| Stadium Name: | Richmond Park |
| Nickname: | Parc Waun Dew (Welsh) |
| Image Alt: | A single-tiered stand which has nine rows of alternating gold and black seats. In front of the stand is a field of grass upon which a solitary football sits |
| Location: | Richmond Park Priory Street Carmarthen SA31 1HZ |
| Coordinates: | 51.8599°N -4.3022°W |
| Built: | 1952 |
| Renovated: | 2003, 2012 |
| Surface: | 3G |
| Tenants: | Carmarthen Town A.F.C. (1952-present) |
| Seating Capacity: | 3000 (1000 Seated)[1] |
| Dimensions: | 103mby65mm (338feetby213feetm) |
Richmond Park is a Welsh Premier League stadium in Carmarthen, Wales. Situated on Priory Street, it is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of Carmarthen Town AFC.
The stadium holds 3,000 people with 1,000 seats in the Clay Shaw Butler stand.[2] The stand is arranged with 1,000 yellow and black seats in rows, matching the colour of the home team's kit.
The club announced they would be installing a 3G all-weather pitch for the 2017/18 season. Carmarthen Town began the season with a number of games away from their Richmond Park home due these pitch renovations. With the new pitch the 'Old Gold' joined a growing list of Welsh Premier League clubs to install a 3G/4G pitch.
Richmond Park has been used for a number of International football matches. The majority of these have featured Wales national football team sides. The first match was against Scotland on 20 May 2003 which ended in a 2–1 victory for Wales.[3]
The highest attendance recorded at Richmond Park is 911, for Carmarthen's League of Wales match against Barry Town, on 10 September 1997.[4]
The stadium hosted its first European football match in July 2007 when Carmarthen Town entertained Norwegian side SK Brann in a UEFA Cup qualification match.[5]
Richmond Park is located to the north east of Carmarthen town centre and is easily accessible on foot, by road or by rail.[6] Directly adjacent to the ground, on either side, are two public car parks; St Peter's car park has 435 parking spaces and Priory Street car park (situated next to the club house) has 53 spaces.[7] [8]
Carmarthen railway station is approximately 0.6miles[9] from Richmond Park and serves trains from Manchester, Swansea, Fishguard, Pembroke Dock and Milford Haven.[10] Carmarthen bus station is also approximately 0.6miles[11] from the ground and serves many bus routes that operate throughout South Wales and beyond.[12]
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