While UK hockey is organised by separate bodies for each of the home nations, the United Kingdom is required to enter a combined team in the Olympics.

This has created tensions between the governing bodies and those responsible for the Great Britain teams.

Lee Valley has already hosted the European Hockey Championships in 2015 and the Women's Champions Trophy Event in 2016, The Men's World League Round 3 in 2017 and the Hockey Women's World Cup in 2018 will also be staged here.

The ground was leased to Wimbledon (later Milton Keynes Dons) football club in 2003 and has not been used for hockey since then.

On 17 December 2009, demolition of the stadium began, the site is now used for a new national HQ for Network Rail.