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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark.
It sits within the topics 1909 establishments in England, 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup venues and American football venues in the United Kingdom.
Vinony links it to 39 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Address
- 200 Whitton Road, Twickenham , TW2 7BA
- Location
- London , England
- Owner
- RFU
- Capacity
- 82,000 (rugby) , 75,000 (American football), 55,000 (concerts; limited)
- Surface
- Desso GrassMaster
- Field size
- 125 m × 70 m
- Public transit
- Twickenham
- Built
- 1907 ; 119 years ago ( 1907 )
- Opened
- 2 October 1909 ; 116 years ago ( 1909-10-02 )
- Renovated
- 2005–2008
- Architect
- John Bradley
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
- Owned by
- Rugby Football Union
- Operator
- Rugby Football Union
- Sport
- rugby union
- Manufacturer
- Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
- Official website
- allianzstadiumtwickenham.com
- Image
- Twickenham Stadium aerial view 2014.jpg
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- maximum capacity
- 82000
- Commons category
- Twickenham Stadium
- date of official opening
- 1909-10-02
- street address
- Whitton Road, Twickenham TW2 7BA
- surface played on
- Desso GrassMaster
- inception
- 1907-00-00
- nickname
- Twicks
- structural engineer
- Arup
- different from
- Twickenham Stoop
- historic county
- Middlesex
- native label
- Twickenham Stadium
- associated electoral district
- Twickenham
- postal code
- TW2 7BA
- P12749
- Mimosa
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Encyclopedic overview
Twickenham Stadium (/ˈtwɪkənəm/; usually known as Twickenham, and for sponsorship purposes known as the Allianz Stadium Twickenham) is a rugby union stadium in Twickenham, London, England. It is owned by the Rugby Football Union (RFU), the English rugby union governing body, which has its headquarters there. The stadium is England's national rugby union stadium and is the venue for the England national rugby union team's home matches.
Twickenham is the world's largest rugby union stadium, the second largest stadium in the United Kingdom (behind Wembley Stadium), and the fourth largest in Europe. The Middlesex Sevens, Premiership Rugby fixtures, Anglo-Welsh Cup matches, Harlequins' annual Big Game, the Varsity Match between Oxford and Cambridge universities and European Rugby Champions Cup games have been played there. It has also been used as the venue for the Rugby Football League's Challenge Cup Final in 2001 and 2006, and the NFL London Games in 2016 and 2017.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Twickenham Stadium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.