Recreation Collection

Leeds Road, Huddersfield EAW613639
LEEDS ROAD, Huddersfield. Aerial view of the former home of Huddersfield Town Football Club. The Terriers moved to the Galpharm Stadium in 1994. Photographed in 1992. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

KC Stadium, Hull 20918_007
KC STADIUM, Hull. Aerial view. Home of Hull City Football Club (The Tigers) and Hull FC Rugby League club. Photographed in 2009

Ashton Gate, Bristol AFL03_aerofilms_634217
ASHTON GATE, Bristol. Aerial view of the home of Bristol City Football Club. Photographed in 1994. At the time the Robins were playing in Division One. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Roker Park, Sunderland EPW613582
ROKER PARK, Sunderland. Aerial view of the former home of Sunderland Football Club. They moved to the Stadium of Light in 1997. Photographed in 1992. In May the Black Cats reached the FA Cup Final

Loftus Road Stadium, QPR 24442_016
LOFTUS ROAD STADIUM, Shepherds Bush, London. Aerial view. Home of Queens Park Rangers Football Club. QPR. Photographed in September 2006

Burnden Park, Bolton EAW612756
BURNDEN PARK, Bolton. Aerial view of the former home of Bolton Wanderers Football Club. The Trotters moved to the Reebok Stadium in 1997. Photographed in 1992

Eastville Stadium EAW170596
Eastville Stadium, Bristol. Built in 1897 it was the home of Bristol Rovers Football Club. The ground was finally demolished in 1998. Photographed here in April 1967

Goldstone Ground, Brighton EAW613270
GOLDSTONE GROUND, Brighton. The former home of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club. The Seagulls moved out in 1997. This photograph was taken in September 1992. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury AFL03_Aerofilms_679522
GAY MEADOW, Shrewsbury. Former home of Shrewsbury Town Football Club, vacated in 2007. The Shrews were famous for employing a coracle to retrieve lost balls from the River Severn

Layer Road, Colchester AFL03_Aerofilms_674633
LAYER ROAD, Colchester. Home of Colchester United Football Club. Photographed in May 1998. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Springfield Park, Wigan EAW612359
SPRINGFIELD PARK, Wigan. Aerial view of the former home of Wigan Athletic Football Club. They moved to the JJB Stadium in 1999. The Latics were first elected to the Football League in 1978

Feethams, Darlington EAC615726
FEETHAMS STADIUM, Darlington. Home of Darlington Football Club - The Quakers. Photographed in October 1992. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

The Shay, Halifax EAW612794
THE SHAY STADIUM, Halifax. Home of Halifax Town Football Club - The Shaymen. Photographed in August 1992. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Victoria Ground, Stoke EAW612425
VICTORIA GROUND, Stoke-on-Trent. Aerial view of the former home of Stoke City Football Club. They moved to the Britannia Stadium in 1997

Fratton Park, Portsmouth EAW673843
FRATTON PARK, Portsmouth. Aerial view of the home of Portsmouth FC photographed in 1998. Pompey. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Goodison Park, Everton EAW655764
GOODISON PARK, Liverpool. Aerial view of the home of Everton FC since 1892. Photographed in 1996. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Griffin Park, Brentford EAW656178
GRIFFIN PARK, Brentford. Aerial view of the home of " The Bees" since 1904. Photographed in 1996. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

White City Stadium EAW164317
White City Stadium, London. Originally built for the 1908 summer Olympics, it became the home of greyhound racing and hosted a number of other sports

Underhill Stadium, Barnet AFL03_Aerofilms_613875
UNDERHILL STADIUM, Barnet. Home of Barnet Football Club - The Bees. Photographed in September 1992. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Highfield Road, Coventry AFL03_aerofilms_654974
HIGHFIELD ROAD, Coventry. Aerial view of the former home of Coventry City Football Club photographed in 1995. The Sky Blues moved to the Ricoh Arena in 2005. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Elm Park, Reading EAW614199
ELM PARK, Reading. Aerial view of the former home of Reading Football Club, photographed in 1992. John Madejski bought the club in 1991 and under Mark McGhee the team was starting to progress

