Links
If you are interested in Britain’s sporting heritage, here are some sites that we recommend.
Britain’s sports museums
- National Sports Museums Online
- Arsenal FC at the Emirates Stadium
- Badminton at Milton Keynes
- Bradford City AFC at Valley Parade
- Cricket, at Lords
- Cycling at Llandindrod Wells
- Darts with Patrick Chaplin
- Golf at St. Andrews
- Horse Racing at Newmarket
- Lawn Tennis at Wimbledon
- Liverpool FC at Anfield
- Manchester United FC at Old Trafford
- Motor Cycling at Bickenhill
- Motor Racing at Brooklands
- National Fencing Museum
- National Football Museum, Manchester
- Quoits in Wales
- Real Tennis at the Queen’s Club
- River and Rowing, at Henley
- Rugby Union, at Twickenham
- Scottish Football at Hampden Park
- Skittles in London
- Somerset Cricket, at Taunton
- Surfing at Brighton
- Yorkshire Cricket, at Headingley
General sporting heritage
- Sports Heritage Network
- Groundtastic – the football grounds fanzine site
- Salford Lads Club
- Falkland Palace Real Tennis Club
- Roman circus in Colchester
- British Society of Sports History
- Joseph Strutt online edition
- Martin Polley’s sport history blog
- Traditional games
- John Hulley, Olympian
- Herne Hill Velodrome
- The Sporting Statues Project
- Harry Gem, tennis pioneer
Historic swimming pools
- Historic Pools of Britain
- Bramley Baths, Leeds
- Bristol Lido, Bristol
- Broomhill Pool, Ipswich
- Carlisle Victorian & Turkish Baths
- City Baths, Newcastle
- Cleveland Pools, Bath
- Droitwich Lido
- Govanhill Baths, Glasgow
- Grange Lido, Cumbria
- Hathersage Swimming Pool
- Hilsea Lido
- Moseley Road Baths, Birmingham
- Peterborough Lido
- Saltdean Lido, near Brighton
- Save Broomhill Lido, Ipswich
- Thames Lido, Reading
- The Outdoor Swimming Society
- Victoria Baths, Manchester
- Victorian Turkish baths
- Withington Baths, Manchester
- Woodcock Street Baths, Aston
- Western Baths Club, Glasgow
Uppies and Downies
Historic architecture generally
- Historic England
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Historic Environment Wales (Cadw)
- Save Britain’s Heritage
- 20th Century Society
- Victorian Society
- Georgian Group
Played in Britain authors
- Simon Inglis (Played in Britain editor)
- Martin Polley (author of The British Olympics)
- Ged O’Brien (author of Played in Glasgow)
- Lynn Pearson (author of Played in Tyne and Wear)