Aldershot Military Stadium
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Aldershot Military Stadium is a sports complex in Aldershot
, England
comprising a combined football and athletics stadium and a smaller adjoined rugby stadium. It is the home ground of the British Army
's football and rugby teams, Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletic Club and the Army Athletics Association.
. It is sited in the Military Town, adjoining all the military buildings including married quarters and barracks
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It comprises a fully floodlit eight-lane synthetic athletics track with full field event facilities. During the football season the infield is converted to a football pitch with the throwing disciplines moved outside of the stadium.
Aldershot
Aldershot is a town in the English county of Hampshire, located on heathland about southwest of London. The town is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
comprising a combined football and athletics stadium and a smaller adjoined rugby stadium. It is the home ground of the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
's football and rugby teams, Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletic Club and the Army Athletics Association.
Location
The stadia are located to the north of Aldershot just off the A325, the main road to FarnboroughFarnborough, Hampshire
-History:Name changes: Ferneberga ; Farnburghe, Farenberg ; Farnborowe, Fremborough, Fameborough .Tower Hill, Cove: There is substantial evidence...
. It is sited in the Military Town, adjoining all the military buildings including married quarters and barracks
Barracks
Barracks are specialised buildings for permanent military accommodation; the word may apply to separate housing blocks or to complete complexes. Their main object is to separate soldiers from the civilian population and reinforce discipline, training and esprit de corps. They were sometimes called...
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The Military Stadium
The Military Stadium has a main stand with a seated capacity of 1,128. Also sited are the changing facilities, VIP lounge and control room.It comprises a fully floodlit eight-lane synthetic athletics track with full field event facilities. During the football season the infield is converted to a football pitch with the throwing disciplines moved outside of the stadium.