Rugby Football League Facility Beswick Building, RFL Manchester Property, Education and training base
Rugby Football League Facility in Beswick, Manchester
11 January 2022
Location: Beswick, East Manchester, North West England, UK
Rugby Football League Education and training base in Beswick
Architect: Holmes Miller, Architects
Our League Life: Plans submitted for Rugby Football League?s ambitious east Manchester project
sports pitch corner with building behind:

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Rugby Football League Facility in Manchester
Holmes Miller architects has submitted a planning application on behalf of the Rugby Football League (RFL) to Manchester City Council for its proposed new education and training facility in the Beswick area of the city. Land off Grey Mare Lane is the proposed site for a unique facility to be shared between Rugby League?s elite athletes, community players, coaches and match officials, and young people and adults from the local area.
The submitted plans detail a two-storey building and adjacent grass pitch, plus a small pitch-facing stand attached to the main building which would serve as an education and training base for people to begin developing their ?big match? skills.
RFL project lead, Tony Sutton, explains: ?For 125 years Rugby League has brought a huge range of social and economic benefits to communities in the north of England and beyond. It is a sport with a massive social impact ? and now we want to make an impact in east ...