Blundell Park, Grimsby AFL03_Aerofilms_655123
BLUNDELL PARK, Grimsby. Home of Grimsby Town Football Club - The Mariners. Photographed in April 1996. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Prenton Park, Tranmere AFL03_Aerofilms_640738
PRENTON PARK, Tranmere. Home of Tranmere Rovers Football Club. Photographed in May 1995. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

The Hawthorns, West Bromwich AFL03_aerofilms_640762
THE HAWTHORNS, West Bromwich. Aerial view of the home of West Bromwich Albion FC since 1900. Photographed in 1995. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Griffin Park, Brentford EAW515481
GRIFFIN PARK, Brentford. Aerial view of the home of " The Bees" since 1904. Photographed in 1986. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Ricoh Arena 29210_018
The Ricoh Arena, Coventry. Home of Coventry City Football Club and Wasps Rugby Club. The adjoining Exhibition Hall makes this a multi-purpose venue. Photographed in November 2014

Borough Park Workington 28319_022
Borough Park, Workington, Cumbria. Home of Workington AFC. Photographed in 2012

Recreation Ground, Chesterfield EAW687940
RECREATION GROUND, Chesterfield. Home of Chesterfield Football Club - The Spireites. Photographed in May 2001. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Spotland, Rochdale EAW687986
SPOTLAND, Rochdale. Home of Rochdale Football Club. Photographed in May 2001. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Madejski Stadium, Reading EAW694161
MADEJSKI STADIUM, Reading. Aerial view of the home of Reading Football Club since 1998. Photographed in 2002. The Royals under Alan Pardew finished as runners-up in Division Two in season 2001-02 to

City Ground, Nottingham EAW626843
CITY GROUND, Nottingham. Aerial view of the home of Nottingham Forest Football Club. Photographed in 1994. After Cloughies team was relegated in 1993

Abbey Stadium, Cambridge AFL03_Aerofilms_687744
ABBEY STADIUM, Cambridge. Home of Cambridge United Football Club. Photographed in March 2001. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Sixfields Stadium, Northampton AFL03_Aerofilms_688605
SIXFIELDS STADIUM, Northampton. Home of Northampton Town Football Club - The Cobblers. Photographed in April 2001. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham AFL03_Aerofilms_688412
PRIESTFIELD STADIUM, Gillingham. Home of Gillingham Football Club - The Gills. Photographed in May 2001. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Whaddon Road, Cheltenham AFL03_Aerofilms_684946
WHADDON ROAD, Cheltenham. Home of Cheltenham Town Football Club - The Robins. Photographed in April 2000. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Boundary Park, Oldham AFL03_Aerofilms_685008
BOUNDARY PARK, Oldham. Home of Oldham Athletic Football Club. Photographed in April 2000. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Dean Court, Bournemouth EAW664479
DEAN COURT, Bournemouth. Home of Bournemouth Football Club. Photographed in March 1997. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Twerton Park, Bath EAC614849
TWERTON PARK, Bath. Currently the home of Bath City Football Club and also home of Bristol Rovers between 1986 and 1996. Photographed in September 1992. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

London Road, Peterborough AFL03_aerofilms_685025
LONDON ROAD Stadium, Peterborough. Aerial view of the home of Peterborough United Football Club. Photographed in 2000 when the Posh were plying their trade in the old Dvision 2 under Barry Fry

Bloomfield Road, Blackpool AFL03_aerofilms_613770
BLOOMFIELD ROAD, Blackpool. Aerial view of the home of Blackpool Football Club since 1899. Photographed in 1992, a season where the Tangerines went up through the play-offs via a penalty shoot-out at

Nene Park, Irthlingborough EAW688697
NENE PARK, Irthlingborough. Aerial view of the home of Rushden & Diamonds Football Club since the merger of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds in 1991. Photographed in 2001

Plainmoor, Torquay AFL03_Aerofilms_664464
PLAINMOOR, Torquay. Home of Torquay United Football Club - The Gulls. Photographed in March 1997. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Roots Hall, Southend AFL03_Aerofilms_656104
ROOTS HALL, Southend. Home of Southend United Football Club - The Shrimpers. Photographed in May 1996. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Home Park, Plymouth AFL03_aerofilms_654466
HOME PARK, Plymouth. Aerial view of the home of Plymouth Argyle Football Club. Photographed in 1996, when Neil Warnocks Pilgrims won the Third Division play-offs at Wembley

