Knowsley Road, St Helens
Knowsley Road, St Helens is a stadium in St Helens, United Kingdom that opened in 1890. Its recorded capacity is 17,500.
Key facts
Knowsley Road, St Helens is a stadium in St Helens, United Kingdom that opened in 1890. Its recorded capacity is 17,500. It is owned by St Helens RLFC and St Helens RLFC. It is operated by St Helens RLFC and St Helens RLFC. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including GPW Recruitment Stadium. Current tenants are St Helens RLFC, St Helens RLFC.
- Location
- St Helens, United Kingdom
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 17,500
- Opened
- 1890
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- St Helens RLFC, St Helens RLFC
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Knowsley Road, St Helens is at latitude 53.451667, longitude -2.764444, in St Helens, 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
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 53.451667 |
| Longitude | -2.764444 |
| City | St Helens |
| Region | St Helens |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Knowsley Road, St Helens has carried 1 recorded name. GPW Recruitment Stadium (no sponsor) ran 2008 to 2010. The average tenure of a name here is 2 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPW Recruitment Stadium | None | 2008 to 2010 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | St Helens RLFC | 1890 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | St Helens RLFC | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | St Helens RLFC | 1890 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | St Helens RLFC | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Helens RLFC | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| St Helens RLFC | Not mapped | 1890 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
17 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 1002 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 35359 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | St Helens Town FC | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 33113 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33113 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33112 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33111 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1651 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1650 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372210975 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Knowsley_Road | Knowsley Road | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | GPW Recruitment Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5587 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5586 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5585 | 2026-09 |
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:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: