37,792Glasgow Summer Sessions – 35,000Highest Point Festival , Williamson Park - 35,000Hillsborough Stadium , Sheffield - 34,835Coventry Building Society Arena , Coventry - 32,753King Power Stadium , Leicester - 32,500Bramall Lane , Sheffield - 32,050American Express Stadium , Brighton and Hove - 31,876Ewood Park , Blackburn - 31,367Stadium MK , Milton Keynes - 30,500Truck Festival , Steventon - 30,000Molineux Stadium , Wolverhampton – 30,000 (incl. boxes can equal 31,700)MKM Stadium , Kingston upon Hull – 25,400Falkirk Stadium , Falkirk – 25,000Shambala Festival , Kelmarsh - 25,000Swansea.com Stadium , Swansea – 21,088Pittodrie Stadium , Aberdeen – 20,866Easter Road , Edinburgh – 20,421Tynecastle Park , Edinburgh – 20,099[ 10] Bloodstock Open Air , Catton Hall, Derby - 20,000Terminal V , Edinburgh – 20,000Clapham Common , London – 20,000Craven Park , Kingston upon Hull – 12,225–20,000JobServe Community Stadium , Colchester – 17,000[citation needed Coventry Building Society Arena – 10,000 (standing), 32,750 (seated)Nass Festival , Shepton Mallet - 15,000Riverside Festival Glasgow – 10,000Kelburn Garden Party, Fairlie - 4,000
Indoor arenas
Co-op Live , Manchester – 23,500AO Arena , Manchester – 21,000The O2 Arena , London – 20,000Earls Court Exhibition Centre (1887–2014), London – 20,000Utilita Arena Birmingham – 16,000P&J Live , Aberdeen – 16,000BP pulse LIVE , Birmingham – 13,928 to 15,643First Direct Arena , Leeds – 13,500Utilita Arena Sheffield – 13,500OVO Hydro , Glasgow – 13,000OVO Arena Wembley , London – 12,500London Arena (1989–2006) – 12,500SEC Centre , Glasgow – 12,500Utilita Arena Newcastle – 11,000M&S Bank Arena , Liverpool – 11,000; ECHO 2 – 4,000; the auditorium – 1,350Earls Court Two (1991–2014), London – 10,750Motorpoint Arena Nottingham , Nottingham – 10,000Cardiff International Arena – 7,500 (standing); 5,000 (seated)Copper Box Arena , London – 7,500Lee 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 – 5,544Eventim Apollo (formerly Hammersmith Odeon), London – 5,039 (standing); 3,632 (seated)O2 Brixton Academy , London – 4,921Brighton Centre , Brighton – 4,500Bradford New Victoria (formally Bradford Odeon ), Bradford – 4,000 (standing); 3,400 (seating)Plymouth Pavilions , Plymouth – 4,000Bridlington Spa , Bridlington – 3,800Hull Arena , Kingston upon Hull – 3,750Forum Birmingham , Birmingham – 3,500King George's Hall , Blackburn – 3,500Blackpool Winter Gardens , Blackpool – 3,500Connexin Live Arena , Kingston upon Hull – 3,500O2 Apollo Manchester , Manchester – 3,500O2 Victoria Warehouse , Manchester – 3,500Swansea Arena , Swansea – 3,500The Halls Wolverhampton – 3,404 (Civic Hall); 1,289 (Wulfrun Hall); 550 (Slade Rooms)Roundhouse , London – 3,300 (standing); 1,700 (seated)Troxy , London – 3,100Edinburgh Playhouse , Edinburgh – 3,059O2 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 – 3,000Planet Ice Coventry - SkyDome Arena , Coventry – 3,000Usher Hall , Edinburgh – 2,900 (standing); 2,200 (seated)Royal Festival Hall , London – 2,895Indigo at The O2 , London – 2,750Manchester Academy , Manchester – 2,600 (Academy 1); 950 (Academy 2); 650 (Club Academy); 470 (Academy 3)O2 Academy Glasgow , Glasgow – 2,500Glasgow Royal Concert Hall , Glasgow – 2,500Venue Cymru , Llandudno – 2,500 (Arena); 1,450 (Theatre Auditorium)Planet Ice Milton Keynes Arena , Milton Keynes – 2,500Rock City , Nottingham – 2,450London Coliseum – 2,358Liverpool Empire Theatre , – 2,348London Palladium – 2,300O2 Forum Kentish Town , London – 2,300Mayflower Theatre , Southampton – 2,300O2 Academy Leeds , Leeds – 2,300Caird Hall , Dundee – 2,300 (standing); 1,200 (seated)Royal Opera House , London – 2,268Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 2,262The Forum , Hertfordshire – 2,250Planet Ice Leeds Arena , Leeds – 2,200Sunderland Empire , Sunderland – 2,200De Montfort Hall , Leicester – 2,200O2 Academy Sheffield , Sheffield – 2,150NX Newcastle – 2,135O2 City Hall Newcastle – 2,135Bristol Beacon , Bristol – 2,124 standing, 1,866 seatedLyceum Theatre , London – 2,096O2 Institute Birmingham , Birmingham – 2,000Brentwood Centre – 