# 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

* Glastonbury Festival, near Pilton – 210,000
* Download Festival, Donington Park – 110,000
* Wembley Stadium (new; 2007–present), London – 90,000
* Twickenham Stadium, London – 82,000
* Wembley Stadium (old; 1923–2000), London – 82,000 (seated)
* London Stadium (formerly Olympic Stadium) – 80,000
* Reading and Leeds Festival – 80,000
* Roundhay Park, Leeds – 79,999
* Old Trafford, Greater Manchester – 74,879
* Principality Stadium, Cardiff – 74,500
* Creamfields, Daresbury – 70,000
* Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh – 67,144 (seated)
* National Bowl, Milton Keynes - 65,000 (Standing)
* Celtic Park, Glasgow – 64,411
* Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London - 62,000
* Anfield, Liverpool – 61,276
* Emirates Stadium, London – 60,704
* Etihad Stadium, Greater Manchester – 60,000
* Stadium of Light, Sunderland – 60,000
* Hampden Park, Glasgow – 51,866
* Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow – 50,817
* TRNSMT, Glasgow Green, Glasgow – 50,000
* Hyde Park, London – e.g. Masters of Rock, 1996: 150,000; Simon & Garfunkel, 2004: 50,000; Hard Rock Calling, 2008: 45,000.
* Emirates Old Trafford , Greater Manchester – 50,000
* Villa Park, Birmingham – 42,682
* In the Park, Sefton Park, Liverpool – 40,000
* Finsbury Park, London – 40,000
* Goodison Park, Liverpool – 39,572
* Elland Road, Leeds – 37,792
* Glasgow Summer Sessions – 35,000
* Highest Point Festival, Williamson Park – 35,000
* Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield – 34,835
* Coventry Building Society Arena – 32,753 (seated)
* King Power Stadium, Leicester – 32,500
* Bramall Lane, Sheffield – 32,050
* American Express Stadium, Brighton and Hove – 31,876
* Ewood Park, Blackburn – 31,367
* Stadium MK, Milton Keynes – 30,500
* Truck Festival, Steventon – 30,000
* Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton – 30,000 (incl. boxes can equal 31,700)
* MKM Stadium, Kingston upon Hull – 25,400
* Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk – 25,000
* Shambala Festival, Kelmarsh - 25,000
* Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea – 21,088
* Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen – 20,866
* Easter Road, Edinburgh – 20,421
* Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh – 20,099
* Bloodstock Open Air, Catton Hall, Derby – 20,000
* Terminal V, Edinburgh – 20,000
* Clapham Common, London – 20,000
* Craven Park, Kingston upon Hull – 12,225–20,000
* JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester – 17,000
* Nass Festival, Shepton Mallet – 15,000
* STōK Racecourse, Wrexham – 13,341
* Riverside Festival Glasgow – 10,000
* Kelburn Garden Party, Fairlie – 4,000

## Indoor arenas

* Co-op Live, Manchester – 23,500
* AO Arena, Manchester – 21,000
* The O2 Arena, London – 20,000
* Earls Court Exhibition Centre (1887–2014), London – 20,000
* Utilita Arena Birmingham – 16,000
* P&J Live, Aberdeen – 16,000
* BP pulse LIVE, Birmingham – 13,928 to 15,643
* First Direct Arena, Leeds – 13,500
* Utilita Arena Sheffield – 13,500
* OVO Hydro, Glasgow – 13,000
* OVO Arena Wembley, London – 12,500
* London Arena (1989–2006) – 12,500
* SEC Centre, Glasgow – 12,500
* Utilita Arena Newcastle – 11,000
* M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool – 11,000; ECHO 2 – 4,000; the auditorium – 1,350
* Earls Court Two (1991–2014), London – 10,750
* Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham – 10,000
* Utilita 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 International Exhibition & Conference Centre, 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)
* Great Hall, Olympia London – 10,000 (standing), 4,000 (seated)
* EventCity (2011–2021), Manchester – 9,360 (Hall 3), 4,500 (Hall 4)
* Exhibition Centre Liverpool – 7,000 (standing, combined halls), 2,400 (per hall)
* ExCeL London – 5,000 (ICC Auditorium), 65,000 (event halls)
* ICC Wales, Newport – 1,500 (Tiered auditorium)

