Welford Road Stadium
Welford Road Stadium is a stadium in City of Leicester, United Kingdom that opened in 1892. Its recorded capacity is 25,849.
Key facts
Welford Road Stadium is a stadium in City of Leicester, United Kingdom that opened in 1892. Its recorded capacity is 25,849. It is owned by Leicester Tigers and Leicester Tigers. It is operated by Leicester Tigers and Leicester Tigers. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Leicester Tigers, Leicester Tigers, London Broncos, 1999 Rugby World Cup, 1991 Rugby World Cup.
- Location
- City of Leicester, United Kingdom
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 25,849
- Opened
- 1892
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Leicester Tigers, Leicester Tigers
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Welford Road Stadium is at latitude 52.624167, longitude -1.133056, in City of Leicester, 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 | 52.624167 |
| Longitude | -1.133056 |
| City | City of Leicester |
| Region | City of Leicester |
| 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
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Leicester Tigers | 1892 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Leicester Tigers | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Leicester Tigers | 1892 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Leicester Tigers | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester Tigers | Premiership Rugby | Present | Current | Source |
| Leicester Tigers | Premiership Rugby | 1892 to present | Current | Source |
| London Broncos | Premiership Rugby | 1892 to present | Current | Source |
| 1999 Rugby World Cup | Premiership Rugby | 1892 to present | Current | Source |
| 1991 Rugby World Cup | Premiership Rugby | 1892 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
13 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 | 1044 | 2026-10 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372250948 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Welford_Road_Stadium | Welford Road Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 20 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18466 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18465 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18464 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5928 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5927 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5926 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5925 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5924 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5923 | 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: