List of venues in the United Kingdom

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There are many venues in the United Kingdom where a variety of national and international sport, musical and entertainment acts perform.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Stadiums and festivals[]

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• Glastonbury Festival, near Pilton – 203,000^[6]
• Download Festival, Donington Park - 110,000^[7]
• Wembley Stadium (new; since 2007), London – 90,000
• Twickenham Stadium, London – 82,000
• Reading Festival, Reading – 80,000
• Roundhay Park, Leeds – 79,999^[8]
• Old Trafford, Greater Manchester  – 74,879
• Millennium Stadium, Cardiff – 74,500
• Wembley Stadium (old; 1923–2000), London – 68,000
• Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh - 67,144 (seated)
• Celtic Park, Glasgow - 64,411
• City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester – 60,000
• Anfield Stadium, Liverpool – 50,000–60,000^[9]
• Hampden Park, Glasgow - 51,866
• TRNSMT, Glasgow Green, Glasgow- 50,000
• Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow - 80,817
• Hyde Park, London – e.g., Masters of Rock, 1996: 150,000; Simon & Garfunkel, 2004: 50,000; Hard Rock Calling, 2008: 45,000.^{[citation needed]}
• Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester – 50,000
• Villa Park Stadium, Birmingham – 42,682
• Finsbury Park, London – 40,000
• Glasgow Summer Sessions - 35,000
• Elland Road Stadium, Leeds – 35,000
• Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton – 30,000 (incl. boxes can equal 31,700)
• Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen - 20,866
• Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh - 20,421
• Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh- 20,099^[10]
• , Edinburgh - 20,000
• Clapham Common, London – 20,000
• Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester – 17,000^{[citation needed]}
• - 10,000

Indoor arenas[]

• Manchester Arena, Manchester – 21,000
• The O2 Arena, London – 20,000
• Earls Court Exhibition Centre (1887–2014), London – 16,000 to 19,000
• Arena Birmingham (formerly Barclaycard Arena/NIA), Birmingham – 16,000
• P&J Live, Aberdeen – 16,000
• Resorts World Arena (formerly Genting Arena, LG Arena, NEC Arena), Birmingham – 13,928 to 15,643
• First Direct Arena, Leeds – 13,500
• FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield – 13,500
• The SSE Hydro, Glasgow – 13,000
• Wembley SSE Arena (formerly Empire Pool), London – 12,500
• London Arena (1989–2006), London – 12,500
• Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow – 12,500
• Utilita Arena Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne  – 11,000
• Liverpool Arena, Liverpool  – 11,000; ECHO 2  – 4000; the auditorium  – 1350
• Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham – 10,000
• Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff – 7,500 (standing), 5,000 (seated)
• Copper Box Arena, London – 7,500
• Lee Valley VeloPark, London – 7,000

Exhibition and conference venues[]

• , Farnborough - 12,000 (Hall 1), 3,150 (Hall 5)
• National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham – 12,000 (Hall 4), 8,000 (Hall 5)
• Manchester Central Convention Complex – 10,900 (Halls 1 and 2 combined), 8,100 (Hall 2)
• Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London – 10,250 (standing), 7,250 (seated)
• Exhibition Centre Liverpool – 7,000 (standing, combined halls), 2,400 (per hall)
• ExCeL London – 4,500 (ICC Auditorium), 4,000–10,000 (event halls)
• Grand Hall, Olympia, London – 10,000 (standing), 4,000 (seated)
• EventCity, Manchester – 9,360 (Hall 3), 4,500 (Hall 4)

Indoor theatres and halls[]

