Wheldon Road (The Jungle)

Wheldon Road Profile

The Jungle, formally know as Wheldon Road, is the home of the Castleford Tigers rugby league team. The stadium changed its name to the Jungle after a sponsorship deal with Jungle.com, after the sponsorship deal ended the club decided to keep the name “The Jungle”.

The club moved to the stadium (formerly the home of Castleford Town football club) in 1927 after the completion of their first season (1926-27) as a senior rugby league club. This first season was played at the inappropriately named ‘Sandy desert’, a venue that was very prone to flooding.

The Jungle is an old terranced style stadium and its capacity is 11,750. This includes 1,500 seats with the remainder of the spectators standing. Three sides of The Jungle are covered.<

Castleford Tigers are currently investigating relocating a to new stadium in the Glasshoughton area of the town.

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