2,000The Old Fruitmarket , Glasgow – 2,000O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire , London – 2,000Tobacco Dock , London – 2,000[ 11] The Venue , London – 2,000Albert Hall, Manchester – 2,000Newport Leisure Centre , Newport – 2,000Watford Colosseum , Watford – 2,000Eventim Olympia , Liverpool – 1,960Bristol Hippodrome , Bristol – 1,951Barbican Centre , London – 1,949 (Hall); 200 (Pit)Edinburgh Festival Theatre , Edinburgh – 1,915 (seated)Barrowland Ballroom , Glasgow – 1,900Winter Gardens, Margate – 1,900York Barbican , York – 1,900 (standing); 1,500 (seated)Brighton Dome , Brighton – 1,860 (standing); 1,700 (seated)Cambridge Corn Exchange – 1,849Hull City Hall , Kingston upon Hull – 1,800 (standing); 1,200 (seated)O2 Academy Bournemouth – 1,800The Baths Hall , Scunthorpe – 1,800 (standing); 1,021 (seated)New Theatre Oxford , Oxford – 1,785O2 Academy Liverpool , Liverpool – 1,750 (academy1 - 1250, academy 2 - 500)O2 Guildhall Southampton , Southampton – 1,749The Glasshouse International Centre for Music , Newcastle Gateshead – 1,700 (Sage One); 450 (Sage Two)G Live , Guilford – 1,700O2 Academy Bristol – 1,650The Forum, Bath – 1,640Cliffs Pavilion , Southend-on-sea – 1,630Marble Factory , Bristol – 1,600Cardiff University Students' Union Great Hall, Cardiff – 1,600The Engine Shed , Lincoln – 1,600Perth Concert Hall , Perth – 1,600 (standing); 1,200 (seated)Regent Theatre , Stoke-on-Trent – 1,600Sadler's Wells Theatre , London – 1,560UEA LCR , Norwich – 1,550Warwick Arts Centre , Coventry – Butterworth Hall - 1,535, Theatre - 573, Studio - 150, Helen Martin Studio - 143, Woods Scawen Room - 250.Victoria Theatre , Halifax – 1,512De La Warr Pavilion , Bexhill – 1,500Leith Theatre , Edinburgh – 1,500Regent Theatre, Ipswich – 1,500Koko (previously known as Camden Palace and The Music Machine), London – 1,500Electric Brixton (formerly known as the Fridge), London – 1,500O2 Institute , Birmingham – O2 Institute 1 - 1,500, O2 Institute 2 - 600, O2 Institute 3 - 250The O2 Ritz , Manchester – 1,500Great Hall , Exeter – 1,500 (standing); 650 (seated)St Augustine's Cultural Arts , Brighton – 1,500 (standing);1,000 (seated)Victoria Hall , Stoke-on-Trent – 1,467OPEN Norwich , Norwich – 1,450 (standing); 500 (seated); Closed 2020O2 Academy Leicester , Leicester – 1,450Bath Pavilion , Bath – 1,400The Spotlight, Hoddesdon – 1,360 (standing); 566 (seated)King's Theatre, Edinburgh – 1,350 (seated)London Hippodrome , London – 1,340 (seated)Theatre Royal, Norwich – 1,300New Victoria Theatre , Woking – 1,300City Hall, Salisbury – 1,255 (standing); 1,355 (mixed); 953 (seated)
Music Hall Aberdeen – 1,281 (seated)Cambridge Theatre , London – 1,231Portsmouth Pyramids Centre , Portsmouth – 1,200 (standing); 500 (seated)Heaven , London – 1,200Rialto Reborn , Coventry – 1200 (standing); 550 (seated)The Telegraph Building , Belfast – 1200The Hexagon , Reading – 1200Alban Arena , St Albans – 1200 standing (850 seated)Embassy Theatre , Skegness – 1,168Royal National Theatre , London – 1,160 (Olivier); 890 (Lyttelton); 400 (Cottesloe)Grand Central Hall , Liverpool – 1,150Scala , London – 1,145Theatre Royal ,Nottingham – 1,107Electric Ballroom , London – 1,100 (800 downstairs, 300 upstairs)The Grand Theatre , Blackpool – 1,100SWX Bristol , Bristol – 1,100Lyceum Theatre , Sheffield – 1,068Old Vic , London – 1,067O2 Academy Oxford – 1,020Royal Shakespeare Theatre , Stratford-upon-Avon – 1,000Citadel Arts Centre , St Helens – 1,000Tramshed, Cardiff – 1,000Weymouth Pavilion , Weymouth – 988Crucible Theatre, Sheffield – 980Queen's Hall, Edinburgh – 900 (standing); 801 (seated)The Leadmill , Sheffield – 900 (standing); 400 (seated)Southampton Engine Rooms , Southampton – 860The Liquid Room , Edinburgh – 800 (club nights); 650-700 (gigs)Floral Pavilion Theatre , – 814Royal Lyceum Theatre , Edinburgh – 658
Smaller venues
(including public houses )
Cheltenham Town Hall , Cheltenham - 978Theatre Royal, Brighton - 952Orchard Theatre, Dartford - 950
Queen Elizabeth Hall , London - 913Epic Studios, Norwich - 900
Corn Exchange, Ipswich - 900 standing, 800 seated.
