List of venues in the United Kingdom

There are many venues in the United Kingdom where a variety of national and international sport, musical and entertainment acts perform.

Stadiums and festivals
• Glastonbury Festival, near Pilton – 210,000

• Download Festival, Donington Park – 110,000

• Wembley Stadium (new; 2007–present), London – 90,000

• Twickenham Stadium, London – 82,000

• Wembley Stadium (old; 1923–2000), London – 82,000 (seated)

• London Stadium (formerly Olympic Stadium) – 80,000

• Reading and Leeds Festival – 80,000

• Roundhay Park, Leeds – 79,999

• Old Trafford, Greater Manchester – 74,879

• Principality Stadium, Cardiff – 74,500

• Creamfields, Daresbury – 70,000

• Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh – 67,144 (seated)

• National Bowl, Milton Keynes - 65,000 (Standing)

• Celtic Park, Glasgow – 64,411

• Etihad Stadium, Greater Manchester – 60,000

• Stadium of Light, Sunderland – 60,000

• Anfield, Liverpool – 50,000–60,000

• Hampden Park, Glasgow – 51,866

• TRNSMT, Glasgow Green, Glasgow – 50,000

• Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow – 50,817

• Hyde Park, London – e.g. Masters of Rock, 1996: 150,000; Simon & Garfunkel, 2004: 50,000; Hard Rock Calling, 2008: 45,000.

• Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester – 50,000

• Villa Park, Birmingham – 42,682

• Finsbury Park, London – 40,000

• Elland Road, Leeds - 37,608

• Glasgow Summer Sessions – 35,000

• Highest Point Festival, Williamson Park - 35,000

• Elland Road, Leeds – 35,000

• Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield - 34,835

• Bramall Lane, Sheffield - 32,050

• Truck Festival, Steventon - 30,000

• Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton – 30,000 (incl. boxes can equal 31,700)

• MKM Stadium, Kingston upon Hull – 25,400

• Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk – 25,000

• Shambala Festival, Kelmarsh - 25,000

• Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea – 21,088

• Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen – 20,866

• Easter Road, Edinburgh – 20,421

• Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh – 20,099

• Bloodstock Open Air, Catton Hall, Derby - 20,000

• Terminal V, Edinburgh – 20,000

• Clapham Common, London – 20,000

• Craven Park, Kingston upon Hull – 12,225–20,000

• JobServe Community Stadium, Colchester – 17,000

• Coventry Building Society Arena – 10,000 (standing), 32,750 (seated)

• Nass Festival, Shepton Mallet - 15,000

• Riverside Festival Glasgow – 10,000
 * Kelburn Garden Party, Fairlie - 4,000

Indoor arenas

 * Co-op Live, Manchester – 23,500
 * AO Arena, Manchester – 21,000
 * The O2 Arena, London – 20,000
 * Earls Court Exhibition Centre (1887–2014), London – 20,000
 * Utilita Arena Birmingham –  16,000
 * P&J Live, Aberdeen – 16,000
 * Resorts World Arena, Birmingham – 13,928 to 15,643
 * First Direct Arena, Leeds – 13,500
 * Utilita Arena Sheffield – 13,500
 * OVO Hydro, Glasgow – 13,000
 * OVO Arena Wembley, London – 12,500
 * London Arena (1989–2006) – 12,500
 * SEC Centre, Glasgow – 12,500
 * Utilita Arena Newcastle – 11,000
 * M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool – 11,000; ECHO 2 – 4,000; the auditorium – 1,350
 * Earls Court Two (1991–2014), London – 10,750
 * Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham – 10,000
 * Cardiff International Arena – 7,500 (standing); 5,000 (seated)
 * Copper Box Arena, London – 7,500
 * Lee Valley VeloPark, London – 7,000