## Indoor theatres and halls

* 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 Brixton Academy, London – 4,921
* Brighton Centre, Brighton – 4,500
* Bradford New Victoria (formally Bradford Odeon), Bradford – 4,000 (standing); 3,400 (seating)
* Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth – 4,000
* Bridlington Spa, Bridlington – 3,800
* Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull – 3,750
* Forum Birmingham, Birmingham – 3,500
* King George's Hall, Blackburn – 3,500
* Blackpool Winter Gardens, Blackpool – 3,500
* Connexin Live Arena, Kingston upon Hull – 3,500
* O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester – 3,500
* O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester – 3,500
* Swansea Arena [cy], Swansea – 3,500
* The Halls Wolverhampton – 3,404 (Civic Hall); 1,289 (Wulfrun Hall); 550 (Slade Rooms)
* Roundhouse, London – 3,300 (standing); 1,700 (seated)
* Troxy, London – 3,100
* Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh – 3,059
* O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham – 3,009 (Academy); 600 (Academy 2); 250 (Academy 3)
* O2 Academy Edinburgh, Edinburgh – 3,000 (concerts); 1,000 (dinners)
* Birmingham Digbeth Secretspace, Birmingham – 3,000 (standing); 1,300 (seated)
* Empress Ballroom, Blackpool – 3,000
* Planet Ice Coventry - SkyDome Arena, Coventry – 3,000
* Usher Hall, Edinburgh – 2,900 (standing); 2,200 (seated)
* Royal Festival Hall, London – 2,895
* Indigo at The O2, London – 2,750
* Manchester Academy, Manchester – 2,600 (Academy 1); 950 (Academy 2); 650 (Club Academy); 470 (Academy 3)
* O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow – 2,500
* Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow – 2,500
* Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth – 2,500
* Venue Cymru, Llandudno – 2,500 (Arena); 1,450 (Theatre Auditorium)
* Planet Ice Milton Keynes Arena, Milton Keynes – 2,500
* Rock City, Nottingham – 2,450
* London Coliseum – 2,358
* Liverpool Empire Theatre, – 2,348
* London Palladium – 2,300
* O2 Forum Kentish Town, London – 2,300
* Mayflower Theatre, Southampton – 2,300
* O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds – 2,300
* Caird Hall, Dundee – 2,300 (standing); 1,200 (seated)
* Royal Opera House, London – 2,268
* Symphony Hall, Birmingham – 2,262
* The Forum, Hertfordshire – 2,250
* Planet Ice Leeds Arena, Leeds – 2,200
* Sunderland Empire, Sunderland – 2,200
* De Montfort Hall, Leicester – 2,200
* O2 Academy Sheffield, Sheffield – 2,150
* NX Newcastle – 2,135
* O2 City Hall Newcastle – 2,135
* Bristol Beacon, Bristol – 2,124 standing, 1,866 seated
* Lyceum Theatre, London – 2,096
* O2 Institute Birmingham, Birmingham – 2,000
* Brentwood Centre – 2,000
* The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow – 2,000
* O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London – 2,000
* Tobacco Dock, London – 2,000
* The Venue, London – 2,000
* Albert Hall, Manchester – 2,000
* Newport Leisure Centre, Newport – 2,000
* Watford Colosseum, Watford – 2,000
* Eventim Olympia, Liverpool – 1,960
* Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol – 1,951
* Barbican Centre, London – 1,949 (Hall); 200 (Pit)
* Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh – 1,915 (seated)
* Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow – 1,900
* Winter Gardens, Margate – 1,900
* York Barbican, York – 1,900 (standing); 1,500 (seated)
* Brighton Dome, Brighton – 1,860 (standing); 1,700 (seated)
* Cambridge Corn Exchange – 1,849
