page_title: Colchester Community Stadium
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Colchester Community Stadium / Transport
caption_attribution_description: English: A12, New Junction, near to Mile End, Essex, Great Britain. This photo shows the construction of a new junction on the A12 road. Junction 28 will provide access to the Weston Homes Community Stadium, home to Colchester United.
context_page_description: Colchester Community Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as the JobServe Community Stadium, is a football stadium in Colchester, England. It is the home of Colchester United Football Club. It has a capacity of 10,105 and opened in August 2008 in time for the 2008–09 season.
  A stadium working party was first set up by Colchester Borough Council in 1976 in order to assess the feasibility and possible location for a new stadium for Colchester United. After 30 years of discussions and various site suggestions, a location in the north of Colchester called Cuckoo Farm on land owned by Colchester Borough Council was settled on. Detailed planning permission was fully granted in June 2007 on the stadium which would cost £14 million, replacing the club's Layer Road ground, which had been their home since Colchester United's foundation in 1937. Work began in July 2007 and construction was completed in August 2008 ahead of Colchester United's first match at the stadium.
  After ten years of sponsorship, it was announced that the naming rights would switch from Weston Homes to JobServe in another ten-year deal. The stadium would now be known as the JobServe Community Stadium.
context_section_description: The Colchester Community Stadium is situated close to junction 28 on the A12. The stadium can hold just under 700 cars in the main car park, and there are two drop off zones situated around the stadium. A park and ride situated on the opposite side of the A12 opened in 2015, in which supporters are able to park on match days.
caption: Colchester Community Stadium and junction 28 on the A12 road under construction in August 2010
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