Exhibition and conference venues

 * Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre, Farnborough – 12,000 (Hall 1), 3,150 (Hall 5)
 * National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham – 12,000 (Hall 4), 8,000 (Hall 5)
 * Manchester Central Convention Complex – 10,900 (Halls 1 and 2 combined), 8,100 (Hall 2)
 * Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London – 10,250 (standing), 7,250 (seated)
 * Great Hall, Olympia London – 10,000 (standing), 4,000 (seated)
 * EventCity (2011–2021), Manchester – 9,360 (Hall 3), 4,500 (Hall 4)
 * Exhibition Centre Liverpool – 7,000 (standing, combined halls), 2,400 (per hall)
 * ExCeL London – 5,000 (ICC Auditorium), 65,000 (event halls)
 * ICC Wales, Newport – 1,500 (Tiered auditorium)

Indoor theatres and halls
• St Augustine's Cultural Arts, Brighton – 1,500 (standing);1,000 (seated)

• Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth –  6,500 (standing); 4,000 (seated)

• Royal Albert Hall, London –  5,544

• Eventim Apollo (formerly Hammersmith Odeon), London  –  5,039 (standing); 3,632 (seated)

• O2 Brixton Academy, London –  4,921

• Brighton Centre, Brighton –  4,500

• Bradford New Victoria (formally Bradford Odeon), Bradford –  4,000 (standing); 3,400 (seating)

• Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth –  4,000

• Bridlington Spa, Bridlington –  3,800

• Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull –  3,750

• Forum Birmingham, Birmingham –  3,500

• King George's Hall, Blackburn –  3,500

• Blackpool Winter Gardens, Blackpool –  3,500

• Connexin Live Arena, Kingston upon Hull –  3,500

• O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester –  3,500

• O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester –  3,500

• Swansea Arena, Swansea –  3,500

• Roundhouse, London –  3,300 (standing); 1,700 (seated)

• Troxy, London –  3,100

• Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh –  3,059

• O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham –  3,009 (Academy); 600 (Academy 2); 250 (Academy 3)

• Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh –  3,000 (concerts); 1,000 (dinners)

• Birmingham Digbeth Secretspace, Birmingham –  3,000 (standing); 1,300 (seated)

• Empress Ballroom, Blackpool –  3,000

• Planet Ice Coventry - SkyDome Arena, Coventry –  3,000

• The Halls Wolverhampton –  3,000 (Civic Hall); 1,134 (Wulfrun Hall); 550 (Slade Rooms)

• Usher Hall, Edinburgh –  2,900 (standing); 2,200 (seated)

• Royal Festival Hall, London –  2,895

• Indigo at The O2, London –  2,750

• Manchester Academy, Manchester –  2,600 (Academy 1); 950 (Academy 2); 650 (Club Academy); 470 (Academy 3)

• O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow –  2,500

• Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow –  2,500

• Venue Cymru, Llandudno –  2,500 (Arena); 1,450 (Theatre Auditorium)

• Planet Ice Milton Keynes Arena, Milton Keynes –  2,500

• London Coliseum –  2,358

• London Palladium –  2,300

• O2 Forum Kentish Town, London –  2,300

• Mayflower Theatre, Southampton –  2,300

• Rock City, Nottingham –  2,450

• Caird Hall, Dundee –  2,300 (standing); 1,200 (seated)

• Royal Opera House, London –  2,268

• Symphony Hall, Birmingham –  2,262

• The Forum, Hertfordshire –  2,250

• Planet Ice Leeds Arena, Leeds –  2,200

• De Montfort Hall, Leicester –  2,200

• O2 Academy, Sheffield –  2,150

• NX Newcastle –  2,135

• Lyceum Theatre, London –  2,096

• O2 Institute, Birmingham –  2,000

• Brentwood Centre –  2,000

• Old Fruit Market, Glasgow –  2,000

• O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London –  2,000

• Tobacco Dock, London –  2,000

• The Venue, London –  2,000

• Albert Hall, Manchester –  2,000

• NX Newcastle –  2,000

• Newport Leisure Centre, Newport –  2,000

• Eventim Olympia, Liverpool –  1,960

• Barbican Centre, London –  1,949 (Hall); 200 (Pit)

• Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh –  1,915 (seated)

• Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow –  1,900

• Winter Gardens, Margate –  1,900

• Brighton Dome, Brighton  –  1,860 (standing); 1,700 (seated)

• Cambridge Corn Exchange –  1,849

• Hull City Hall, Kingston upon Hull  –  1,800 (standing); 1,200 (seated)

• O2 Academy Bournemouth –  1,800

• The Baths Hall, Scunthorpe –  1,800 (standing); 1,021 (seated)

• Southampton Guildhall, Southampton –  1,749

• Sage Gateshead, Newcastle Gateshead –  1,700 (Sage One); 450 (Sage Two)

• O2 Academy Bristol –  1,650

• The Forum, Bath –  1,640

• Marble Factory, Bristol –  1,600

• Cardiff University Students' Union Great Hall, Cardiff –  1,600

• The Engine Shed, Lincoln –  1,600

• Perth Concert Hall, Perth –  1,600 (standing); 1,200 (seated)

• Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent –  1,600

• Sadler's Wells Theatre, London –  1,560

• LCR, Norwich –  1,550

• Victoria Theatre, Halifax –  1,512

• De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill – 1,500

• Leith Theatre, Edinburgh –  1,500

• Regent Theatre, Ipswich – 1,500

• Koko (previously known as Camden Palace and The Music Machine), London –  1,500

• Brixton Electric (formerly known as the Fridge), London –  1,500

• The Ritz, Manchester  – 1,500

• York Barbican, York –  1,900 (standing); 1,500 (seated)

• Great Hall, Exeter –  1,500 (standing); 650 (seated)

• Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent –  1,467

• OPEN Norwich, Norwich –  1,450 (standing); 500 (seated); Closed 2020

• The Spotlight, Hoddesdon –  1,360 (standing); 566 (seated)

• King's Theatre, Edinburgh –  1,350 (seated)

• London Hippodrome, London –  1,340 (seated)

• Theatre Royal, Norwich –  1,300

• City Hall, Salisbury –  1,255 (standing); 1,355 (mixed); 953 (seated)

• Music Hall Aberdeen –  1,281 (seated)

• Cambridge Theatre, London –  1,231

• Portsmouth Pyramids Centre, Portsmouth –  1,200 (standing); 500 (seated)

• Heaven, London –  1,200

• Rialto Reborn, Coventry –  1200 (standing); 550 (seated)

• Embassy Theatre, Skegness –  1,168

• Royal National Theatre, London –  1,160 (Olivier); 890 (Lyttelton); 400 (Cottesloe)

• Grand Central Hall, Liverpool –  1,150

• Scala, London –  1,145

• Theatre Royal,Nottingham –  1,107

• Electric Ballroom, London –  1,100 (800 downstairs, 300 upstairs)

• The Grand Theatre, Blackpool –  1,100

• SWX, Bristol –  1,100

• Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield –  1,068

• Old Vic, London –  1,067

• O2 Academy Oxford –  1,020

• Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon –  1,000

• Citadel Arts Centre, St Helens –  1,000

• Tramshed, Cardiff –  1,000

• Crucible Theatre, Sheffield –  980

• Queen's Hall, Edinburgh –  900 (standing); 801 (seated)

• The Leadmill, Sheffield –  900 (standing); 400 (seated)

• Southampton Engine Rooms, Southampton –  860

• The Liquid Room, Edinburgh –  800 (club nights); 650-700 (gigs)

• Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh –  658

Smaller venues
(including public houses)

• Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham - 978

• Theatre Royal, Brighton - 952

• Orchard Theatre, Dartford - 950

• Queen Elizabeth Hall, London - 913

• Malvern Theatres, Worchestershire - 850

• Epic Studios, Norwich - 900

• Corn Exchange, Ipswich - 900 standing, 800 seated.

