St George’s Park
Burton Upon Trent, UK - Sport
An exemplary demonstration in delivering world class sports facilities for educational use.
St George’s Park is the training home for all 24 of the England national football teams. The unique football facility focusses on coaching and education, including a leading centre of sports medicine and science. The park consists of 13 football pitches including a full size indoor 3G facility with spectator viewing galleries, one of the largest fabric roof structures in the UK and a multi purpose eight court indoor hall, as well as a 230 bed Hilton hotel with conferencing, banqueting, leisure and spa facilities.
A university of football for teams and clubs across Europe.
Home of FA learning, the park is an inspirational centre for coach education which is actively raising the profile of coaching as a profession, providing a holistic career path into a range of sports careers.
Delivered with meticulous design and construction quality.
From working closely with the board of the National Football Centre to secure planning approval for the site, teamwork was interlaced with every phase of the project. Collaboration was relished through stakeholder engagement, central government and local authority input, support from sports governing bodies, and a driven and motivated contractor and design team. St George’s Park, commenced on site 18 months after the initial briefing and was constructed in an impressive 72 weeks. Time was critical as the facility had to be complete in time for Great Britain football team to use as its base in advance of the 2012 Olympics.
Sir Bobby Charlton CBE
Director, Manchester United
Nestled in its surroundings.
The site is fittingly located in the heart of the English National Forest, populated with veteran oak trees and abundant wildlife, which is protected by the building arrangement. Leaning into the natural contours, the low lying design sees buildings float into the landscape to minimise any physical intervention, ensuring no building breaks the necklace of trees that surround the park.
Sustainability was one of the key tenets in designing St George’s Park. Measures implemented across the entire site maximise heating, cooling, and water reuse efficiency, and reduce the use of mechanical ventilation and excessive artificial lighting.
Building the future of football.
We are now acting as the overall guardian and owner of the design at St George’s Park and have recently completed the reconfiguration of the Hilton and Hampton by Hilton hotel reception, the education wings’ bespoke training facility, the reconfiguration of the football centers’ strength and conditioning gym, and the modification of the education and ‘teams’ offices to accommodate staff relocated from Wembley. We are currently reviewing the ongoing development of the masterplan for the park, with additional pitches, a staff and youth accommodation building, a warehouse and laundry facility, and additional changing pavilions, all to ensure it preserves its world class status.
Greg Dyke
Chairman, Football Association
Civic Trust Awards
Regional Finalist: Lilidorei at The Alnwick Garden
Insider Media North East Property Awards: Fit Out/Refurbishment of the Year
Shortlisted: Gateshead Community Diagnostic Centre
Insider Media North East Property Awards: Commercial Development of the Year
Shortlisted: Maker and Faber
Insider Media North East Property Awards: Commercial Development of the Year
Shortlisted: Monkwearmouth Hospital
RIAS Awards
Shortlisted: Chryston Community Hub
Scottish Property Awards: BTR Development of the Year
Winner, Moda, Holland Park
Best Companies to Work For
Winner: Learning and Development Award, Architecture & Surveyor
BCO Northern: ESG
Winner: One Strawberry Lane
BCO Northern: Corporate Workplace
Commended: One Strawberry Lane
Building: Architectural Practice of the Year
Winner
Constructing Excellence North East: Building of the Year
Shortlisted: Bank House, Durham Constabulary Investigative Hub, Lilidorei at The Alnwick Garden
Constructing Excellence North East: Client of the Year
Shortlisted: Sunderland City Council and South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Constructing Excellence North East: Delivering Value
Shortlisted: Durham Constabulary Investigative Hub
Constructing Excellence Yorkshire and Humber: Project of the Year
Winner: Tower Works
Education Estates: Architectural Practice of the Year
Winner
Education Estates: Pupil Experience
Shortlisted: Whitley Bay High School
Housing Design Awards
Shortlisted: Grace House
Insider Media Yorkshire Property Industry Awards: Residential Development of the Year
Winner: Tower Works
Learning Places Scotland: Architectural Practice of the Year,
Shortlisted
Learning Places Scotland: Pupil Experience
Shortlisted: Chryston Community Hub
RICS UK: Land Management and Sustainable Development
Highly Commended: Lilidorei at The Alnwick Garden
RICS Yorkshire and Humberside: Residential Development of the Year
Winner: Tower Works
Scottish Design Awards: Education Building
Shortlisted: Boclair Academy
AJ100: Community Impact of the Year
Shortlisted: NUCASTLE
BCO Midlands and Central England: Best Commercial Workplace
Winner: 103 Colmore Row
BCO Northern: Corporate Workplace
Shortlisted: New Billingham House
Constructing Excellence North East: Building Project of the Year
Shortlisted: Dogger Bank
Constructing Excellence North East: Net Zero
Winner: Dogger Bank
Inside Housing Development: Best Affordable Housing Development £20m+
Winner: Grace House
Insider North East Property: Commercial Development of the Year
Winner: One Strawberry Lane
RIBA North West
Shortlisted: India Buildings, HMRC
Scottish Property: Architectural Excellence Award (Public Use)
Shortlisted: Winchburgh Sport and Well Being Hub
UKReiiF: People and Skills Torchbearer
Shortlisted: PlanBEE/Mark Thompson
BCO Northern: Corporate Workplace
Commended: Pipewell Quay
Best Companies to Work For
Top 10: Best Large Companies to Work For
Edinburgh Architectural Institute: Large Project Award
Winner: Queensferry High School
Education Estates: Project of the Year (Schools)
Winner: Queen Elizabeth High and Hexham Middle Schools
International Property Awards: Best Social Housing Europe
Winner: Grace House
Insider Media Property Awards North East: Fit Out/Refurbishment of the Year
Winner: Pipewell Quay
Insider Media Property Awards North West: Development of the Year
Winner: India Buildings, HMRC
Mixology North: Project of the Year, Public Sector
Shortlisted: India Buildings, HMRC
RICS North East: Community Benefit
Winner: NUCASTLE, Newcastle United Foundation
RICS North West: Refurbishment/Revitalisation Project
Winner: India Buildings, HMRC
Building: Architectural Practice of the Year
Winner
Edinburgh Architectural Institute: Large Project
Winner: Queensferry High School
International Property Awards: Social Housing United Kingdom
Winner: Grace House
Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade
Winner
