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Club: Queens Park Rangers FC | Opening: 1904 | Capacity: 18,439 seats<\/p>\n
Loftus Road was built in 1904, but it was only in 1917 that QPR moved to the ground. QPR brought one covered seating stand from their previous ground at Park Royal, and the rest of the stadium consisted of open terraces.<\/p>\n
Unsatisfied with their ground, QPR moved in 1931 to nearby White City Stadium<\/a>, but soon moved back to Loftus Road. In 1938, a new covered terrace opened, but further changes were few in the next decades.<\/p>\n In the early 1960s, QPR once again moved to White City Stadium, but moved back after one season.<\/p>\n Loftus Road got its current shape in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the construction of the South Africa Road and Ellerslie Road stands, lifting capacity to about 35,000. In 1980 and 1981, the two stands at both ends were rebuilt.<\/p>\n In the 1990s, the stadium was converted into an all-seater, which reduced capacity to below 20,000 seats.<\/p>\n Between 2002 and 2004, Fulham played their home matches at Loftus Road while Craven Cottage<\/a> got renovated.<\/p>\n QPR is currently investigating a move to a new stadium, which they want to built at a different location in West-London. No concrete plans have been unveiled yet.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t \n \n
![\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t \n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n \n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n(photos of the present Loftus Road below)<\/p>\nGetting to Loftus Road<\/h3>\nLoftus Road is located in the Shepherd\u2019s Bush area in the west of London. The stadium lies about 2 miles west from the western edge of Hyde Park, slightly less than 2 miles west from Portobello Road in Notting Hill, and about 1.5 miles north-west\u00a0 from Kensington High Street.<\/p>\nIf arriving by car from the A40, turn off at White City, turn south onto Wood Lane, and then right onto South Africa Road.<\/p>\nThe nearest underground<\/a> (tube) station is White City on the Central Line. Alternatively, both Wood Lane and Shepherd\u2019s Bush Market station on the Hammersmith & City and Circle Line are a 10-minute walk away.<\/p>\nFurthermore, there is Shepherd\u2019s Bush station on the London overground as well as the Central line, which lies 15 minutes walking from the ground.<\/p>\nFinally, bus 283 (from Barnes) to Bloemfontijn Road, and bus 72 (from Putney Heath), 95 (from Southall) and 220 (from Wandsworth) to White City all pass the stadium in the close vicinity.<\/p>\nAddress: South Africa Road, London, W12 7PJ<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>](\"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/loftusroadpast\/loftusroadpast1.jpg\"\n){kind=link}
![\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n \n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n(photos of the present Loftus Road below)<\/p>\nGetting to Loftus Road<\/h3>\nLoftus Road is located in the Shepherd\u2019s Bush area in the west of London. The stadium lies about 2 miles west from the western edge of Hyde Park, slightly less than 2 miles west from Portobello Road in Notting Hill, and about 1.5 miles north-west\u00a0 from Kensington High Street.<\/p>\nIf arriving by car from the A40, turn off at White City, turn south onto Wood Lane, and then right onto South Africa Road.<\/p>\nThe nearest underground<\/a> (tube) station is White City on the Central Line. Alternatively, both Wood Lane and Shepherd\u2019s Bush Market station on the Hammersmith & City and Circle Line are a 10-minute walk away.<\/p>\nFurthermore, there is Shepherd\u2019s Bush station on the London overground as well as the Central line, which lies 15 minutes walking from the ground.<\/p>\nFinally, bus 283 (from Barnes) to Bloemfontijn Road, and bus 72 (from Putney Heath), 95 (from Southall) and 220 (from Wandsworth) to White City all pass the stadium in the close vicinity.<\/p>\nAddress: South Africa Road, London, W12 7PJ<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>](\"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/loftusroadpast\/loftusroadpast2.jpg\"\n){kind=link}