• ,Digbeth  – 3,000 (standing); 1,300 (seated)
• Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth - 6,500 (standing); 4,000 (seated)
• Royal Albert Hall, London – 5,544
• Eventim Apollo (formerly Hammersmith Odeon), London  – 5,039 (standing); 3,632 (seated)
• O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester 3,500
• O2 Brixton Academy, London – 4,921
• Brighton Centre, Brighton – 4,500
• Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth – 4,000
• O2 Academy, Birmingham - 3,859
• King George's Hall, Blackburn – 3,500
• O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester – 3,500
• Bonus Arena, Hull – 3,500
• Roundhouse, London – 3,300 (standing); 1,700 (seated)
• Troxy, London – 3,100
• Edinburgh Playhouse - 3,059
• Edinburgh Corn Exchange - 1,000 (dinners), 3,000 (concerts)
• O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham – 3,000
• Empress Ballroom, Blackpool - 3,000
• Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 3,000 (Civic Hall) 1,134 (Wulfrun Hall) 550 (Slade Rooms)
• Usher Hall, Edinburgh - 2,900 (standing) 2,200 (seated)
• Royal Festival Hall, London – 2,895
• (formally Bradford Odeon, due to reopen 2020)  – when finished, 3,400 seating, 4,000 standing
• O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow - 2,500
• Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow - 2,500
• Coliseum Theatre, London – 2,358
• London Palladium, London – 2,300
• Mayflower Theatre, Southampton – 2,300
• Royal Opera House, London – 2,268
• Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 2,262
• Rock City, Nottingham – 2,450
• Manchester Academy, Manchester - 2,300
• Caird Hall, Dundee – 2,300 (Standing) 1,200 (Seated)
• , Hertfordshire – 2,250
• De Montfort Hall, Leicester – 2,200
• O2 City Hall, Newcastle - 2,135
• London Forum (since 1993) (formerly Town & Country Club; 1980s–1993), London – 2,110
• Lyceum Theatre, London – 2,096
• Tobacco Dock, London – 2,000^[11]
• O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London – 2,000
• Newport Leisure Centre, Newport – 2,000
• Brentwood Centre, Brentwood – 2,000
• , London – 2,000
• O2 Academy Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne – 2,000
• Albert Hall, Manchester - 2,000
• , Glasgow - 2,000
• , Birmingham - 2,000
• , Liverpool - 1,960
• Barbican Arts Centre, London – 1,949 (hall), 200 (pit)
• Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh - 1,915 seated
• , Margate - 1,900
• O2 Academy, Bournemouth - 1,800
• Southampton Guildhall, Southampton – 1,749
• Brighton Dome, Brighton  – 1,700 (Seated) 1,860 (Standing)
• Sage Gateshead, Newcastle Gateshead – 1,700 (Sage One) 450 (Sage Two)
• Roundhouse, London – 1,700
• Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 1,681
• O2 Academy, Bristol - 1,650
• , Bristol - 1,600
• Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent – 1,600
• The Engine Shed, Lincoln - 1,600
• Sadler's Wells Theatre, London – 1,560
• Victoria Theatre, Halifax – 1,512
• De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill  – 1,500
• Regent Theatre, Ipswich  – 1,500
• Koko (previously known as Camden Palace and The Music Machine), London – 1,500
• Brixton Electric, Brixton, London – 1,500 (Formerly known as The Fridge)
• York Barbican - 1500 (seated); 1900 (standing)
• Great Hall, Exeter – 1500 (standing), 650 (seated)
• Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent – 1,467
• OPEN Norwich, Norwich – 1,450 (standing) 500 (seated) Closed 2020
• The Spotlight, Hoddesdon - 1360 standing, 566 seated
• King’s Theatre, Edinburgh - 1,350 seated
• London Hippodrome, London – 1,340 (seated)
• Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge – 1,214 to 1,462
• City Hall, Salisbury  – 1255 standing 1355 mixed 953 seated
• Perth Concert Hall - 1200 seated, 1600 standing
• Music Hall Aberdeen - 1,281 seated
• Portsmouth Pyramids Centre, Portsmouth – 1,200 (standing); 500 (seated)
• Heaven, London – 1,200
• , Coventry - 1200 (standing) 550 (seated)
• Royal National Theatre, London – 1,160 (Olivier) 890 (Lyttelton) 400 (Cottesloe)
• Grand Central Hall, Liverpool - 1,150
• Scala, London - 1,145
• Electric Ballroom, London – 1,100 (800 downstairs) (300 upstairs)
• , Bristol - 1,100
• Old Vic, London – 1,067
• Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon – 1,000
• Citadel Arts Centre, St Helens – 1,000
• Tramshed, Cardiff - 1,000
• Queen's Hall, Edinburgh - 900 standing, 801 seated
• , Edinburgh - 800 (club nights), 650-700 (gigs)
• Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh - 658

