What is the closest English ground to the coast?

Roots Hall - southend is about 1.5  miles from the coast (strictly its the thames estuary )

It used to be Highbury.

Because in one of the goalmouths was the Sea man

Had a scout around - possibly Grimsby and in Scotland Arbroath....anyone know better

Blackpool?

pug has it, shurely? the seasiders

This is interesting it shows stadiums nearest to various water features.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/
2010/sep/15/football-stadium-
closest-to-water

actually, I have just looked on google maps, and I would say its definately Grimsby.

My team Hartlepools ground is less than 1/2 a mile from the North Sea.

Torquay pretty close

Check out this one in Russia


http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q
=Petrovsky+Stadium&ie=UTF8&hl=
en&hq=Petrovsky+Stadium&hnear=
Petrovsky+Stadium,+Russia&ll=59.952174,30
.285991&spn=0.004781,0.00707&t=h&z=17

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyh9cr7afj1qfkop6o1_1280.jpg?...

I'm not talking about rivers or estuaries or the like. I mean proper coasts.

I said English, but I meant British and after scouting around, I feel I can confirm that the Gayfield, home of Arbroath, is indeed the closest in Britain and Europe.

Didn't the old Sunderland ground (Roker Park) sit just on the seafront?

their new ground must be pretty close too. always blowing an absolute howling gale whenever i've been up there. by far the windiest ground in the prem.

I'd personally say Grimsby. Closer than Blackpool.
Sunderland used to be pretty close.

As for Southend, I reckon I've been there 8-10 times and I've never even seen the sea.

If you sit high enough in our mainstand you can see the River Mersey, which begs the question, which football club is closest to the Mersey?

Closest to the mersey is wigan?

Stockport County I think

Dover Athletic's Crabble ground is pretty close

Knight Rider is correct, but the question was always "Which League side is closest to the Mersey?"

Stockport are no longer a league side, and I remember going to Runcorn's Canal St ground and I don't think that was far away. They don't play ther any more, I think they share with someone.


I don't know this answer, but which English league ground is furthest from the sea?

I think I can safely say that Prenton Park is the closest to the Mersey.

Stockport is closer.

After a quick glance at the map I'd go for either Northampton or Derby.

Been to your ground a few times Kev, my grandparents used to live about a 10 minute walk away next to Victoria Park.

Who's your team KR?

I was hoping it might be Chesterfield, where I'm going tomorrow. My 131st ground watching Tranmere.

Portsmouth and Plymouth?, both naval towns so i should imagine they are pretty close to the water

roker park was less than 1/2 mile away, sol is further inland.

Fulham

Crisp77

It used to be Highbury



you're not far wrong Crisp. Fleetwood's Highbury Stadium must be one of the closest to the sea I'd have thought.  .