List of venues in the United Kingdom

There are many venues in the United Kingdom where a variety of national and international sport, musical and entertainment acts perform.

Stadiums and festivals

Stadium City Capacity Notes Refs American Express Stadium Brighton and Hove 32,176 Anfield Liverpool 61,276 AESSEAL New York Stadium Rotherham 12,021 Bramall Lane Sheffield 32,050 Buxton Blues Festival Aldwark 500 Bloodstock Open Air Catton Hall, Derby 20,000 Celtic Park Glasgow 64,411 Etihad Stadium Greater Manchester 60,000 Clapham Common London 20,000 JobServe Community Stadium Colchester 17,000 Coventry Building Society Arena Coventry 32,753 (seated) Craven Park Kingston upon Hull 12,225–20,000 Creamfields Daresbury 70,000 Download Festival Donington Park 110,000 Easter Road Edinburgh 20,421 Eco-Power Stadium Doncaster 15,231 Elland Road Leeds 37,792 Emirates Old Trafford Greater Manchester 50,000 Emirates Stadium London 60,704 Ewood Park Blackburn 31,367 Finsbury Park London 40,000 Falkirk Stadium Falkirk 25,000 Glasgow Summer Sessions Glasgow 35,000 Glastonbury Festival Near Pilton 210,000 Gloworm Festival Thoresby Park 20,000 Goodison Park Liverpool 39,572 Hampden Park Glasgow 51,866 Highest Point Festival Williamson Park 35,000 Hill Dickinson Stadium Liverpool 52,769 Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield 34,835 Hyde Park London 150,000 (1996), approximately Ibrox Stadium Glasgow 51,700 (seated) In the Park, Sefton Park Liverpool 40,000 Kelburn Garden Party, Fairlie 4,000 King Power Stadium Leicester 32,259 London Stadium London 80,000 Formerly Olympic Stadium Meadow Lane Nottingham 19,841 MKM Stadium Kingston upon Hull 25,400 Molineux Stadium Wolverhampton 30,000 (incl. boxes can equal 31,700) Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh 67,144 (seated) Nass Festival Shepton Mallet 15,000 National Bowl Milton Keynes 65,000 (Standing) Oakwell Stadium Barnsley 23,287 Old Trafford Greater Manchester 74,879 One Call Stadium Mansfield 10,022 Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen 20,866 Pride Park Stadium Derby 33,597 Principality Stadium Cardiff 78,000 Reading and Leeds Festival 80,000 Riverside Festival Glasgow Glasgow 10,000 Roundhay Park Leeds 79,999 Shambala Festival Kelmarsh 25,000 Sincil Bank Lincoln 10,669 SMH Group Stadium Chesterfield 10,292 Stadium of Light Sunderland 60,000 Stadium MK Milton Keynes 30,500 STōK Racecourse Wrexham 13,341 Swansea.com Stadium Swansea 21,088 Terminal V Edinburgh 20,000 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium London 62,000 Tramlines Festival Sheffield 50,000 TRNSMT Glasgow Green, Glasgow 50,000 Truck Festival Steventon 30,000 Twickenham Stadium London 82,000 Tynecastle Park Edinburgh 20,099 Wembley Stadium London 90,000 New; 2007–present Wembley Stadium London 82,000 (seated) Old; 1923–2000 Y Not Festival Pikehall 30,000 Villa Park Birmingham 42,682

Indoor arenas

Name Location Capacity Notes Refs bp pulse LIVE Birmingham 13,928 to 15,643 Utilita Arena Cardiff Cardiff 7,500 (standing); 5,000 (seated) Co-op Live Manchester 23,500 Copper Box Arena London 7,500 Drumsheds London 15,000 Earls Court Exhibition Centre London 20,000 Open 1887–2014 Earls Court Two London 10,750 Open 1991–2014 First Direct Bank Arena Leeds 13,500 Lee Valley VeloPark London 7,000 M&S Bank Arena Liverpool 11,000; 4,000 (ECHO 2); (1,350) auditorium London Arena London 12,500 Open 1989–2006 AO Arena Manchester 21,000 Motorpoint Arena Nottingham Nottingham 10,000 The O2 Arena London 20,000 The O2 Belfast Belfast 11,058 OVO Arena Wembley London 12,500 OVO Hydro Glasgow 13,000 P&J Live Aberdeen 16,000 SEC Centre Glasgow 12,500 Utilita Arena Birmingham Birmingham 16,000 Utilita Arena Newcastle Newcastle 11,000 Utilita Arena Sheffield Sheffield 13,500

