Central Park

Central Park is a stadium in Wigan, United Kingdom that opened in 1902. Its recorded capacity is 18,000.

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Central Park
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Key facts

Central Park is a stadium in Wigan, United Kingdom that opened in 1902. Its recorded capacity is 18,000. No current owner is recorded. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Wigan RLFC, Wigan Warriors.

Location
Wigan, United Kingdom
Type
Stadium
Capacity
18,000
Opened
1902
Status
Demolished
Current owner
Not recorded
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
0
Playing surface
Natural grass
Location of Central Park
Central Park

Central Park is at latitude 53.550417, longitude -2.625833, in Wigan, United Kingdom. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.

Data table for this chart
Recorded location of Central Park
FieldValue
Latitude53.550417
Longitude-2.625833
CityWigan
RegionWigan
CountryUnited Kingdom
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Technology

Playing surface, roof and equipment recorded for Central Park
FeatureRecorded asConfidenceSource
SurfaceNatural grassWikipedia infoboxSource

See the venue technology guides for how these work.

Naming rights

No naming history is recorded for this venue.

Ownership and operation

No ownership or operator rows are recorded for this venue.

Tenants

Tenants of Central Park and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
Wigan RLFCNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Wigan WarriorsNot mapped1902 to presentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

5 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Central Park
DateTableFieldFromToMonth
2 October 2026venue_features(created)not set10132026-10
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13720739732026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_titleCentral_Park_(Wigan)Central Park (Wigan)2026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set184102026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set58292026-09

Sources and licenses

Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Central Park (Wigan) (revision 1372073973). Wikidata item: Q5061597.