Finch Farm is the training ground for Everton F.C., in Halewood, in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside within the Liverpool City Region.
The first team squad officially moved to the complex on 9 October 2007, some time behind the target date of pre-season.
[1] Everton originally tried to find land in Liverpool but eventually settled on the 55-acre (220,000 m2) site, off Higher Road and Finch Lane in Halewood.
Some Halewood residents fought the plans as the training complex and academy was built on greenbelt land.
The club largely attributed this rise to Finch Farm in the club's Financial Review in the annual report: "Further significant increases in operating costs were also incurred in the year following the opening of the new Finch Farm training facility.