South Ryedale Stadium
York, North Yorkshire, England
South Ryedale Stadium, York, England — opened 1989 (same physical ground as the already-catalogued 'Huntington Stadium' entry), 168 rugby league games hosted, home of York (Wasps / York City) -- see the 'Huntington Stadium' entry.
Sourcing caveat: DUPLICATE FLAG: 'South Ryedale Stadium' is very likely the SAME physical ground as the already-catalogued 'Huntington Stadium' entry (Jockey Lane, Huntington, York), not a distinct venue. Rugby League Project's own database splits the ground's match history across at least three name-variants -- 'Ryedale Stadium' (1989 into the mid/late 1990s, per the results page filed under the 'huntington-stadium' URL slug), 'South Ryedale Stadium' (1997-2008, this entry's 168 recorded games), and 'Huntington Stadium' (used through the 2014 closure) -- with no source found describing a change of site, only a change of name/branding over time. No source was found explaining exactly why or when the 'South' qualifier was added or dropped. Rather than write a near-duplicate full history, this entry records the name-variant and points to 'Huntington Stadium' for the ground's full story.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1989 (same physical ground as the already-catalogued 'Huntington Stadium' entry) (See the 'caveat' field below: this entry is very likely a name-variant duplicate of 'Huntington Stadium', not a separate venue.) |
| Home club | York (Wasps / York City) -- see the 'Huntington Stadium' entry |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 168 |
| Top recorded crowd | 3,224 |
| Years used | 1997–2014 |
| Location | York, North Yorkshire |
Name history
- Ryedale Stadium — 1989-mid/late 1990s
- South Ryedale Stadium — name used in Rugby League Project's match database for fixtures dated 26 January 1997 to 5 September 2008
- Huntington Stadium — name used through the ground's closure in 2014
Rugby league history
'South Ryedale Stadium' appears in Rugby League Project's venue database as the name attached to York's home matches from January 1997 through September 2008 -- a name-variant sitting chronologically between the ground's original 'Ryedale Stadium' name (used from its October 1989 opening) and its later, better-known 'Huntington Stadium' name (used through closure in 2014). No independent source -- not Wikipedia, not York's Historic Environment Record, not local press -- describes a physically separate 'South Ryedale Stadium' anywhere in York; all identifiable evidence points to this being the same Jockey Lane, Huntington ground already fully written up under 'Huntington Stadium', simply recorded under a different name for a stretch of its history. Full details of the ground's construction, tenancy, closure and redevelopment are given once, in the 'Huntington Stadium' entry, rather than repeated here.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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