The Aquarium, Lowestoft - 900
Malvern Theatres , Worcestershire - 850Cambridge Junction - 850
The Coventry Empire. Empire 1 - 800 (Standing) Empire 2 - 180 (Standing)
Scala , Kings Cross, London - 800O2 Academy Islington , Islington , London - 800Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot - 798
Churchill Theatre, Bromley - 781
Vibez, Newport - 750
Union Chapel , Islington , London - 750Albert Hall, Nottingham , Nottingham - 750Limelight , Belfast - 750Lemongrove , Exeter - 700The Picturedrome Holmfirth - 690
Everyman Theatre , Cheltenham - 675Lighthouse , Poole - 669Playhouse Theatre , Oxford - 663The Caves Edinburgh , Edinburgh - 650Victoria Hall , Stoke-on-Trent - 644The Garage, London - 600New Vic Theatre , Stoke-on-Trent - 600Concorde 2 , Brighton - 600@sohoplace , London - 600Yoko Ono Lennon Centre , Liverpool - 600 (lecture theatre), 400 (tung auditorium)Yvonne Arnaud Theatre , Guildford - 586Stephan Joseph Theatre , Scarborough - 569Lemon Tree, Aberdeen - 550 standing, various seated caps
Under The Bridge , Fulham , London - 550Bloomsbury Theatre , Bloomsbury , London - 535Band on the Wall , Manchester - 520Britannia Adelphi Hotel , Liverpool ballroom - 500 (seated)The Dome, London - 500
Camden Underworld , Camden Town , London - 500The Old Market , Brighton & Hove , Brighton - 500Perth Theatre - 500Corn Exchange, Exeter - 500 (standing), 300 (seated)The Fox and Firkin, London - 499
STYX , North London - 499Ruskin Arms , London (circa 1960s–2008) - 499New Theatre Royal Lincoln , Lincoln - 475Buskers , Dundee - 450The 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 - 367Jazz Cafe , London - 350100 Club , London - 350MK11 Live Music Venue , Milton Keynes - 330Tunnels, Aberdeen - 300 standing or 500 clubnight
Drummomds, Aberdeen - 300 standing
Electric Circus, Edinburgh - 300
The Mart Theatre , Skipton - 300The Bongo Club , Edinburgh - 300 standingThe Standard Music Venue , Walthamstow - 300The Boileroom[ 12]
Ronnie Scott's , London - 300Phoenix , Exeter - 300 (standing), 158 (seated)The Picturedrome[ 13] Northampton - 300
Fulham Greyhound , London (circa 1971–1990) – 275The Borderline , London – 275Sheffield Library Theatre , Sheffield – 260Century Theatre Coalville, Leicestershire - 206
Off The Square, Manchester - 200+
Eel Pie Club, Twickenham, London – 200+
The Voodoo Rooms , Edinburgh - 200 standingCabaret Voltaire , Edinburgh - The Boudoir: 60 seated, 150 standing, The Vault: 80 seated, 200 StandingThe Half Moon , Putney , London – 200The Square , Harlow – 200 (closed January 2017)The Horn , St Albans – 200Silsden Town Hall, Bradford - 180
The Rose Theatre , Chesterfield - 160DIY Space For London , Bermondsey – 160The Leeds Club , Leeds – 150Dublin Castle, Camden , London – 150Vintage Rockbar , Doncaster – 150House of Detention, Clerkenwell, London – 130[ 14]
606 Club , London - 120Sneaky Pete’s , Edinburgh - 100Greencoat Place, Victoria - 100
The New Headingley Club , Leeds – 100Vortex Jazz Club , London - 100The Lion Theatre , Horncastle - 96Cellar, Aberdeen - 80
Bawtry Phoenix Theatre , Bawtry - 72
Capacities not specified
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane , LondonKilburn National Club , LondonMarquee 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), LondonCamden 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
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