Smaller venues[]

(including public houses)

• Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham – 978
• Theatre Royal, Brighton – 952
• Orchard Theatre, Dartford – 950
• Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – 913
• The Corn Exchange, Ipswich  – 900 standing, 800 seated.
• The Aquarium, Lowestoft  – 900
• Cambridge Junction – 850
• The Coventry Empire. Empire 1 - 800 (Standing) Empire 2 - 180 (Standing)
• Scala, Kings Cross, London – 800
• O2 Academy Islington, Islington, London – 800
• Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot – 798
• Churchill Theatre, Bromley – 781
• Union Chapel, Islington, London – 750
• Albert Hall, Nottingham, Nottingham – 750
• , Exeter – 700
• The Picturedrome Holmfirth – 690
• , Edinburgh - 650
• Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent – 644
• The Garage, London – 600
• New Vic Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent – 600
• , Brighton – 600
• Lemon Tree, Aberdeen - 550 standing, various seated caps
• Under The Bridge, Fulham, London – 550
• Corn Exchange, Exeter – 500 (standing), 300 (seated)
• Bloomsbury Theatre, Bloomsbury, London – 535
• The Dome, London – 500
• Camden Underworld, Camden Town, London – 500
• The Old Market, Brighton & Hove, Brighton – 500
• Perth Theatre - 500
• The Fox and Firkin, London – 499
• STYX, North London – 499
• , London (circa 1960s–2008) – 499
• Buskers, Dundee – 450
• The Stables, Milton Keynes – 398 seated and 50 standing (Jim Marshall Auditorium) 80 seated or 100 standing (Stage 2)
• The Magic Garden, London – 380
• Purcell Room, South Bank, London – 367
• Jazz Cafe, London – 350
• 100 Club, London – 350
• , Milton Keynes – 330
• Tunnels, Aberdeen - 300 standing or 500 clubnight
• Drummomds, Aberdeen - 300 standing
• Electric Circus, Edinburgh - 300
• , Edinburgh - 300 standing
• , Walthamstow – 300
• The Boileroom^[12] Guildford – 300
• Ronnie Scott's, London – 300
• , Exeter – 300 (standing), 158 (seated)
• The Picturedrome^[13] Northampton – 300
• , London (circa 1971–1990) – 275
• , London – 275
• Eel Pie Club, Twickenham, London – 200+
• , Edinburgh - 200 standing
• , Edinburgh - The Boudoir: 60 seated, 150 standing, The Vault: 80 seated, 200 Standing
• The Half Moon, Putney, London – 200
• The Square, Harlow – 200 (closed January 2017)
• , St Albans – 200
• DIY Space For London, Bermondsey – 160
• The Leeds Club, Leeds – 150
• The New Headingley Club, Leeds – 100
• Dublin Castle, Camden, London – 150
• , Doncaster – 150
• House of Detention, Clerkenwell, London – 130^[14]
• , Edinburgh - 100
• Greencoat Place, Victoria – 100
• Century Theatre Coalville, Leicestershire 206
• Cellar, Aberdeen - 80

Capacities not specified[]

• Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
• , London
• Marquee Club, London (Wardour Street 1964–1988; Charing Cross Road 1988–2001)
• Powerhaus (was once The Pied Bull; closed circa 1990s; now Halifax Building Society), Islington, London
• The Sir George Robey, Finsbury Park (briefly renamed Powerhaus after Islington venue "moved" here) (closed circa 2000s), London
• , London (closed circa 1990s)
• Vortex, London (closed circa 1990s in Stoke Newington) opened in Dalston Gillet Square)
• Rainbow Theatre, London (1971–1982; now a Christian church)
• The Roxy, London (1976–1978; now a sports shop)
• Music Room Space Events, Mayfair, London
• Band on the Wall, Manchester
• Hope and Anchor, Islington, London

See also[]

• List of London venues

References[]