Home of Lancaster City FC
Opened 1911
Capacity 3,513
★★★★★
★★★★★
Great location right next to the train station and a 10-15 minute walk from the city centre. Good place to watch football with the family and having visited many clubs and grounds in this league a great league to watch with fast paced play at an affordable price. Queues for bar/food were extremely long however this was likely due to Non-League Day. Would happily come back here to watch a match if I was in the area.
in the last week
Just want to say a big thank you to everyone involved with Lancaster City FC for hosting Bury AFC in our FA Cup match. Thank you to all the fantastic volunteers who worked tirelessly throughout the day and to everyone who made us feel so welcome at the Giant Axe. Had a fantastic time talking with locals about everything football, history and the City, very interesting. Lovely backdrop to the ground. See you Wednesday in the reply.
6 months ago
History (from Wikipedia)
The club play at Giant Axe, located in a picturesque setting and shadowed to the east by Lancaster Castle, Lancaster railway station and Lancaster Priory, all from where the ground can be seen and reached with a short walk. The River Lune and Lancaster City centre are also nearby. It has been their home ground since the formation of the present club in 1911, although the first club to bear the name Lancaster also played there. Giant Axe was given its name as it was the centrepiece of a sports club, the exterior wall which was, when viewed from above, the same shape as an axe head. In those early years tennis, cricket and bowls were also played at the ground, with the football pitch being at the centre of a huge circle of grass called 'the sixpence', which also featured four cricket pitches. The ground has seen many changes since those early days and was renovated in the 1970s when the original main grandstand and then the social club were both destroyed by fire. A new main stand was built in 1977 and in 1994 a new social club, The Dolly Blue Tavern, was built when the ground was again modernised. The West Road End Terrace was added in 2000 and modern plastic seating installed in the main stand.
The Giant Axe layout consists of the 513-seat Main Stand, named the John Bagguley Stand after the club's late president. There are turnstiles located in three corners of the ground. Next to the main stand are the players and officials changing facilities, a supporters' bar named Netbusters, the directors lounge, toilets and The Dolly's Diner refreshments kiosk. The open West Road Terrace is situated behind one goal and a covered terracing called The Shed, now renamed The Neil Marshall Stand in memory of City's legendary and popular long-serving captain, at the other. Opposite the Main Stand is the Long Side, an open terrace that also plays host to a second supporters bar, a raised sponsors hospitality lounge and the dugouts. The club offices are now in the club car park behind the West Road Terrace.
Lancaster City's social club The Dolly Blue Tavern, which included the club offices and was built and opened in 1995, was located by the club car park. However, the club closed in August 2012 and has since been redeveloped into sheltered accommodation.
The Giant Axe layout consists of the 513-seat Main Stand, named the John Bagguley Stand after the club's late president. There are turnstiles located in three corners of the ground. Next to the main stand are the players and officials changing facilities, a supporters' bar named Netbusters, the directors lounge, toilets and The Dolly's Diner refreshments kiosk. The open West Road Terrace is situated behind one goal and a covered terracing called The Shed, now renamed The Neil Marshall Stand in memory of City's legendary and popular long-serving captain, at the other. Opposite the Main Stand is the Long Side, an open terrace that also plays host to a second supporters bar, a raised sponsors hospitality lounge and the dugouts. The club offices are now in the club car park behind the West Road Terrace.
Lancaster City's social club The Dolly Blue Tavern, which included the club offices and was built and opened in 1995, was located by the club car park. However, the club closed in August 2012 and has since been redeveloped into sheltered accommodation.
Things to do nearby.
Merchants.
We only had a flying visit here but Merchant is obviously a very cool pub. It's hidden in these huge ancient wine cellars with arched ceilings which create... Read More
Bags of ambience and a select menu make this place a winner in the eating out stakes. Housed in a complex of old wine cellars, it's a great intimate place... Read More
Lancaster Castle.
