List of cricket grounds in England and Wales

This is a list of cricket grounds in England and Wales, listed in alphabetical order and based on each traditional English and Welsh county. The venues in this list have all been used for first-class matches. The venues have all staged first-class (from 1772), limited overs (from 1963) or Twenty20 (from 2003) matches. Venues used only for junior or minor matches are excluded. Some of the venues are dated to the 17th and 18th centuries and many are now defunct (marked by †).

International grounds

Domestic grounds in England

Bedfordshire

Berkshire

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Old FieldBrayBerkshire (1782–1794)[1]

Buckinghamshire

Cambridgeshire

Cheshire

Cornwall

Cumberland

Derbyshire

Devon

Dorset

Durham

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Portrack LaneStockton-on-TeesYorkshire and Durham (1858)
Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees (1861)
[2]

Essex

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Langton ParkHornchurchHornchurch Cricket Club (1787–1793)
Essex (1792)
[3]
The Green ManNavestockRN Newman's XI (1793)tbc
Toby Howe Cricket GroundBillericayEssex Cricket Board (2000)[4]

Gloucestershire

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Hatherley and Reddings Cricket Club GroundCheltenhamGloucestershire Cricket Board (1999)[5]

Hampshire

Herefordshire

Hertfordshire

Huntingdonshire

Isle of Wight

Kent

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Bourne PaddockBishopsbourneKent and Sir Horatio Mann's XI (1766–1790)[6]
Bowman's LodgeDartfordKent (1806)[7][8]
West Kent Cricket GroundChislehurstKent (1822–1836)
Gentlemen of Kent (1832–1838)
[9][10]
Cobham ParkCobhamKent (1792)[11]
Coxheath Common (including the ground at the Star Inn)†CoxheathKent and Sir Horatio Mann's XI (1728–1789)[12]
Dandelion PaddockMargateSir Horatio Mann's XI (1795)
All-England (1796)
[13]
Dartford BrentDartfordDartford and Kent (1709–1795)[14]
Hawkhurst MoorHawkhurstKent (1825–1826)[15][16]
NappsWrothamKent (1815)[17][18]
Penenden HeathMaidstoneKent (1795)[19]
Phillip's FieldBromleyKent (1840)[20][21]
Vine Cricket Ground (Sevenoaks Vine)SevenoaksKent (1773–1786 and 1827–1829)[22][23]

Lancashire

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Ashton Club GroundAshton-under-LyneCambridgeshire/Yorkshire (1865)[24]
Botanical GardensManchesterManchester (1848–1854)
Lancashire (1849–1851)
[25]
Broughton Cricket Club GroundSalfordNorth (1856 & 1859–1863)
Gentlemen of the North (1858–1860)
[26]
GP Codie's GroundEcclesManchester (1857–1858)[27]
Merefield GroundRochdaleNorth (1860)[28]
Milnrow RoadRochdaleNorth (1876)[29]
Moss LaneManchesterManchester (1844–1846)[30]

Leicestershire

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Barker's GroundLeicesterNorth (1836–1846)
Midland Counties (1843)
[31]
Ratcliffe CollegeCossingtonLeicestershire Cricket Board (2002)[32]
Tyler's GroundLoughboroughNorth (1875)[33]

Lincolnshire

Middlesex

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Artillery GroundFinsburyLondon (1730–1778)tbc
Lord's Middle GroundSt John's WoodB Aislabie's XI (1811)
Lord F Beauclerk's XI (1812–1813)
tbc
Lord's Old GroundMaryleboneMiddlesex (1787–1796)
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC; 1789–1809)
tbc
Orleans Club GroundTwickenhamOrleans Club (1878–1883)[34]
Royal Air Force Sports GroundUxbridgeCombined Services (1964)[35]
W. Fennex's New GroundUxbridgeMiddlesex (1789–90)tbc
Wembley ParkWembleyWembley Park Cricket Club (1896)[36]
White Conduit FieldsIslingtonLondon (1718–73)
White Conduit Club (1784–86)
[37][38][39]

Norfolk

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
New GroundNorwichNorfolk (1834–1836)tbc
Old Buckenham HallAttleboroughL Robinson's XI (1912–1921)[40]
Racecourse GroundSwaffhamEarl of Winchilsea's XI (1797)

Northamptonshire

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Hatton ParkWellingboroughUnited North of England Eleven (1874)[41]
Racecourse Ground PromenadeNorthamptonUnited North of England Eleven (1872)[42]

Northumberland

Nottinghamshire

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Brackenhurst Cricket GroundSouthwellGentlemen of Southwell (1846)[43]
Forest New GroundNottinghamNottingham (1771–1837)[44]
King's Meadow†NottinghamNottingham (1791)[45]
Meadow RoadBeestonGentlemen of the North (1870)[46]
West ParkWest BridgfordSir J Cahn's XI (1932–1935)[47]

Oxfordshire

Rutland

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
The ParkBurley-on-the-HillAll-England (1790–1793)
Old Etonians (1791)
Earl of Winchilsea's XI (1792–1793)
tbc

Shropshire

Somerset

Staffordshire

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Burton-on-Trent Cricket GroundBurton-on-TrentNorth (1840–1841)[48]

Suffolk

Surrey

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Aram's New GroundWalworthSurrey and Middlesex (1797)
Lord Frederick Beauclerk's XI (1802)
tbc
Cheam Cricket Club GroundCheamSurrey Cricket Board (1999–2001)[49]
Epsom DownEpsomEpsom (1816–1819)tbc
Guildford BasonGuildfordSurrey (1774)tbc
Holt PoundWreccleshamSurrey (1791–1809)tbc
J. W. Hobbs' Ground
(Barclays Bank Ground)
NorburyC. I. Thornton's XI (1888)[50]
Kew GreenKewLondon (1730–32)[51]
Laleham Burwaynear ChertseySurrey (1773–1779)
Chertsey (1778)
tbc
Moulsey HurstWest MoleseySurrey (1723–1806)[52]
Royal Military Academy Groundnear CamberleyArmy (1938)[53]
St Ann's GroundBarnesLyric Club (1890)[54]
The BurysGodalmingGodalming (1821–1825)
Surrey (1828–1830)
tbc
Wimbledon Cricket Club GroundWimbledonSurrey Cricket Board (1999)[55]

Sussex

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Manor GroundBexhill-on-SeaEarl de la Warr's XI (1896)[56]
Midhurst Cricket GroundMidhurstSussex (1830)tbc
Petworth ParkPetworthSussex (1824–1826)tbc
Prince of Wales GroundBrightonBrighton (1791–1792)tbc
Sheffield Parknear UckfieldLord Sheffield's XI (1881–1896)[57]
The Dripping PanLewes2nd Duke of Richmond's XI (1728–1730)[58][59]

Warwickshire

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Aston ParkBirminghamNorth (1861)[60]
Parr and Wisden's GroundLeamington SpaNorth (1849–1850)[61]

Westmorland

Wiltshire

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Perriam DownLudgershallT. A. Smith's XI (1787–96)
Hampshire (1788–1792)
Hampshire and Surrey (1790)
tbc

Worcestershire

Yorkshire

Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Army GroundCatterick GarrisonCombined Services (1954)[62]
Centre ValeTodmordenUnited North of England Eleven (1874)[63]
Darnall New GroundSheffieldSheffield and Leicester (1826)
Yorkshire/Nottinghamshire/Leicestershire (1828)
Sheffield (1828–1829)
tbc
Ferham ParkRotherhamNorth (1880)[64]
Hyde Park GroundSheffieldSheffield (1830–1852)
Yorkshire (1833–1853)
tbc
Mount PleasantBatleyT. Emmett's XI (1883)[65]

† = Defunct venue

Domestic grounds in Wales

Glamorgan

Other Welsh counties

See also

References

  1. Haygarth, pp. 157–158.
  2. Portrack Lane, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 16 October 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 31 July 2010.
  3. Langton Park, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 29 June 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 4 August 2010.
  4. Toby Howe Cricket Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 23 September 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 4 August 2010.
  5. Hatherley and Reddings Cricket Club Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 16 November 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 9 November 2011.
  6. Milton (1979), p.2.
  7. Milton (1979), pp.5–6.
  8. Milton (2020), pp.212–213
  9. Milton (1979), pp.5–6.
  10. Milton (2020), p.210.
  11. Milton (1979), p.4.
  12. Milton (1979), p.4.
  13. Dandelion Paddock, Margate, CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2017. (subscription required)
  14. Milton (1979), p.5.
  15. Milton (1979), p.7.
  16. Milton (2020), p.213.
  17. Milton (1979), p.10.
  18. Milton (2020), p.217.
  19. Milton (1979), p.8.
  20. Milton (1979), p.3.
  21. Milton (2020), p.206.
  22. Milton (1979), p.9.
  23. Milton (2020), p.215.
  24. Ashton Club Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 14 December 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 4 August 2010.
  25. Botanical Gardens, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 4 August 2010.
  26. Broughton Cricket Club Ground, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 4 August 2010.
  27. GP Codie's Ground, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 4 August 2010.
  28. Merefield Ground, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 4 August 2010.
  29. Milnrow Road, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 1 December 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 4 August 2010.
  30. Moss Lane, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 4 August 2010.
  31. Barker's Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 14 December 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 4 August 2010.
  32. Ratcliffe College, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 25 June 2016, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 4 August 2010.
  33. Tyler's Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 13 November 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 4 August 2010.
  34. Orleans Club Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 14 December 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 6 August 2010.
  35. Royal Air Force Sports Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 16 November 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 6 August 2010.
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  38. Buckley (1937), p. 11.
  39. Haygarth, p. 64.
  40. Old Buckenham Hall Cricket Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 23 September 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 1 August 2010.
  41. Hatton Park Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 14 December 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 2 August 2010.
  42. Racecourse Ground Promenade, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 14 December 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 2 August 2010.
  43. Brackenhurst Cricket Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 14 December 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 1 August 2010.
  44. Haygarth, p. 2.
  45. Haygarth, p. 123.
  46. Meadow Road, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 1 August 2010.
  47. West Park, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 1 August 2010.
  48. Burton-on-Trent Cricket Ground, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 31 July 2010.
  49. Cheam Cricket Club Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 16 November 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 3 August 2010.
  50. JW Hobbs Ground, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 3 August 2010.
  51. Buckley (1935), pp. 4–8.
  52. Maun, p. 27.
  53. Royal Military Academy Ground, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 3 August 2010.
  54. St Ann's Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 14 December 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 3 August 2010.
  55. Wimbledon Cricket Club Ground, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 3 August 2010.
  56. Manor Ground, Bexhill-on-Sea, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 2 August 2010.
  57. Sheffield Park, Uckfield, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 2 August 2010.
  58. Waghorn (1899), p. 1.
  59. McCann, p. 8.
  60. Aston Park, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 2 August 2010.
  61. Parr and Wisden's Ground, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 2 August 2010.
  62. Army Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 13 November 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 1 August 2010.
  63. Centre Vale, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 20 September 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 1 August 2010.
  64. Ferham Park, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 13 November 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 1 August 2010.
  65. Mount Pleasant, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 24 September 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved on 1 August 2010.

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