Giant Axe is a football ground in Lancaster, England, and the current home of Lancaster City F.C. The ground is located just downhill from Lancaster railway station, and is overlooked by Lancaster Castle and the Lancaster Priory Church. Although Lancaster played their first two home games at Quay Meadow, located behind the buildings on St Georges Quay, they moved to their present ground Giant Axe in 1905 soon after their formation. Giant Axe is located just downhill from Lancaster railway station, and is overlooked by Lancaster Castle and the Lancaster Priory Church. The reason for the idiosyncratic name is that when the ground was first built it was the centrepiece of a sports club, the exterior wall of which was, when viewed from above, the same shape as an axe head. In those early years, tennis was also played at the ground, and the football pitch was at the centre of a huge circle of grass called 'the sixpence', which also featured cricket pitches. The ground has been the club's home since the early days, but was renovated in the 1990s, and now features a stand of modern plastic seating. There have been plans to improve the general layout and facilities of the ground in order [ - ]

Giant Axe is a football ground in Lancaster, England, and the current home of Lancaster City... [ + ]