Leigh Sports Village
Leigh Sports Village is a stadium in Leigh, United Kingdom that opened in 2008. Its recorded capacity is 12,000.
Key facts
Leigh Sports Village is a stadium in Leigh, United Kingdom that opened in 2008. Its recorded capacity is 12,000. It is owned by Leigh Sports Village Company Ltd Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. It is operated by Leigh Sports Village Company Ltd. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Rugby league, Leigh Leopards, Football:, Leigh Genesis, Blackburn Rovers F.C. Reserves and Academy, Manchester United W.F.C., Swinton Lions, Leigh Leopards, Blackburn Rovers F.C. Reserves and Academy.
- Location
- Leigh, United Kingdom
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 12,000
- Opened
- 2008
- Status
- Active
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Hybrid grass
Leigh Sports Village is at latitude 53.491, longitude -2.529, in Leigh, 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 | 53.491 |
| Longitude | -2.529 |
| City | Leigh |
| Region | Leigh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Hybrid grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Leigh Sports Village Company Ltd Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Leigh Sports Village Company Ltd | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rugby league | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Leigh Leopards | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Football: | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Leigh Genesis | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Blackburn Rovers F.C. Reserves and Academy | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Manchester United W.F.C. | Not mapped | 2008 to present | Current | Source |
| Swinton Lions | Not mapped | 2008 to present | Current | Source |
| Leigh Leopards | Not mapped | 2008 to present | Current | Source |
| Blackburn Rovers F.C. Reserves and Academy | Not mapped | 2008 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
24 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 | 1026 | 2026-10 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Manchester United Women | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Manchester United Reserves | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 33144 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 33143 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33144 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33143 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33142 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1678 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1677 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1676 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 11000 | 12000 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1374664306 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Leigh_Sports_Village | Leigh Sports Village | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18435 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18434 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18433 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18432 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18431 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18430 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5873 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5872 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5871 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5870 | 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: