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Aston Lower Grounds

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Aston Lower Grounds Hammond's Illustrated Guide (Birmingham) 1882
Aston Lower Grounds Hammond's Illustrated Guide (Birmingham) 1882

The Aston Lower Grounds was a pleasure ground area in Birmingham, open to the public in the late Victorian era.

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Aston Lower Grounds
Nelson Road, Birmingham Aston

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Nelson Road
B6 6HD Birmingham, Aston
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Aston Lower Grounds Hammond's Illustrated Guide (Birmingham) 1882
Aston Lower Grounds Hammond's Illustrated Guide (Birmingham) 1882
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Villa Park

Villa Park is a football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, England, with a seating capacity of 42,682. It has been the home of Premier League side Aston Villa since 1897. The ground is less than a mile from both Witton and Aston railway stations and has hosted sixteen England internationals at senior level, the first in 1899 and the most recent in 2005. Villa Park has hosted 55 FA Cup semi-finals, more than any other stadium. In 1897, Aston Villa moved into the Aston Lower Grounds, a sports ground in a Victorian amusement park in the former grounds of Aston Hall, a Jacobean stately home. The stadium has gone through various stages of renovation and development, resulting in the current stand configuration of the Holte End, Trinity Road Stand, North Stand and Doug Ellis Stand. Before 1914, a cycling track ran around the perimeter of the pitch where regular cycling meetings were hosted as well as athletic events. Aside from football-related uses, the stadium has seen various concerts staged along with other sporting events including boxing matches and international rugby league and rugby union matches. In 1999, the last final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup took place at Villa Park. Villa Park also hosted the 2012 FA Community Shield, as Wembley Stadium was in use for the final of the Olympic football tournament.Aston Villa have plans to redevelop the North Stand: this would increase the capacity of Villa Park from 42,682 to 50,065. Such plans also include the construction of an accompanying commercial and entertainment venue dubbed "Villa Live". In December 2022, the plans were approved by Birmingham City Council.