Prospect Oval, Adelaide

#257 among attractions in Adelaide

Sport venue, Sport, Field, Cricket

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Prospect Oval is a sports stadium located at Menzies Crescent, Prospect, South Australia. The oval has a capacity of 20,000 people with seated grandstands holding approximately 2,000. An unusual feature of the oval is that it is laid out askew from the conventional orientation of Australian rules football and cricket ovals, with the goal posts located at the South-Western and the North-Eastern ends, and the cricket pitch running in the same direction. All other grounds in the SANFL run in a north-south direction. ()

Opened: 1898 (126 years ago)Capacity: 20 thous.Coordinates: 34°53'8"S, 138°36'4"E

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Prospect Oval – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dudley Park Cemetery, North Road Cemetery, Barton Oval, Adelaide Aquatic Centre.

1.1 miW
Cemetery
Dudley Park Cemetery, Adelaide
28 min walk • Dudley Park Cemetery is a cemetery in Dudley Park, a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The cemetery caters for various forms of burial and memorial in different areas.
~890 ftN
Cemetery
North Road Cemetery, Adelaide
5 min walk • North Road Cemetery is located in the Adelaide suburb of Nailsworth, approximately 5 km north of the central business district. It is 7.3 hectares in size and there have been over 24,000 burials since its foundation in 1853.
1.3 miSW
Sport, Sport venue
Barton Oval, Adelaide
32 min walk • The Barton Oval, also known as "Barton Terrace Ovals", is a cricket ground in North Adelaide in the Australian state of South Australia. The first recorded match on the ground was in the 1968 season.
1.2 miSW
Sport venue, Sport, Water park
Adelaide Aquatic Centre, Adelaide
31 min walk • The Adelaide Aquatic Centre is a complex of indoor heated swimming pools operated by the Adelaide City Council and located in the northernmost extent of the Adelaide Parklands in North Adelaide, Australia.
1 miSW
City, Area
Thorngate, Adelaide
26 min walk • Thorngate is an inner northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Prospect. This small suburb is one of South Australia's most expensive.
1.6 miSW
Neighbourhood
Bowden development, Adelaide
40 min walk • The Bowden development is an urban development in the Australian state of South Australia on a site formerly owned by the Clipsal corporation in the suburb of Bowden, within the City of Charles Sturt, in the Adelaide metropolitan area 2 kilometres from the city centre.