List of cricket grounds in England and Wales

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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 †).

List of cricket grounds in England and Wales is located in England
Bramall
CountyBristol
CountyChelms.
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CountyDerby
CountyHove
New Road
New Road
Wantage
CountySouth
CountyTaunton
CountyTaunton
Edgbaston
Edgbaston
Grace Road
Grace Road
Headingley
The Oval
The Oval
Lord's
Nevill
Nevill
North Marine Road
Old Trafford
Riverside
SWALEC
SWALEC
St. Helen's
St Lawrence
St Lawrence
Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl
Trent Bridge
Trent Bridge
Locations of all stadiums which have hosted an international cricket match within England and Wales

International grounds[]

Domestic grounds in England[]

Bedfordshire[]

Berkshire[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Old Field† Bray Berkshire (1782–1794) [1]

Buckinghamshire[]

  • For a full list of grounds that Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club grounds

Cambridgeshire[]

  • For a full list of grounds that Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club grounds
  • For a full list of grounds that Cambridge University Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class and List A cricket, see List of Cambridge University Cricket Club grounds

Cheshire[]

  • For a full list of grounds that Cheshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Cheshire County Cricket Club grounds

Cornwall[]

Cumberland[]

  • For a full list of grounds that Cumberland County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Cumberland County Cricket Club grounds

Derbyshire[]

Devon[]

Dorset[]

Durham[]

  • For a full list of grounds that Durham County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in Minor Counties Championship, MCCA Knockout Trophy, first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Durham County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Portrack Lane† Stockton-on-Tees Yorkshire and Durham (1858)
Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees (1861)		 [2]

Essex[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Langton Park† Hornchurch Hornchurch Cricket Club (1787–1793)
Essex (1792)		 [3]
The Green Man† Navestock RN Newman's XI (1793) tbc
Toby Howe Cricket Ground Billericay Essex Cricket Board (2000) [4]

Gloucestershire[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Hatherley and Reddings Cricket Club Ground Cheltenham Gloucestershire Cricket Board (1999) [5]

Hampshire[]

  • For a full list of grounds that Hampshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Hampshire County Cricket Club grounds
  • For a full list of grounds that Hampshire Cricket Board have used as home grounds in List A and MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Hampshire Cricket Board grounds
  • For a full list of grounds that Hampshire county cricket teams used as home grounds in first-class cricket prior to the formation of Hampshire County Cricket Club, see List of Hampshire county cricket teams grounds

Herefordshire[]

Hertfordshire[]

Huntingdonshire[]

  • For a full list of grounds that Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A and MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club grounds

Isle of Wight[]

Kent[]

  • For a full list of grounds that Kent County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Kent County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Bourne Paddock† Bishopsbourne Kent and Sir Horatio Mann's XI (1766–1790) [6]
Bowman's Lodge† Dartford Kent (1806) [7][8]
Chislehurst Kent (1822–1836)
Gentlemen of Kent (1832–1838)		 [9][10]
Cobham Park† Cobham Kent (1792) [11]
Coxheath Common (including the ground at the Star Inn)† Coxheath Kent and Sir Horatio Mann's XI (1728–1789) [12]
Dandelion Paddock† Margate Sir Horatio Mann's XI (1795)
All-England (1796)		 [13]
Dartford Brent† Dartford Dartford and Kent (1709–1795) [14]
Hawkhurst Moor† Hawkhurst Kent (1825–1826) [15][16]
Napps† Wrotham Kent (1815) [17][18]
Penenden Heath† Maidstone Kent (1795) [19]
Phillip's Field† Bromley Kent (1840) [20][21]
Vine Cricket Ground (Sevenoaks Vine) Sevenoaks Kent (1773–1786 and 1827–1829) [22][23]

Lancashire[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Ashton Club Ground† Ashton-under-Lyne Cambridgeshire/Yorkshire (1865) [24]
Botanical Gardens† Manchester Manchester (1848–1854)
Lancashire (1849–1851)		 [25]
Broughton Cricket Club Ground† Salford North (1856 & 1859–1863)
Gentlemen of the North (1858–1860)		 [26]
GP Codie's Ground† Eccles Manchester (1857–1858) [27]
Merefield Ground† Rochdale North (1860) [28]
Milnrow Road† Rochdale North (1876) [29]
Moss Lane† Manchester Manchester (1844–1846) [30]

Leicestershire[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Barker's Ground† Leicester North (1836–1846)
Midland Counties (1843)		 [31]
Ratcliffe College Cossington Leicestershire Cricket Board (2002) [32]
Tyler's Ground† Loughborough North (1875) [33]

Lincolnshire[]

Middlesex[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Artillery Ground Finsbury London (1730–1778) tbc
Lord's Middle Ground† St John's Wood B Aislabie's XI (1811)
Lord F Beauclerk's XI (1812–1813)		 tbc
Lord's Old Ground† Marylebone Middlesex (1787–1796)
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC; 1789–1809)		 tbc
Orleans Club Ground† Twickenham Orleans Club (1878–1883) [34]
Royal Air Force Sports Ground Uxbridge Combined Services (1964) [35]
W. Fennex's New Ground† Uxbridge Middlesex (1789–90) tbc
Wembley Park† Wembley Wembley Park Cricket Club (1896) [36]
White Conduit Fields† Islington London (1718–73)
White Conduit Club (1784–86)		 [37][38][39]

Norfolk[]

  • For a full list of grounds that Norfolk County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Norfolk County Cricket Club grounds
Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
New Ground† Norwich Norfolk (1834–1836) tbc
Old Buckenham Hall Attleborough L Robinson's XI (1912–1921) [40]
Racecourse Ground† Swaffham Earl of Winchilsea's XI (1797)

