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Loftus Road in London – Queens Park Rangers

Club — Queens Park Rangers Football Club

Club Colours — Blue and White

Nickname Queens Park Rangers — The ‘R’s or The Hoops

Founded — 1882

Stadium — Loftus Road in London UK

Capacity — 18,500 seats

Opened — 1904

Address — South Africa Road, London, W12 7PJ

Website — QPR

Location of Loftus Road Stadium — the football ground is situated in west London W12 7PJ, in the Shepherd’s Bush (White City) area.

The football ground of QPR lies about 2 miles west from the western edge of London Hyde Park, slightly less than 2 miles from Portobello Road in Notting Hill, and about 1.5 miles from Kensington High Street.

Nearest main train station — the closest overground rail station is Shepherd’s Bush, which is adjacent to the tube station. Trains from Watford Junction and Clapham Junction both stop here.

By Tube or Underground — The football ground can easily be reached by metro. The nearest tube station is White City on the Central Line, which is about a five-minute walk away from the ground. Also nearby (a little further along Wood Lane opposite the BBC Television Centre) is Wood Lane Station, which is on the Hammersmith & City line. This subway stop is approximately a seven-minute walk to Loftus Road. Alternatively, there are also two other tube stations close by which are Shepherd’s Bush Market on the Hammersmith & City line and Shepherd’s Bush on the Central Line.

By Bus — you can bus line 283 to Bloemfontein Road or the 72, 95 or 220 to White City Station.

Loftus Road Stadium hosts many rugby and football sporting events. They also have a store selling an assortment of merchandise.
Loftus Road is built in 1914 and is totally encolosed with supporters being close to the pitch which gives it a compact feel. All four stands are roughly the same height, their roofs meet at all four corners with no gaps. The highest attendance for a match was 35,353 vs Leeds United on 27 April 1974 in Division 1. In the 1990s, the stadium was converted into an all-seater with a capacity of 18,500.

QPR also offers guided stadium tours called the Loftus Road Experience. Tours include access to the dressing rooms, players tunnel, dugouts, directors box and media areas.

Queens Park Rangers maintain a long-standing rivalry with several other clubs in the area such as Chelsea, Fulham, Brentford and Watford. Queens Park Rangers Football Club was originally formed in 1882 by the old boys of Droop Street Board School. The club was known in the early days as St. Jude’s. They obtained the name of Queens Park Rangers when they merged with a team called Christ Church Rangers in 1886. They called themselves Queens Park Rangers because most of the players came from the district of Queen’s Park.