is there shade?

Is there shade at Hill Dickinson Stadium?

Some seats, yes. For a typical July 1:10 PM day game at Hill Dickinson Stadium, roughly 36% of the seating bowl is shaded on average across the event. Shade grows through the late afternoon; by 6:00 PM about 61% of seats are out of the sun.

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Most shaded sections (July day game)

Heat

Typical July afternoon highs at Hill Dickinson Stadium are around 68°F. Heat is usually manageable, but afternoon sun can still be intense.

Roof & cover

No. Hill Dickinson Stadium is open air.

How this is computed

Hill Dickinson Stadium (Liverpool, UK) is oriented 166° from true north. We compute the sun's exact position for your date and start time and run it against the seating geometry, plus live schedules and an hour-by-hour forecast on the interactive site.

Interactive shade map for Hill Dickinson Stadium · Satellite shadow view

Hill Dickinson Stadium: sun and shade at Everton's waterfront home

Everton's move from Goodison Park brought them to the Mersey waterfront, and the Hill Dickinson Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock is the newest ground in this guide, a steep-sided, 52,888-seat bowl with open water and sky to its west. That western exposure is worth knowing about, because on a summer evening in Liverpool nothing out there blocks the setting sun.

Afternoon matches: a third of the ground in shade

For a 1:10 PM kickoff in high summer, our engine measures the stadium at 36% shaded overall. The sun at that hour is due south and 58 degrees up, so shade is a top-down affair: rooflines and upper-deck overhangs protecting the rows beneath them, while the open middle of the bowl takes full sun.

The club level is where the protection concentrates, sections 207 through 212 each hold 50% shade across an afternoon match. The lower tier runs much hotter in sun terms: sections 120 and 116 measure 28% shaded, section 130 comes in at 26%, and section 129 at 24%. The ground sits on a roughly north–south axis, which puts its long sides facing east and west; the east-side seats shed the sun as the afternoon wears on, while west-facing seats hold it late.

Liverpool's climate is the mildest kind of consolation. July afternoons average 68°F, with a breeze off the river more often than not. Even the sunniest seat at the Hill Dickinson Stadium is a sunglasses problem, not a heat problem.

Evenings and that western sky

By 7 PM the sun sits due west at 19 degrees of altitude, dropping toward a late 9:32 PM sunset, Merseyside's northern latitude stretches July daylight well past nine. From 6 PM onward the ground is 61% shaded, so most seats at an evening fixture are comfortable from kickoff.

The exception is the west-facing seating, where the low sun comes in over the dock with nothing to interrupt it. If you're in an east-side seat you'll watch the second half in shadow; if you're facing west, expect golden-hour glare until the sun finally meets the horizon.

Sitting smart at Bramley-Moore

For summer afternoons, club sections 207–212 are the reliable shade; lower sections 116, 120, 129, and 130 are the exposed ones. For evening matches, almost anywhere works except a west-facing seat in the last hours of daylight. And once autumn arrives, September highs of 62°F, a lower sun, shade stops being a factor at all.

The stadium is new and kickoff times vary, so check the interactive shade map for the exact shadow line at your seat on your date.

Tickets

Upcoming events at Hill Dickinson Stadium are ticketed on TixBit. Check the shade map first, then grab a seat on the shady side.

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