The Sports Ground, Stompond Lane (also called Stompond Lane Sports Ground, but often just shortened to Stompond Lane) was a
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
located in
Walton-on-Thames
Walton-on-Thames, locally known as Walton, is a market town on the south bank of the Thames in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. Walton forms part of the Greater London built-up area, within the KT postcode and is served by a wide ran ...
,
Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...
. It was where
Walton & Hersham F.C. played their home matches
and it was also used by the Walton Athletic Club.
Structure
Stompond Lane consisted of a football pitch surrounded by a running track. There was a brick
grandstand
A grandstand is a normally permanent structure for seating spectators. This includes both auto racing and horse racing. The grandstand is in essence like a single section of a stadium, but differs from a stadium in that it does not wrap a ...
on the north side, which contained 404 regular seats and 40 in the two directors' boxes.
The seats had to be accessed by stairways because the dressing rooms were beneath them. On the opposite side of the pitch was a covered terrace and there was uncovered terracing surrounding the east side of the track.
Closure
On 19 September 2017, Stompond Lane was used for the last time to host
Walton & Hersham F.C. After this game, the existing structures were demolished to make way for a development of 54 new houses,
and Walton & Hersham F.C relocated to the new
Elmbridge Sports Hub in Waterside Drive.
Footnotes
External links
Information regarding the stadiumDirections to the stadiumWalton & Hersham F.C.Walton Athletic Club
Sports venues in Surrey
Football venues in England
American football venues in the United Kingdom
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