White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre, also known as the New River Stadium 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 ...
and athletics stadium in
Wood Green
Wood Green is a suburban district in the borough of Haringey in London, England. Its postal district is N22, with parts in N8 or N15. The London Plan identifies it as one of the metropolitan centres in Greater London, and today it forms a maj ...
,
Haringey
The London Borough of Haringey (pronounced , same as Harringay) is a London borough in North London, classified by some definitions as part of Inner London, and by others as part of Outer London. It was created in 1965 by the amalgamation of ...
,
north London
North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames. It extends from Clerkenwell and Finsbury, on the edge of the City of London financial district, to Greater London's boundary with Hertfordshire.
The term ''nort ...
,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
that is home to
London Skolars
The London Skolars are a professional rugby league club based at the New River Stadium, Wood Green, Haringey in north London. They were founded in 1995 and have been professional since 2003, operating in the Betfred League 1. They also run an ...
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 ...
club,
Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club
Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club is an athletics club based in North London.
The club has tracks in two locations;
Lee Valley Athletics Centre and
New River Stadium.
History
Enfield and Haringey AC was formed in 1999 with the merger of Borough ...
, Wood Green Weightlifting Club,
Park View F.C.,
Haringey Rhinos
Haringey Rhinos Rugby Football Club is a rugby club based in the London Borough of Haringey, North London, England.
The Rhinos are one of only two rugby union clubs in Haringey and have approximately 380 members including players, former player ...
rugby union club and Haringey Cycling Club.
The stadium has hosted the
Britbowl
The Britbowl is the championship game of the British American Football National League, and formerly the British American Football League (BAFL) in the United Kingdom. It is the most prestigious of the league's three bowl games that constitute ...
, the championship game of British
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
, in 2019 and 2022.
The New River Stadium also hosts the
Middlesex 9s rugby league nines
Rugby league nines (or simply nines) is a version of rugby league football played with nine players on each side. The game is substantially the same as full rugby league, with some differences in rules and shorter games. Nines is usually played in ...
tournament. The stadium is within walking distance of
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane was a Association football, football stadium in Tottenham, North London and the home of Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur Football Club from 1899 to 2017. Its capacity varied over the years; when changed to all-seater i ...
football stadium. The grandstand at the ground holds approximately 1,000 people, while the ground itself has a capacity of 5,000.
Transport
Wood Green tube station
Wood Green is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly line. The station is between Turnpike Lane and Bounds Green stations and is in Travelcard Zone 3. It is located at junction of High Road, Wood Green and Lordship Lane. It serves Wo ...
on the
Piccadilly line
The Piccadilly line is a deep-level London Underground line running from the north to the west of London. It has two branches, which split at Acton Town, and serves 53 stations. The line serves Heathrow Airport, and some of its stations are n ...
is the closest station to the stadium which is roughly a 15 minutes walk away. Also
Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace is a Grade II listed entertainment and sports venue in London, situated between Wood Green and Muswell Hill in the London Borough of Haringey. It is built on the site of Tottenham Wood and the later Tottenham Wood Farm. Origi ...
is a 30 minutes walk away which serves trains to both
King's Cross St Pancras and
Moorgate
Moorgate was one of the City of London's northern gates in its defensive wall, the last to be built. The gate took its name from the Moorfields, an area of marshy land that lay immediately north of the wall.
The gate was demolished in 1762, b ...
.
White Hart Lane railway station
White Hart Lane is a London Overground station on the Lea Valley lines located in Tottenham of the London Borough of Haringey in North London. It is from Liverpool Street station, London Liverpool Street and is situated between and . It is in L ...
is also around a 25-minute walk away which serves trains to
Liverpool Street.
References
External links
New River Stadium on Worldstadia.comLondon Skolars siteMiddlesex Nines websiteHaringey Cycling ClubHaringey Rhinos Rugby ClubHashtag United websiteNext Level Football League youtube channel
Athletics venues in London
Rugby league stadiums in London
Rugby union stadiums in London
Sport in the London Borough of Haringey
Tourist attractions in the London Borough of Haringey
Multi-purpose stadiums in the United Kingdom
London Skolars
Wood Green
Football venues in London
Toronto Wolfpack
American football venues in the United Kingdom
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