Glanford Park, Scunthorpe AFL03_aerofilms_612988
GLANFORD PARK, Scunthorpe. Aerial view of the home of Scunthorpe United Football Club since 1988. Photographed in 1992. A supermarket development of the Old Show Ground led to the Iron moving to this

Goodison Park, Everton EAW162060
GOODISON PARK STADIUM, Liverpool. Aerial view of the home of Everton Football Club since 1892. Photographed in 1966. Goodison Park played host to Group 3 matches at the 1966 World Cup

Roller Coaster, Blackpool Pleasure Beach N100540
BLACKPOOL, Lancashire. Night view of the roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Aberdeen - The Silver City by the Sea, LMS / LNER poster, 1923-1947
Poster produced for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), promoting rail travel to the Scottish east coast city and resort of Aberdeen

Elland Road, Leeds 20668_032
ELLAND ROAD STADIUM, Leeds. Aerial view. Home of Leeds United Football Club. Photographed in August 2007

Maine Road EAW666121
MAINE ROAD STADIUM, Manchester. Aerial view. The former home of Manchester City Football Club in May 1997. City with Kinkladze and Rosler finished 13th in the First Division that season

Upton Park, West Ham 26448_011
UPTON PARK, London. Aerial view of Boleyn Ground, the home of West Ham United FC since 1904. Photographed in 2009

Highbury Stadium, Arsenal AFL03_aerofilms_c19089
HIGHBURY STADIUM, London. Aerial view of Arsenal Stadium, the home of Arsenal Football Club since 1913. Photographed in 1932. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Stamford Bridge, Chelsea 24410_016
STAMFORD BRIDGE STADIUM, London. Aerial view. Home of Chelsea Football Club. Photographed in August 2006

White Hart Lane EAW167143
White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London. Photographed by Aerofilms in September 1966 on the occasion of a match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United

Aberdeen, Gateway to Royal Deeside, LNER / LMS poster, 1923-1947
Poster produced for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), promoting rail travel to the Scottish east coast city and resort of Aberdeen

Vicarage Road, Watford EAW626929
VICARAGE ROAD, Watford. Aerial view of the home of Saracens RFC and Watford FC. Photographed in 1994. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

The pier at Lytham St Annes N990008
LYTHAM ST ANNES, Lancashire. The pier at Lytham St Annes, viewed here at sunset. First built in 1885 and subsequently remodelled, it is made of conventional iron column with a lattice girder design

Sidmouth, south Devon, England, UK

Old Trafford EAW627720
OLD TRAFFORD, Greater Manchester. Aerial view. Stadium home of Manchester United Football Club in 1994. United with Eric Cantona won the Premiership that season. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Clevedon Pier at sunset K990506
CLEVEDON PIER, Marine Parade, Clevedon, North Somerset. A view of the pier at sunset

Mont Ventoux, Provence, France, Europe

Clevedon Pier N071847
CLEVEDON PIER, North Somerset. General view of the pier taken from the beach

Stamford Bridge, Chelsea EAW018701
STAMFORD BRIDGE STADIUM, London. Aerial view. Home of Chelsea Football Club since 1905. Designed by the football ground architect Archibald Leitch, who also designed the covered east stand

Anfield, Liverpool EAW162056
ANFIELD STADIUM, Liverpool. Aerial view of the home of Liverpool Football Club since 1892. Photographed in 1966. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough EAW613650
AYRESOME PARK, Middlesbrough. Aerial view of the former home of Middlesbrough Football Club, photographed in 1992. Having obtained promotion the Teessiders were founder members of the Premier League

Craven Cottage, Fulham EAW685834
CRAVEN COTTAGE, London. Aerial view of the home of Fulham FC since 1894, with the River Thames beyond. Photographed in 2000. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