Exhibition and conference venues Name Location Capacity Notes Refs EventCity Manchester 9,360 (Hall 3); 4,500 (Hall 4) Open 2011–2021 Exhibition Centre Liverpool Liverpool 7,000 (standing, combined halls); 2,400 (per hall) ExCeL London London 5,000 (ICC Auditorium), 65,000 (event halls) Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre Farnborough 12,000 (Hall 1); 3,150 (Hall 5) The Grand Hall, Olympia London London 7,000 (standing), 4,000 (seated) Great Hall, Alexandra Palace London 10,250 (standing), 7,250 (seated) Harrogate Convention Centre Harrogate 2,000 (Auditorium); 1,600 (Exhibition Halls); 600 (Queens Suite); 1,000 (Royal Hall) ICC Wales Newport 1,500 (Tiered auditorium) Manchester Central Convention Complex Manchester 10,900 (Halls 1 and 2 combined), 8,100 (Hall 2) National Exhibition Centre Birmingham 12,000 (Hall 4), 8,000 (Hall 5)

Indoor theatres and halls Name Location Capacity Notes Refs Alban Arena St Albans 1,200 standing; 850 seated Albert Hall, Manchester Manchester 2,000 Barbican Centre London 1,949 (Hall); 200 (Pit) Barrowland Ballroom Glasgow 1,900 Bath Pavilion Bath 1,400 The Baths Hall Scunthorpe 1,800 standing; 1,021 seated Birmingham Digbeth Secretspace Birmingham 3,000 standing; 1,300 seated Blackpool Winter Gardens Blackpool 3,500 Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth 6,500 standing; 4,000 seated Bradford Live Bradford 4,000 standing; 3,400 seating Brentwood Centre 2,000 The Bridgewater Hall Manchester 2,371 Bridlington Spa Bridlington 3,800 Brighton Centre Brighton 4,500 Brighton Dome Brighton 1,860 standing; 1,700 seated Bristol Beacon Bristol 2,124 standing, 1,866 seated Bristol Hippodrome Bristol 1,951 British Airways ARC London 3,800 Caird Hall Dundee 2,300 standing; 1,200 seated Cambridge Corn Exchange 1,849 Cambridge Theatre London 1,231 Cardiff University Students' Union Great Hall Cardiff 1,600 Citadel Arts Centre St Helens 1,000 City Hall Salisbury 1,255 standing; 1,355 mixed; 953 seated Cliffs Pavilion Southend-on-sea 1,630 Connexin Live Arena Kingston upon Hull 3,500 Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Sheffield 980 De La Warr Pavilion Bexhill 1,500 De Montfort Hall Leicester 2,200 Edinburgh Corn Exchange Edinburgh 3,000 (concerts); 1,000 (dinners) Edinburgh Festival Theatre Edinburgh 1,915 seated Edinburgh Playhouse Edinburgh 3,059 Electric Ballroom London 1,100 (800 downstairs, 300 upstairs) Electric Bristol Bristol 1,100 Formerly know as: SWX, Syndicate, The Works, Odyssey, Papillions, Romeo and Juliet's and Top Rank Suite Top Rank Suite - Wikipedia|| Electric Brixton London 1,500 Formerly known as the Fridge Electric Studios Sheffield 1,050 standing Embassy Theatre Skegness 1,168 Empress Ballroom Blackpool 3,000 The Engine Shed Lincoln 1,600 Eventim Apollo London 5,039 standing; 3,632 seated Formerly known as the Hammersmith Odeon Eventim Olympia Liverpool 1,960 Floral Pavilion Theatre 814 The Forum Hertfordshire 2,250 The Forum, Bath Bath 1,640 Forum Birmingham Birmingham 3,500 G Live Guilford 1,700 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Glasgow 2,500 The Glasshouse International Centre for Music Newcastle Gateshead 1,700 (Sage One); 450 (Sage Two) Grand Central Hall Liverpool 1,150 The Grand Theatre Blackpool 1,100 Great Hall Exeter 1,500 standing; 650 seated The Halls Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 3,404 (Civic Hall); 1,289 (Wulfrun Hall); 550 (Slade Rooms) The Harold Pinter Theatre London 796 Heaven London 1,725 HERE at Outernet London 1,600 The Hexagon Reading 1,200 Hull Arena Kingston upon Hull 3,750 Hull City Hall Kingston upon Hull 1,800 standing; 1,200 seated Indigo at The O2 London 2,750 Kilburn National Club London King George's Hall Blackburn 3,500 King's Theatre, Edinburgh Edinburgh 1,350 seated Koko London 1,500 Formerly known as Camden Palace and The Music Machine Leith Theatre Edinburgh 1,500 The Liquid Room Edinburgh 800 (club