Griffin Park
London (Brentford), Greater London, England
Griffin Park, London (Brentford), England — opened September 1904, 61 rugby league games hosted, home of London Broncos, as tenants of Brentford F.C. — occasional big-crowd fixtures from 1995-96, then a more regular tenancy 2002-2006.
Ground facts
| Opened | September 1904 (Opened as Brentford F.C.'s football ground; named after a nearby pub, The Griffin, famous for having a pub on each of its four corners.) |
| Home club | London Broncos, as tenants of Brentford F.C. — occasional big-crowd fixtures from 1995-96, then a more regular tenancy 2002-2006 |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 61 |
| Top recorded crowd | 8,338 |
| Capacity | peaked at 38,000 in the mid-1930s, reduced over time to 12,573 by its final years (2016-2020) |
| Test matches hosted | 1 |
| Floodlights installed | perimeter lights installed 1954 (£5,345); replaced with corner pylons in 1963 (£17,000); lamps upgraded 1983; brightness increased 2015 |
| Surface | Grass, 110 x 73 yards; pitch relocated westward in 2006 |
| First rugby league match | London 26-12 Leeds (Championship), 17 Sep 1995, attendance 4,331 |
| Years used | 1995–2007 |
| Location | London (Brentford), Greater London |
Name history
- Griffin Park — 1904-2020 (demolished), no name change found
Rugby league history
A former top-flight football ground (Brentford F.C., 1904-2020, since demolished and redeveloped into housing) used as London's Super League/Championship rugby league venue in the mid-1990s and especially 2002-2006, including one full representative fixture, English League v Australia in 2003.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 28 Oct 2003 — English League 22-26 Australia (Kangaroos Tour, Game 3), attendance 6,817
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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