City Ground and Meadow Lane, Nottingham EAW639030
CITY GROUND and MEADOW LANE Nottingham. Aerial view of the homes of Nottingham Forest FC and (across the River Trent) Notts County FC. Photographed in 1995. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Craven Cottage, Fulham EAW685842
CRAVEN COTTAGE, London. Aerial view of the home of Fulham FC since 1894, with the River Thames beyond. Photographed in 2000. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Kenilworth Road, Luton EAC613790
KENILWORTH ROAD, Luton. Aerial view of the home of Luton Town Football Club. Photographed in 1992, at the end of a disappointing season for the Hatters who dropped out of the top flight just as

Highbury Stadium, Arsenal AFL03_aerofilms_r2245
HIGHBURY STADIUM, London. Aerial view of the home of Arsenal Football Club since 1913. Photographed in 1936. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Stamford Bridge, Chelsea EPW025830
STAMFORD BRIDGE STADIUM, London. Aerial view. Home of Chelsea Football Club since 1905. Photographed in 1929. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Stamford Bridge Stadium EAW614381
STAMFORD BRIDGE STADIUM, London. Aerial view. Home of Chelsea Football Club in 1992. Around this time Chelsea Village Ltd

Wembley Stadium 18308_03
WEMBLEY STADIUM, London. Aerial view of the old sports ground. Wembley hosted several games including the final of the 1966 football World Cup

Site of Wimbledon tennis 24441_006
ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS AND CROQUET CLUB, Wimbledon, London. An aerial view of the site showing the re-development of Centre Court under construction. Photographed September, 2006

Cruz Bay, St. John, U. S. Virgin Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America
Cruz Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace EAW654371
SELHURST PARK, London. Aerial view of the home of Crystal Palace Football Club. Photographed in 1996 when the Eagles under Dave Bassett were plying their trade in Division One

Filbert Street, Leicester EAW627434
FILBERT STREET, Leicester. Aerial view of the former home of Leicester City Football Club photographed in 1994. Leicester won the play-off final to go back to the Premiership

Maine Road, Manchester City EPW009271
MAINE ROAD, Manchester. Aerial view of the home of Manchester City Football Club. Photographed in 1923 just after the club first moved to Maine Road. Aerofilms Collection

Children in the snow a054098
HALIFAX, West Yorkshire. A view showing a group of children sledging down a snow covered road. Date range 1962-1978. John Gay

Viking Bay beach, Broadstairs, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Highbury Stadium, Arsenal EAW243930
HIGHBURY STADIUM, London. Aerial view of the home of Arsenal Football Club since 1913. Photographed in 1972. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Village green cricket, Tilford, Surrey, England, UK

The beach, Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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"Discover the Joy of Recreation: From Upton Park to White Hart Lane, and Everywhere in Between. " Embark on a journey through time and space as we explore the essence of recreation. Step into the vibrant atmosphere of Upton Park, home to West Ham United, where cheers echo through the air and passion fills every corner. Travel northwards to Aberdeen - The Silver City by the Sea, an enchanting destination that captivates with its LMS/LNER poster from 1923-1947. Immerse yourself in its coastal beauty and let relaxation wash over you like gentle waves. Witness a moment frozen in time as a child wearing a swim cap sits serenely amidst crashing surf in a captivating screen print from 1922. Feel their pure joy and be reminded of the simple pleasures found within nature's embrace. Continue your expedition to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's iconic stadium that has witnessed countless moments of triumph and glory. Experience the electric energy that surges through this hallowed ground when fans unite under one common love for football. Venture further to Goodison Park, Everton's fortress steeped in history and tradition. Let nostalgia guide your steps as you soak up memories etched into every inch of this revered venue. Escape to Cruz Bay in St. John, nestled within the breathtaking landscapes of the U. S Virgin Islands' Caribbean paradise. Surrender yourself to tranquility while basking under warm sunrays or exploring crystal-clear waters teeming with life. Feel your heart race as you brave thrilling adventures at Blackpool Pleasure Beach aboard an exhilarating roller coaster ride. Embrace adrenaline-fueled excitement against a backdrop filled with laughter and delight. Journey towards Elland Road in Leeds; witness how sport unites communities across generations while forging unforgettable bonds between players and supporters alike. Find solace along Sidmouth's picturesque coastline in south Devon, England – where stunning vistas invite peaceful contemplation amid nature's serene beauty.