nights); 650-700 (gigs) Liverpool Empire Theatre Liverpool 2,348 London Coliseum London 2,358 London Hippodrome London 1,340 seated London Palladium London 2,300 Lyceum Theatre London 2,096 Lyceum Theatre Sheffield 1,068 Manchester Academy Manchester 2,575 (Academy 1); 900 (Academy 2); 620 (Club Academy); 450 (Academy 3) Marble Factory Bristol 1,600 Mayflower Theatre Southampton 2,270 Mountford Hall Liverpool 2,300 Music Hall, Aberdeen Aberdeen 1,281 seated The Venue London 2,000 New Theatre Oxford Oxford 1,785 New Victoria Theatre Woking 1,300 Newport Leisure Centre Newport 2,000 NX Newcastle Newcastle 2,135 O2 Academy Birmingham Birmingham 3,009 (Academy); 600 (Academy 2); 250 (Academy 3) O2 Academy Bournemouth Bournemouth 1,800 O2 Academy Bristol Bristol 1,650 O2 Academy Glasgow Glasgow 2,500 O2 Academy Leeds Leeds 2,300 O2 Academy Leicester Leicester 1,450 O2 Academy Liverpool Liverpool 1,750; 1250 (Academy 1); 500 (Academy 2) O2 Apollo Manchester Manchester 3,500 O2 Academy Oxford Oxford 1,020 O2 Academy Sheffield Sheffield 2,150 O2 Brixton Academy London 4,921 O2 City Hall Newcastle Newcastle 2,135 O2 Forum Kentish Town London 2,300 O2 Guildhall Southampton Southampton 1,749 O2 Institute Birmingham 1,500 (O2 Institute 1); 600 (O2 Institute 2); 250 (O2 Institute 3) O2 Institute Birmingham Birmingham 2,000 The O2 Ritz Manchester 1,500 O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire London 2,000 O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester 3,500 The Old Fruitmarket Glasgow 2,000 Old Vic London 1,067 OPEN Norwich Norwich 1,450 standing; 500 seated Closed 2020 Perth Concert Hall Perth 1,600 standing; 1,200 seated Planet Ice Coventry - SkyDome Arena Coventry 3,000 Planet Ice Leeds Arena Leeds 2,200 Planet Ice Milton Keynes Arena Milton Keynes 2,500 Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth 4,000 Portsmouth Guildhall Portsmouth 2,500 Portsmouth Pyramids Centre Portsmouth 1,200 standing; 500 seated Queen's Hall, Edinburgh Edinburgh 900 standing; 801 seated Rainbow Theatre London 1971–1982; now a Christian church Regent Theatre Stoke-on-Trent 1,600 Regent Theatre, Ipswich Ipswich 1,500 Rialto Reborn Coventry 1,200 standing; 550 seated Rock City Nottingham 2,450 Roundhouse London 3,300 standing; 1,700 seated Royal Albert Hall London 5,544 Royal Concert Hall Nottingham 2,499 Royal Festival Hall London 2,895 Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh 658 Royal National Theatre London 1,160 (Olivier); 890 (Lyttelton); 400 (Cottesloe) Royal Opera House London 2,268 Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon 1,000 Sadler's Wells Theatre London 1,560 Scala London 1,145 Shaftesbury Theatre London 1,416 Shakespeare's Globe Theatre London 1,570 City Hall Sheffield 2,271 Sondheim Theatre London 1,137 Southampton Engine Rooms Southampton 860 The Spotlight, Hoddesdon 1,360 standing; 566 seated St Augustine's Cultural Arts Brighton 1,500 standing; 1,000 seated St George's Hall, Bradford Bradford 1,335 Short Stage Format Sunderland Empire Sunderland 2,200 Swansea Arena Swansea 3,500 Symphony Hall, Birmingham Birmingham 2,262 The Telegraph Building Belfast 1,200 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane London Theatre Royal, Norwich Norwich 1,300 Theatre Royal Nottingham 1,107 Tobacco Dock London 2,000 Tom Stoppard Theatre London 640 Tramshed, Cardiff Cardiff 1,000 Troxy London 3,100 UEA LCR Norwich 1,550 Usher Hall Edinburgh 2,900 standing; 2,200 seated Venue Cymru Llandudno 2,500 (Arena); 1,450 (Theatre Auditorium) Victoria Hall Stoke-on-Trent 1,467 Victoria Theatre Halifax 1,512 Warwick Arts Centre Coventry 1,535 (Butterworth Hall), 573 (Theatre), 150 (Studio), 143 (Helen Martin Studio), 250 (Woods Scawen Room) Watford Colosseum Watford 2,000 Weymouth Pavilion Weymouth 988 Winter Gardens, Margate Margate 1,900 York Barbican York 1,900 standing; 1,500 seated

Smaller venues (including public houses)