PIN Twickenham Stadium

Legendary Rugby Stadium

Twickenham Stadium is the spiritual and physical home of rugby union in England.This behemoth is the second largest stadium in the UK, after Wembley Stadium, the fourth largest in Europe, and has a capacity of 82,000 seats. All of England`s home games are played here as well as many important cup finals and club games. This stadium also hosts major concerts like Rihanna, the Rolling Stones, Iron Maiden...

The match day atmosphere is quite incredible and you need to experience this stadium once in your life, if you are a rugby fan.

History

The R. F. U. purchased the land in 1907 and built the first stadium in 1908. Previously this land was used to grow cabbages. (as remembered by the Cabbage Patch pub in town). The first game, between Harlequins v. Richmond, was played on 2 October 1909, and the first international, England v. Wales, on 15 January 1910.
At the time the stadium only had a capacity of 20000 seats. During World War I the ground was used for cattle, horse and sheep grazing. The stadium has grown exponentially and has been upgraded throughout the decades to to reach its existing state in 1995.

TripTide Thoughts

We were lucky enough to attend a cup final here and the atmosphere was electric.

How to get there

Train/Tube :

Twickenham Rail Station - 10 min walk
Whitton Rail Station - 10 min walk
St Margaret's Rail Station - 10 min walk

Richmond Rail & Tube - 8 min train
Hounslow East Tube - 30 min bus

Bus :

281 route - 1 min walk
481 route - 1 min walk
681 route - 1 min walk
H20 route - 5 min walk
267 route - 8 min walk

R68, R70, 33, 290, 110, H22 or 490 - 10/15 min walk

Owner

sebastian soler

Hi I am Sebastian - a french student on an internship in London for TripTide. I love music, movies and history - and London. My Home Town is Nice in France. ...