PIF have already approved £200m Newcastle United investment after women's training ground switch
Newcastle United have long-term plans to build a state-of-the-art training facility that will house their men and women’s teams.
Newcastle United have secured a new £5.2million training facility for its women's team.
The women’s first-team, under-21s and under-16s are moving to Newcastle University's Cochrane Park in a move that brings the ladies’ set-up closer geographically to the men's and academy's current training facilities.
Cochrane Park is located less than a mile from Newcastle United's academy and just a five-minute drive from the first team’s Benton training centre.
Newcastle Women have secured their own dedicated training, medical and player care spaces, including exclusive access to three designated grass training pitches that have been uplifted and maintained by our dedicated grounds staff, while also investing in a high-performance gym and recovery facilities.
The site will also provide office space for staff, as well as a player lounge, analysis room, and a purpose-built kitchen, including a dedicated team of chefs.
Cochrane Park underwent a £5.2m transformation in 2019, including new grass and artificial pitches, refurbishment and extension of its historic 1930s pavilion.
Newcastle United Women secure £5.2m training facility
Grace Williams, Director of Women’s Football, said: "We are really pleased to have secured a new training base at Cochrane Park that gives us the opportunity to create our own elite facilities that we need to continue our progression on and off the pitch.
"This is an exciting step forward for the club and I would like to thank Newcastle University for their support throughout and we are excited to continue working with them."
Professor Jane Robinson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Engagement and Place at Newcastle University, said: "We are delighted to partner with Newcastle United Women's first team, Under-21s and Under-16s. This collaboration presents an excellent opportunity for the University to build on our partnership with Newcastle United and support the continued incredible success of women’s football.
"We are looking forward to further developing this partnership with Newcastle United to provide wider mutual benefits for both parties."
Newcastle United’s long-term training ground plans for men & women’s team
The new training facility for Newcastle Women comes amid plans for a new state-of-the-art training facility to house both the men and women’s teams.
Newcastle’s Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia owners have invested over £10m in upgrading the existing Benton training centre while they identify a suitable location to build a new state-of-the-art facility elsewhere.
As reported by the Daily Mail last month, the favoured location is land eight miles north of Newcastle city centre in Seaton Burn. Newcastle chiefs have reportedly visited land near the Seaton Burn interchange off the A19 and A1.
NewcastleWorld reported in early 2025 that the Magpies’ owners have set a budget of £200million. It’s understood the new complex will not only house the men’s first-team, but will also have built-in, separate academy and women’s team facilities.
The centre piece of the facility will have a purpose-built stadium, where junior, youth, women’s and first-team, behind-closed-doors games can be held.
What have Newcastle United chiefs said about new training ground?
Speaking last year, Newcastle chief operating officer Brad Miller said: “Again, similarly to stadium investment, we are looking at what is our forever home and is that where we are? Or are there opportunities to help the football side by moving elsewhere?
“Again, question mark over that, don't know. What we are looking at is to make sure that we've got an elite environment across all of our training and our academy across all of the teams to make sure that we've got that in place as soon as we possibly can and that builds upon the investment that's already gone in and then that allows us the time and space to think really strategically about what is the best thing to do into the future. But we're not compromising what we're providing today in order to get to that.”