* Hull City Hall, Kingston upon Hull – 1,800 (standing); 1,200 (seated)
* O2 Academy Bournemouth – 1,800
* The Baths Hall, Scunthorpe – 1,800 (standing); 1,021 (seated)
* New Theatre Oxford, Oxford – 1,785
* O2 Academy Liverpool, Liverpool – 1,750 (academy1 - 1250, academy 2 - 500)
* O2 Guildhall Southampton, Southampton – 1,749
* Heaven, London – 1,725
* The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Newcastle Gateshead – 1,700 (Sage One); 450 (Sage Two)
* G Live, Guilford – 1,700
* O2 Academy Bristol – 1,650
* The Forum, Bath – 1,640
* Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-sea – 1,630
* Marble Factory, Bristol – 1,600
* Cardiff University Students' Union Great Hall, Cardiff – 1,600
* The Engine Shed, Lincoln – 1,600
* Perth Concert Hall, Perth – 1,600 (standing); 1,200 (seated)
* Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent – 1,600
* Sadler's Wells Theatre, London – 1,560
* UEA LCR, Norwich – 1,550
* Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry – Butterworth Hall - 1,535, Theatre - 573, Studio - 150, Helen Martin Studio - 143, Woods Scawen Room - 250.
* Victoria Theatre, Halifax – 1,512
* De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill – 1,500
* Leith Theatre, Edinburgh – 1,500
* Regent Theatre, Ipswich – 1,500
* Koko (previously known as Camden Palace and The Music Machine), London – 1,500
* Electric Brixton (formerly known as the Fridge), London – 1,500
* O2 Institute, Birmingham – O2 Institute 1 - 1,500, O2 Institute 2 - 600, O2 Institute 3 - 250
* The O2 Ritz, Manchester – 1,500
* Great Hall, Exeter – 1,500 (standing); 650 (seated)
* St Augustine's Cultural Arts, Brighton – 1,500 (standing);1,000 (seated)
* Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent – 1,467
* OPEN Norwich, Norwich – 1,450 (standing); 500 (seated); Closed 2020
* O2 Academy Leicester, Leicester – 1,450
* Bath Pavilion, Bath – 1,400
* The Spotlight, Hoddesdon – 1,360 (standing); 566 (seated)
* King's Theatre, Edinburgh – 1,350 (seated)
* London Hippodrome, London – 1,340 (seated)
* Theatre Royal, Norwich – 1,300
* New Victoria Theatre, Woking – 1,300
* City Hall, Salisbury – 1,255 (standing); 1,355 (mixed); 953 (seated)
* Music Hall Aberdeen – 1,281 (seated)
* Cambridge Theatre, London – 1,231
* Portsmouth Pyramids Centre, Portsmouth – 1,200 (standing); 500 (seated)
* Rialto Reborn, Coventry – 1200 (standing); 550 (seated)
* The Telegraph Building, Belfast – 1200
* The Hexagon, Reading – 1200
* Alban Arena, St Albans – 1200 standing (850 seated)
* Embassy Theatre, Skegness – 1,168
* Royal National Theatre, London – 1,160 (Olivier); 890 (Lyttelton); 400 (Cottesloe)
* Grand Central Hall, Liverpool – 1,150
* Scala, London – 1,145
* Theatre Royal,Nottingham – 1,107
* Electric Ballroom, London – 1,100 (800 downstairs, 300 upstairs)
* The Grand Theatre, Blackpool – 1,100
* SWX Bristol, Bristol – 1,100
* Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield – 1,068
* Old Vic, London – 1,067
* O2 Academy Oxford – 1,020
* Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon – 1,000
* Citadel Arts Centre, St Helens – 1,000
* Tramshed, Cardiff – 1,000
* Weymouth Pavilion, Weymouth – 988
* Crucible Theatre, Sheffield – 980
* Queen's Hall, Edinburgh – 900 (standing); 801 (seated)
* The Leadmill, Sheffield – 900 (standing); 400 (seated)
* Southampton Engine Rooms, Southampton – 860
* The Liquid Room, Edinburgh – 800 (club nights); 650-700 (gigs)
* Floral Pavilion Theatre, – 814
* 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
* Epic Studios, Norwich - 900
