THE NON-LEAGUE GROUND DIRECTORY
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Gillford Park is primarily not a footballing venue, with Carlisle RL having been resident for a number of years. There is evidence of this in abundance, the low roofed stand that sits on the near touchline, contrasted with the upward roof on the stand behind the goal, and the decaying scoreboard that still sits forlorn in the far corner. Nevertheless, it is still a wonderfully evocative ground suited ideally for football, and by far the best in its league. Although it will never be described as a beautiful stadium, a group of volunteers have been and continue to work to tidy the ground up and carry out renovation works. New turnstiles will soon be in place as well as an executive lounge above the main stand, behind the goal. This stand seats just over 200 as well as a small disabled area toward the front. Along the far touchline is the long terrace. This area of cover is, as you would expect, a long terrace, and I suspect it contributes in no small amount to the grounds 4,000 capacity. It runs for almost the whole touchline, with the supplementary area being just over grown hard standing that continues behind the far goal. On the near touchline there is further cover in the raised, all seated stand. The large dugouts are situated directly in front of this, though below the 'line-of-sight', and a good view is to be had from this raised vantage point. The rest of the ground is plain hard standing (save for a small area in the near corner left), though is fully railed on all four sides, and there is a large clubhouse and bar set back from the pitch.
Two panoramas
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A view of the main stand... Looking along the terrace...
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