Old Recreation Ground, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

The Old Recreation Ground was home to Port Vale Football Club for thirty-seven years from 1913. Despite attempts to move on from this restricted site, the club improved the ground, including the construction of a new Main Stand in 1931. Vale continued to play at the ground until 1950 when they moved to their current home, Vale Park. The Old Recreation Ground became a car park and the site was eventually redeveloped as part of the Potteries shopping centre.

Historic England Archive EPW053355.