Leigh Sports Village
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| Full name | Leigh Sports Village Stadium |
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| Location | Sale Way, Leigh, Greater Manchester, WN7 4GX |
| Coordinates | 53°29′28″N 2°31′44″W / 53.491°N 2.529°WCoordinates: 53°29′28″N 2°31′44″W / 53.491°N 2.529°W |
| Owner | Leigh Sports Village Company Ltd. |
| Operator | Leigh Sports Village Company Ltd. |
| Capacity | 12,000 |
| Record attendance | 12,005 Castleford vs Widnes 11/08/2014 |
| Surface | Deso GrassMaster |
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| Built | 2007–2008 |
| Opened | 28 December 2008 |
| Construction cost | £17.5m |
| Main contractors | Hall Construction |
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Leigh Centurions 2008–present Leigh Genesis 2009–2010 Blackburn Rovers Reserves 2009–present Manchester United Reserves 2014–present |
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Leigh Sports Village is a £50 million multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centerpiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional Super League team Leigh Centurions. The complex also plays host to amateur rugby league club Leigh East and amateur athletics club Leigh Harriers, who both occupy dedicated facilities on the site. Other facilities on site include the Leigh campus of Wigan & Leigh College, Leigh Sports Centre, which includes a gym, multi-use sports hall and swimming pool, and the Park Inn Hotel.
Leigh Sports Village is a development southwest of Leigh town centre, on the north side of the Leigh arm of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, close to Pennington Flash Country Park and accessed from the A579, Atherleigh Way and by pedestrian routes from the town and surrounding area. The scheme was initially developed to contribute to the regeneration of Leigh and provide modern facilities for local sports clubs, schools and the local community.
The main focus of the sports village is the stadium built for local professional sports clubs and its associated facilities. It is all seating in the West, East and South Stands with standing in the North Stand. There is a 25-metre swimming pool, gymnasia and activity rooms and a sports hall used by the sports clubs, college and local community. A synthetic 400-metre running track, covered training facility and field sports area has been built for Leigh Harriers and Athletic Club and amateur rugby league club, Leigh East ARLFC has a clubhouse.
Leigh College occupy a site on the stadium perimeter and share sports and youth facilities. To make the project commercially viable, retail and commercial premises, housing and a hotel are built on the site close to Atherleigh Way.
Roads on the Sports Village site are named after three local sporting personalities: Tommy Sale , Jimmy Ledgard and Geoff Turner. The roads are Sale Way, home to the stadium, sixth form college and sports centre, Turner Way address of Leigh Harriers Athletics Club, whilst Ledgard Avenue accommodates the new Leigh East clubhouse.
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