* Corn Exchange, Ipswich - 900 standing, 800 seated.
* The Aquarium, Lowestoft - 900
* Malvern Theatres, Worcestershire - 850
* 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
* Vibez, Newport - 750
* Union Chapel, Islington, London - 750
* Albert Hall, Nottingham, Nottingham - 750
* Limelight, Belfast - 750
* Lemongrove, Exeter - 700
* The Picturedrome Holmfirth - 690
* Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham - 675
* Lighthouse, Poole - 669
* Playhouse Theatre, Oxford - 663
* The Caves Edinburgh, Edinburgh - 650
* Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent - 644
* The Dome, London - 600
* The Garage, London - 600
* New Vic Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent - 600
* Concorde 2, Brighton - 600
* @sohoplace, London - 600
* Yoko Ono Lennon Centre, Liverpool - 600 (lecture theatre), 400 (tung auditorium)
* Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford - 586
* Stephan Joseph Theatre, Scarborough - 569
* Lemon Tree, Aberdeen - 550 standing, various seated caps
* Under The Bridge, Fulham, London - 550
* Bloomsbury Theatre, Bloomsbury, London - 535
* Band on the Wall, Manchester - 520
* Britannia Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool ballroom - 500 (seated)
* Camden Underworld, Camden Town, London - 500
* The Old Market, Brighton & Hove, Brighton - 500
* Perth Theatre - 500
* Corn Exchange, Exeter - 500 (standing), 300 (seated)
* The Fox and Firkin, London - 499
* STYX, North London - 499
* Ruskin Arms, London (circa 1960s–2008) - 499
* New Theatre Royal Lincoln, Lincoln - 475
* 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
* MK11 Live Music Venue, Milton Keynes - 330
* Downstairs at the Dome - 300
* Tunnels, Aberdeen - 300 standing or 500 clubnight
* Drummomds, Aberdeen - 300 standing
* Electric Circus, Edinburgh - 300
* The Mart Theatre, Skipton - 300
* The Bongo Club, Edinburgh - 300 standing
* The Standard Music Venue, Walthamstow - 300
* The Boileroom Guildford - 300
* Ronnie Scott's, London - 300
* Phoenix, Exeter - 300 (standing), 158 (seated)
* The Picturedrome Northampton - 300
* Fulham Greyhound, London (circa 1971–1990) – 275
* The Borderline, London – 275
* Sheffield Library Theatre, Sheffield – 260
* Century Theatre Coalville, Leicestershire - 206
* Off The Square, Manchester - 200+
* Eel Pie Club, Twickenham, London – 200+
* The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh - 200 standing
* Cabaret Voltaire, 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)
* The Horn, St Albans – 200
* Silsden Town Hall, Bradford - 180
* The Rose Theatre, Chesterfield - 160
* DIY Space For London, Bermondsey – 160
* The Leeds Club, Leeds – 150
* Dublin Castle, Camden, London – 150
* Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster – 150
* House of Detention, Clerkenwell, London – 130
* 606 Club, London - 120
* Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh - 100
* Greencoat Place, Victoria - 100
* The New Headingley Club, Leeds – 100
* Vortex Jazz Club, London - 100
* The Lion Theatre, Horncastle - 96
* Cellar, Aberdeen - 80
* Bawtry Phoenix Theatre, Bawtry - 72

## Capacities not specified

* Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
* Kilburn National Club, 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
* Camden Falcon, London (closed circa 1990s)
* Rainbow Theatre, London (1971–1982; now a Christian church)
* The Roxy, London (1976–1978; now a sports shop)
* Music Room Space Events, Mayfair, London
* Hope and Anchor, Islington, London