Windy Hill, Essendon
Windy Hill, Essendon is a multi purpose in Victoria, Australia that opened in 1881. Its recorded capacity is 10,000.
Key facts
Windy Hill, Essendon is a multi purpose in Victoria, Australia that opened in 1881. Its recorded capacity is 10,000. No current owner is recorded. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Essendon Football Club, VFL/AFL, Essendon Cricket Club, Essendon reserves, Essendon Association, Essendon Cricket Club.
- Location
- Victoria, Australia
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 10,000
- Opened
- 1881
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Not recorded
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
Windy Hill, Essendon is at latitude -37.751944, longitude 144.919722, in Victoria, Australia. 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 | -37.751944 |
| Longitude | 144.919722 |
| City | Victoria |
| Region | Victoria |
| Country | Australia |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
Windy Hill, Essendon has carried 1 recorded name. Essendon Cricket Ground (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon Cricket Ground | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
No ownership or operator rows are recorded for this venue.
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon Football Club | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| VFL/AFL | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Essendon Cricket Club | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Essendon reserves | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Essendon Association | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Essendon Cricket Club | Not mapped | 1881 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
10 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Essendon Cricket Ground | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43630 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43629 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43628 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43627 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43626 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 40387 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 15000 | 10000 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372252169 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Windy_Hill,_Essendon | Windy Hill, Essendon | 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: