Craven Park is a
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
stadium in
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023 the ...
, Cumbria, England. It is the home of
Barrow Raiders
The Barrow Raiders are a semi-professional rugby league team in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The club was formed in 1875 as Barrow Football Club. For the 1995–96 and 1996 seasons the club was known as Barrow Braves, becoming the Ba ...
rugby league team.
Rugby league
Craven Park was built in 1931, largely as a result of the efforts of supporters of Barrow RLFC, 500 of whom volunteered to construct the ground. The total cost of the building project came to £7,500 which was an unbelievable figure in those days.
The stadium was named after Commander G. W. Craven, a local war hero, who had started the appeal fund with a donation of £500. It should not be confused with
Craven Park, or
Old Craven Park
Old Craven Park was a rugby league and greyhound racing stadium in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Rugby league
Hull Kingston Rovers moved from Craven Street in East Hull to a new ground called Craven Park in 1922. The club had pur ...
in
Hull, other rugby league venues.
As of 2022, the capacity of Craven Park stands at only 6,000.
Matches between either Barrow or Cumbria against touring international rugby league sides included:
Greyhound racing
Independent (unaffiliated to a governing body) greyhound racing took place around Craven Park from 1932–1933.
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Rugby league stadiums in England
Rugby League World Cup stadiums
Barrow-in-Furness
Craven Park
Sports venues completed in 1931
Defunct greyhound racing venues in the United Kingdom
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