Football stadiums in nice locations

[Lady Whistledown]

I was thinking a while back, reiterated by seeing the Falmer site in the sunshine yesterday, that (sssssh, don't tell the village residents) our new stadium is going to be in one of the more pleasant locations as football arenas go.

Ignoring the A27, hidden by trees anyway, if you look across from the Downs, you have views across to Stanmer Park and Ditchling Beacon on one side, from another side Falmer and the pond, and to the south nothing but rolling downland, albeit temporarily dumped full of excavated chalk. The photos people have taken so far from further afield are even more impressive.

So...can anyone think of any stadiums that are actually in nice locations? Most old grounds in the UK are in city centres, surrounded by terraced housing. Most new ones are on nasty brownfield ex-industrial sites (Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Southampton) or ugly grey retail parks (Northampton, MK Dons). What about abroad?

Feel free to post photos of gloriously sited grounds in the Swiss Alps or Scottish Highlands

 

[shoreham moonraker]

Isnt caley thistles lovely?

Hannover 96 is in some lovely park area in the city i think but i was quite drunk.

 

[sam86]

You can see a tree or two at Wycombe

(after walking through the industrial estate)

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Been doing some digging. This looks rather picturesque. FC Luzerne in Switzerland. All it needs is cows with bells round their necks.

 

[philsussex]

Been doing some digging. This looks rather picturesque. FC Luzerne in Switzerland. All it needs is cows with bells round their necks.

Just lloks like a red cross in a box to me

 

[skipper734]

Save the lazy sods clicking on it Edna.

 

[skipper734]

 

[Captain Haddock]

Isnt caley thistles lovely?

Hannover 96 is in some lovely park area in the city i think but i was quite drunk.

Ditto....though I believe it was a pleasant enough location. Not exactly an AONB though!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Bring a picnic rug and sit on the grass.

...did that one show up OK?

 

[philsussex]

Can't think of any particularly nice locations.

But for BAD, you'd find Luton hard to beat surely.

 

[shoreham moonraker]

http://www.stadiumguide.com/caledonian1.jpg

 

[philsussex]

Bring a picnic rug and sit on the grass.

...did that one show up OK?

Nope. Maybe my computer is just too archaic

 

[Captain Haddock]

Been doing some digging. This looks rather picturesque. FC Luzerne in Switzerland. All it needs is cows with bells round their necks.

Can't see the pic but have been to that city and wouldn't be at all surprised to find the stadium to be in a picturesque location as the area is generally pretty, well, pretty!

 

[Juan Albion]

But for BAD, you'd find Luton hard to beat surely.

Port Vale.
Selhurst Park.

 

[philsussex]

Port Vale.
Selhurst Park.

Port Vale - never been.

Selhurst Park - good point.

 

[skipper734]

How weird. When you preview it it's OK. Post it and it's still OK. Refresh the page and it disappears.

 

[philsussex]

. X .

 

[Scotty Mac]

hull is in the middle of a park, which is nice, if you ignore the fact that the park is in hull

 

[Scotty Mac]

i also remember having to TREK through a forest to get into the away end at aldershot - shame it was an utter PIT

 

[Scotty Mac]

managed to BRIBE a secutiry guard for the costly total of £20 to let us into dynamo kievs stadium while over there in november - its in the city centre so not far from all the sights and sounds and it is also surrounded by parkland - bloody LOVELY it was