Benfield Sports Centre
Newcastle (Newcastle Upon Tyne), Tyne and Wear, England
Benfield Sports Centre, Newcastle (Newcastle Upon Tyne), England — opened unknown, 2 rugby league games hosted, home of Wallsend Eagles RLFC (rugby league), 2008 to sometime before their move to St Peters Field.
Ground facts
| Opened | unknown (This site's area field reading Newcastle (Newcastle Upon Tyne) is a data-formatting duplication rather than a misleading distant-town pairing -- Rugby League Project's own location field for this venue repeats Newcastle the same way. No opening date is documented for the sports centre itself, though the attached Benfield School dates to 1967.) |
| Home club | Wallsend Eagles RLFC (rugby league), 2008 to sometime before their move to St Peters Field |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 2 |
| Top recorded crowd | 0 |
| Floodlights installed | yes |
| Surface | artificial (3G) |
| Years used | 2018–2019 |
| Location | Newcastle (Newcastle Upon Tyne), Tyne and Wear |
Name history
- Benfield Centre for Sporting Excellence — alternate name used by some tenants
Rugby league history
Benfield Sports Centre is a multi-sport facility attached to Benfield School in Newcastle upon Tyne, with a floodlit 3G pitch. It served as home ground for amateur club Wallsend Eagles from 2008, who played two Challenge Cup preliminary-round ties there in 2018 and 2019, before later relocating to their current ground.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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