Woodlands Memorial Ground
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
Woodlands Memorial Ground, Lytham St Annes, England — opened 1920, 71 rugby league games hosted, home of Fylde RFC (rugby union, continuously since 1920); Blackpool Panthers (rugby league tenant, 2005/06-2010).
Sourcing caveat: Wikipedia's Fylde RFC history and the Blackpool Panthers agreement are described as starting in 2006; Rugby League Project's own results listing has the earliest recorded Panthers fixture there in February 2005 — likely a brief earlier ground-share ahead of the formal six-year deal, not independently resolved here.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1920 (Fylde RFC first used the Woodlands site for rugby (union) in May 1920; it was formally named the Woodlands Memorial Ground in 1946, after the club purchased the ground, in memory of members killed in the Second World War.) |
| Home club | Fylde RFC (rugby union, continuously since 1920); Blackpool Panthers (rugby league tenant, 2005/06-2010) |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 71 |
| Top recorded crowd | 975 |
| Capacity | 7,500 (7,000 standing, 500 seated, per a 1990 assessment) |
| Years used | 2005–2010 |
| Location | Lytham St Annes, Lancashire |
Name history
- The Woodlands — 1920-1946
- Woodlands Memorial Ground — since 1946
Rugby league history
The Woodlands Memorial Ground is primarily a rugby union venue, the long-standing home of Fylde RFC since 1920 (named in memory of club members who died in WWII from 1946), but it had a spell as a rugby league venue when Blackpool Panthers moved in as tenants. The Panthers used the ground temporarily in 2006 while their own stadium underwent maintenance, then signed a six-year deal in October 2006 to base their administrative operations and home National League/Championship fixtures there. Rugby League Project's results archive records Panthers matches at the ground from February 2005 through their last recorded fixture there, a Championship 1 semi-final against Rochdale on 12 September 2010 (attendance 453) — 71 games in total, spanning National League Cup, Challenge Cup, National League Two, Championship 1 and UK Third Division competitions, with crowds typically in the low hundreds.
The ground's primary and continuous use has been by Fylde RFC for rugby union; the highest recorded attendance is a 1970 rugby union fixture against Fijian tourists (7,600).
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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