Stadium
Between the years of 1886 and 2001 Bishop Auckland played their home matches at one of the United Kingdom's oldest football grounds, Kingsway, Bishop Auckland. Kingsway was unusual because it was shared with the town's cricket club, one of the four sides was a cricket pitch. The club moved out of Kingsway with plans to move into a purpose-built stadium at Tindale Crescent near Bishop Auckland. The current plans were submitted to Wear Valley District Council in early September 2008, planning permission was granted in mid-November 2008 and the club moved into the 1,994 capacity ground in October 2010.
While waiting for the ground at Tindale Crescent to be constructed, the club had to share with other local football teams. Bishop Auckland agreed to play their football at Darlington Road, West Auckland, home of West Auckland Town for the 2008–09, 2009–10 and part of the 2010–11 seasons. The club have also had stints at Dean Street, home of Shildon, between 2002–04 and 2006–08 and at Brewery Field, Spennymoor, home of Spennymoor Town, between the spells at Shildon.
The club now occupy the recently-built Heritage Park, based to the immediate south-west of the town. The opening ceremony took place on October 24, 2010, in which local entrepreneur Sir John Hall performed the opening ceremony along with the club's affiliated youth team in front of an invitation-only audience.
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