The Oval (Wirral)

The Oval
Coordinates	53°21′28″N 3°00′36″W / 53.357902°N 3.009944°W
Owner	Wirral MBC
Operator	Wirral MBC
Opened	1888

The Oval (sometimes referred to as the Bebington Oval and Port Sunlight) is a Municipal athletics stadium in Bebington, Merseyside and leisure centre with outdoor ski slope.^[1]

The venue has played host to Tranmere Rovers F.C. reserve and ladies teams. The track is regularly used by Wirral AC and Warriors Pentathlon & AC and many competitions such as the Merseyside Championships take place here.

The ground has an eight-lane running track which was originally paid for by Lever Brothers in the 1920s but has since undergone an upgrade. It is the home to a number athletics clubs.

It was featured in the film Chariots of Fire and represented the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir.^[2]

Some schools across the area, such as St John Plessington, use the facilities for their PE lessons

References

^ "The Oval Bebington, Cheshire – Sports Leisure Legacy Project". Retrieved 12 July 2024.
^ Barton, Phoebe (12 August 2022). "The time a Merseyside sports centre transformed into a film set". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

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[1] "The Oval Bebington, Cheshire – Sports Leisure Legacy Project". Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[2] Barton, Phoebe (12 August 2022). "The time a Merseyside sports centre transformed into a film set". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

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