Former National Hockey Stadium
Until early 2009, England Hockey was based at the former, purpose-built, National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes, but the cost of running the stadium was one of the factors that led to the demise of the English Hockey Association. The ground was leased to Wimbledon (later Milton Keynes Dons) football club in 2003 and has not been used for hockey since then. On 17 December 2009, demolition of the stadium began, the site is to be used for a new national HQ for Network Rail.
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