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 completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...
located in
Walton-on-Thames
Walton-on-Thames, known locally as Walton, is a market town on the bank (geography), south bank of the River Thames, Thames in northwest Surrey, England. It is in the Borough of Elmbridge, about southwest of central London. Walton forms part ...
,
Surrey
Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...
. 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
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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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