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Boundary Park is the main sports stadium of Oldham, Greater Manchester (traditionally Lancashire), England, located in partly within Chadderton, and partly within Royton, hence the name Boundary Park

Oldham Athletic Association Football Club play their home games there. Oldham Roughyeds R.L.F.C. left their traditional home, Watersheddings, in 1997 and moved to Boundary Park. Other than a hiatus during the 2002 season when they played at Hurst Cross in Ashton-under-Lyne, they have played there ever since.

The stadium currently has an all-seated capacity of 13,624. It became an all-seater venue during 1994/95 - the season after Oldham Athletic's relegation from the top flight of English football - and there are currently plans to re-develop the stadium. With Oldham currently in the third tier of the English league, the current capacity is adequate although Oldham will want to increase it should promotion be achieved. In the early days, the stadium could nearly hold 50,000 people. The highest crowd ever recorded at Boundary Park is 47,671, for an FA Cup tie between Oldham and Sheffield Wednesday.

Boundary Park is known as being the coldest football league ground in the country^{[citation needed]}, which earns it the nickname Ice Station Zebra. It is also the second-highest in the football league after The Hawthorns, the home of West Bromwich Albion.

On the 15th February 2006, the club unveiled proposed plans for the redevelopment of their current ground, Boundary Park. The plans would see every stand other than the Rochdale Road end being redeveloped. The new 16,000 seater stadium would have a four-star hotel, conference and banqueting facilities, 100,000 square feet of offices and apartments and a leisure and fitness club with swimming pool.

Coordinates: 53°33′18.57″N, 2°7′42.57″W

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