Manchester

Football pitches in Manchester

The aupa map shows 115 football pitches in Manchester, 19 of them with floodlights. That’s 2.0 per 10,000 residents, rank 15 of 23 cities in the UK. As of October 2026, based on OpenStreetMap.

Football pitches in Manchester

The map shows the 115 football pitches in Manchester, rounded to about 300 metres. The exact spot is in the app.

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Spot data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), prepared by aupa. Positions rounded to about 300 m. As of October 2026.

115
Football pitches on the map
2.0
per 10,000 residents
15.
rank in our city comparison in the UK
19
with floodlights (per OpenStreetMap)

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Streets

Football pitches in Manchester: on these streets

The nearest street per OpenStreetMap; the number in brackets means several places. The exact spot, photos and who’s there right now are in the app.

  • Moston Lane (4)
  • Bideford Drive (3)
  • Kirkmanshulme Lane (3)
  • Barlow Moor Road (2)
  • Charnville Road (2)
  • Errwood Road (2)
  • Lightbowne Road (2)
  • Mount Road (2)
  • Parkhouse Street (2)
  • Alders Road
  • Altrincham Road
  • Alworth Road
  • Batty Street
  • Berwyn Avenue
  • Bold Street
  • Boothroyden Road
  • Borrowdale Crescent
  • Broadmeadow Avenue
  • Brotherton Close
  • Bury Old Road
  • Capenhurst Close
  • Carfax Street
  • Carisbrook Street
  • Carlburn Street
  • Chapel Street
  • Chapman Street
  • Cheetwood Road
  • Clinton Avenue
  • Coningsby Drive
  • Coupland Street
  • Cranston Grove
  • Cravenwood Road
  • Denmark Road
  • Dorothy Street
  • Ellen Wilkinson Crescent
  • Elmbank Avenue
  • Etherstone Street
  • Fairclough Street
  • Falfield Drive
  • Firbank Road
  • Ford Lane
  • Goldcrest Close
  • Gorton Lane
  • Herristone Road
  • Higher Cambridge Street
  • Holdness Road
  • Holland Street
  • Houghend Crescent
  • Johnny King Close
  • Kings Road
  • Knutsford Road
  • Lloyd Street North
  • Northmoor Road
  • Olive Shapley Avenue
  • Orford Road
  • Painswick Road
  • Parkville Road
  • Parrs Wood Road
  • Pennington Street
  • Plainsfield Street
  • Rippingham Road
  • Robinswood Road
  • Roundwood Road
  • Schoolside Close
  • Shayfield Drive
  • Sportcity Way
  • St Edmund's Road
  • St Nicholas Road
  • Stenner Lane
  • Swinton Grove
  • Tabley Grove
  • Thistle Bank Close
  • Towey Close
  • Tudor Avenue
  • Union Street
  • Waterford Avenue
  • Yew Tree Road

Where the surface is recorded (74 of 115), it’s mostly grass (62%), artificial turf (23%) and asphalt (15%).

Comparison

Football pitches: city comparison in the UK

Sorted by places per 10,000 residents. Population: GeoNames.

CityTotalper 10,000
Leeds3486.5
Bournemouth804.9
Newcastle upon Tyne1163.9
Belfast1243.6
Nottingham1153.6
Bradford1293.5
Edinburgh1593.1
Blackpool422.9
Sheffield1612.9
Cardiff1052.8
Glasgow1732.8
Bristol1292.7
Brighton672.4
Swansea612.0
Manchester1152.0
Liverpool861.7
Leicester611.7
London1,3921.6
Reading371.2
Coventry391.1
Good to know

From a fenced cage with artificial turf to a patch of grass with two goals: over 61,000 pitches and soccer fields are on the map. On public pitches you just turn up and play, while club fields are often locked. In aupa, every place tells you which it is.

Surface, goal size, whether there are nets: the community fills that in bit by bit. Short of players for a game? Open a lobby. Anyone nearby sees that you’re still two short.

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FAQ

Questions about football pitches in Manchester

How many football pitches are there in Manchester?
The aupa map shows 115 football pitches in Manchester (as of October 2026). That’s 2.0 per 10,000 residents, rank 15 of 23 cities in the UK. The data comes from OpenStreetMap and the community adds to it in the app.
Where are football pitches with floodlights in Manchester?
Per OpenStreetMap, 19 of the 115 football pitches in Manchester have floodlights, for example on these streets: Coupland Street, Cranston Grove, Denmark Road, Firbank Road and Ford Lane. Whether the lights really come on at night is confirmed by the community in the app.
Which app shows football pitches in Manchester?
aupa: a free community app with over 450,000 places to get outside, including 115 football pitches in Manchester. You see who’s there right now and bring people along. You can’t book courts with aupa. The app is in beta: instantly on iPhone via TestFlight, Android is coming.
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