Northamptonshire[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Hatton Park† Wellingborough United North of England Eleven (1874) [41]
Racecourse Ground Promenade† Northampton United North of England Eleven (1872) [42]

Northumberland[]

Nottinghamshire[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Brackenhurst Cricket Ground Southwell Gentlemen of Southwell (1846) [43]
Forest New Ground† Nottingham Nottingham (1771–1837) [44]
King's Meadow† Nottingham Nottingham (1791) [45]
Meadow Road† Beeston (1870) [46]
West Park West Bridgford Sir J Cahn's XI (1932–1935) [47]

Oxfordshire[]

Rutland[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
The Park† Burley-on-the-Hill All-England (1790–1793)
Old Etonians (1791)
Earl of Winchilsea's XI (1792–1793)		 tbc

Shropshire[]

Somerset[]

Staffordshire[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Burton-on-Trent Cricket Ground† Burton-on-Trent North (1840–1841) [48]

Suffolk[]

Surrey[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Aram's New Ground† Walworth Surrey and Middlesex (1797)
Lord Frederick Beauclerk's XI (1802)		 tbc
Cheam Cricket Club Ground Cheam Surrey Cricket Board (1999–2001) [49]
Epsom Down† Epsom Epsom (1816–1819) tbc
Guildford Bason† Guildford Surrey (1774) tbc
Holt Pound† Wrecclesham Surrey (1791–1809) tbc
J. W. Hobbs' Ground†
(Barclays Bank Ground)		 Norbury C. I. Thornton's XI (1888) [50]
Kew Green Kew London (1730–32) [51]
Laleham Burway† near Chertsey Surrey (1773–1779)
Chertsey (1778)		 tbc
Moulsey Hurst† West Molesey Surrey (1723–1806) [52]
Royal Military Academy Ground near Camberley Army (1938) [53]
St Ann's Ground† Barnes (1890) [54]
The Burys† Godalming Godalming (1821–1825)
Surrey (1828–1830)		 tbc
Wimbledon Cricket Club Ground Wimbledon Surrey Cricket Board (1999) [55]

Sussex[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Manor Ground† Bexhill-on-Sea Earl de la Warr's XI (1896) [56]
Midhurst Cricket Ground† Midhurst Sussex (1830) tbc
Petworth Park† Petworth Sussex (1824–1826) tbc
Prince of Wales Ground† Brighton Brighton (1791–1792) tbc
Sheffield Park near Uckfield Lord Sheffield's XI (1881–1896) [57]
The Dripping Pan Lewes 2nd Duke of Richmond's XI (1728–1730) [58][59]

Warwickshire[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Aston Park† Birmingham North (1861) [60]
Parr and Wisden's Ground† Leamington Spa North (1849–1850) [61]

Westmorland[]

  • For a full list of grounds that Cumberland County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket that have been based in Westmorland, see List of Cumberland County Cricket Club grounds

Wiltshire[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Perriam Down† Ludgershall T. A. Smith's XI (1787–96)
Hampshire (1788–1792)
Hampshire and Surrey (1790)		 tbc

Worcestershire[]

Yorkshire[]

Official name (known as) City or town County side/use span Ends/notes Ref
Army Ground Catterick Garrison Combined Services (1954) [62]
Centre Vale Todmorden United North of England Eleven (1874) [63]
Darnall New Ground† Sheffield Sheffield and Leicester (1826)
Yorkshire/Nottinghamshire/Leicestershire (1828)
Sheffield (1828–1829)		 tbc
Ferham Park† Rotherham North (1880) [64]
Hyde Park Ground† Sheffield Sheffield (1830–1852)
Yorkshire (1833–1853)		 tbc
Mount Pleasant Batley T. Emmett's XI (1883) [65]

† = Defunct venue

Domestic grounds in Wales[]

Glamorgan[]

  • For the SWALEC Stadium, see Test grounds
  • For a full list of grounds that Glamorgan County Cricket Club have used as home grounds in Minor Counties Championship, first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket, see List of Glamorgan County Cricket Club grounds
  • For grounds in Glamorgan used solely by Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club (Pontarddulais Park and Sully Centurions Cricket Club Ground) as home grounds in List A, Minor Counties Championship, or MCCA Knockout Trophy cricket, see List of Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club grounds

Other Welsh counties[]

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ Portrack Lane, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 16 October 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  3. ^ Langton Park, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 29 June 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved 4 August 2010.
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  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.
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  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.
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  25. ^ Botanical Gardens, CricketArchive.com Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  26. ^ Broughton Cricket Club Ground, CricketArchive.com Retrieved 4 August 2010.
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  45. ^ Haygarth, p. 123.
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  47. ^ West Park, CricketArchive.com Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  48. ^ Burton-on-Trent Cricket Ground, CricketArchive.com Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  49. ^ Cheam Cricket Club Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 16 November 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  50. ^ JW Hobbs Ground, CricketArchive.com Retrieved 3 August 2010.
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  52. ^ Maun, p. 27.
  53. ^ Royal Military Academy Ground, CricketArchive.com Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  54. ^ St Ann's Ground, CricketArchive.com, archived from the original on 14 December 2017, retrieved 29 October 2017 Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  55. ^ Wimbledon Cricket Club Ground, CricketArchive.com Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  56. ^ Manor Ground, Bexhill-on-Sea, CricketArchive.com Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  57. ^ Sheffield Park, Uckfield, CricketArchive.com Retrieved 2 August 2010.
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  59. ^ McCann, p. 8.
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