• The Aquarium, Lowestoft - 900

• Cambridge Junction - 850

• The Coventry Empire. Empire 1 - 800 (Standing) Empire 2 - 180 (Standing)

• Scala, Kings Cross, London - 800

• O2 Academy Islington, Islington, London - 800

• Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot - 798

• Churchill Theatre, Bromley - 781

• Vibez, Newport - 750

• Union Chapel, Islington, London - 750

• Albert Hall, Nottingham, Nottingham - 750

• Lemongrove, Exeter - 700

• The Picturedrome Holmfirth - 690

• Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham - 675

• Lighthouse, Poole - 669

• Playhouse Theatre, Oxford - 663

• The Caves Edinburgh, Edinburgh - 650

• Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent - 644

• The Garage, London - 600

• New Vic Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent - 600

• Concorde 2, Brighton - 600

• Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford - 586

• Stephan Joseph Theatre, Scarborough - 569

• Lemon Tree, Aberdeen - 550 standing, various seated caps

• Under The Bridge, Fulham, London - 550

• Corn Exchange, Exeter - 500 (standing), 300 (seated)

• Bloomsbury Theatre, Bloomsbury, London - 535

• The Dome, London - 500

• Camden Underworld, Camden Town, London - 500

• The Old Market, Brighton & Hove, Brighton - 500

• Perth Theatre - 500

• The Fox and Firkin, London - 499

• STYX, North London - 499

• Ruskin Arms, London (circa 1960s–2008) - 499

• New Theatre Royal Lincoln, Lincoln - 475

• Buskers, Dundee - 450

• The Stables, Milton Keynes - 398 seated and 50 standing (Jim Marshall Auditorium) 80 seated or 100 standing (Stage 2)

• The Magic Garden, London - 380

• Purcell Room, South Bank, London - 367

• Jazz Cafe, London - 350

• 100 Club, London - 350

• MK11 Live Music Venue, Milton Keynes - 330

• Tunnels, Aberdeen - 300 standing or 500 clubnight

• Drummomds, Aberdeen - 300 standing

• Electric Circus, Edinburgh - 300

• The Mart Theatre, Skipton - 300

• The Bongo Club, Edinburgh - 300 standing

• The Standard Music Venue, Walthamstow - 300

• The Boileroom Guildford - 300

• Ronnie Scott's, London - 300

• Phoenix, Exeter - 300 (standing), 158 (seated)

• The Picturedrome Northampton - 300

• Fulham Greyhound, London (circa 1971–1990) – 275

• The Borderline, London –  275

• Sheffield Library Theatre, Sheffield –  260

• Off The Square, Manchester - 200+

• Eel Pie Club, Twickenham, London –  200+

• The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh - 200 standing

• Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh - The Boudoir: 60 seated, 150 standing, The Vault: 80 seated, 200 Standing

• The Half Moon, Putney, London –  200

• The Square, Harlow –  200 (closed January 2017)

• The Horn, St Albans –  200

• The Rose Theatre, Chesterfield - 160

• DIY Space For London, Bermondsey –  160

• The Leeds Club, Leeds –  150

• The New Headingley Club, Leeds –  100

• Dublin Castle, Camden, London –  150

• Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster –  150

• House of Detention, Clerkenwell, London –  130

• Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh - 100

• Greencoat Place, Victoria - 100

• Century Theatre Coalville, Leicestershire - 206

• The Lion Theatre, Horncastle - 96

• Cellar, Aberdeen - 80

• 606 Club, London - 120

• Bawtry Phoenix Theatre, Bawtry - 72

• Vortex Jazz Club, London - 100

Capacities not specified

 * Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
 * Kilburn National Club, London
 * Marquee Club, London (Wardour Street 1964–1988; Charing Cross Road 1988–2001)
 * Powerhaus (was once The Pied Bull; closed circa 1990s; now Halifax Building Society), Islington, London
 * The Sir George Robey, Finsbury Park (briefly renamed Powerhaus after Islington venue "moved" here) (closed circa 2000s), London
 * Camden Falcon, London (closed circa 1990s)
 * Rainbow Theatre, London (1971–1982; now a Christian church)
 * The Roxy, London (1976–1978; now a sports shop)
 * Music Room Space Events, Mayfair, London
 * Band on the Wall, Manchester
 * Hope and Anchor, Islington, London