Date set for football stadium demolition

Demolition work on a football stadium will begin in May ahead of the building of a new £6.4m facility.

Borough Park in Workington, Cumbria - home to Workington AFC - is due to be replaced with a community stadium called the Cumberland Sports Village.

It would become a home for the football club as well as the Workington Town rugby teams, currently based at the Fibrus Stadium across the road.

Reds' chairman Phil Norman said the first phase of demolition would see the main club building and west side of the stadium knocked down.

He said the club wanted to remain on-site during the redevelopment with temporary facilities installed, although a final decision has yet to be made.

The new stadium, due to be ready by August 2026, would house offices, dressing rooms, function rooms, catering facilities and bars, as well as a new stand.

Mr Norman said new facilities, which would be open to the community during the week, would enable the club to "increase revenues without the burden of maintenance of old infrastructure".

Workington AFC has operated from Borough Park since 1937.

The team previously played at Schoose Close, Workington Cricket Field, Ashfield, the Ellis Sports Ground and Lonsdale Park, where they briefly returned during the 1986-87 season when Borough Park was closed on safety grounds.

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