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 †).

International grounds

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Grounds that have held women's international cricket (test matches, one day internationals and Twenty20 internationals) and that are not included on the list of grounds that have held men's international cricket include:

More information Official name (known as), City or town ...
Official name (known as)City or townDates spanEnds/notesRef
Stanley ParkBlackpool1937, 1986, 2007[1]
Valentine's ParkIlford, Essex1973Women's World Cup 1973[2]
DanescourtWolverhampton1973Women's World Cup 1973[3]
Dean ParkBournemouth1973Women's World Cup 1973[4]
London RoadTring, Hertfordshire1973Women's World Cup 1973[5]
Clarence ParkSt Albans, Hertfordshire1973Women's World Cup 1973[6]
Corfton RoadEaling1973, 1993Women's World Cup 1973, 1993[7]
The GroveSittingbourne, Kent1973Women's World Cup 1973[8]
Queen's ParkChesterfield, Derbyshire1973, 2011Women's World Cup 1973[9]
Hesketh ParkDartford, Kent1973Women's World Cup 1973[10]
Park AvenueBradford1973Women's World Cup 1973[11]
The SaffronsEastbourne, Sussex1973Women's World Cup 1973[12]
Manor FieldsBletchley, Northamptonshire1973Women's World Cup 1973[13]
Clifton ParkYork1973Women's World Cup 1973[14]
The Maer GroundExmouth1973Women's World Cup 1973[15]
Leicester Ivanhoe Cricket Club GroundKirby Muxloe, Leicestershire1973, 1990Women's World Cup 1973[16]
FennersCambridge1973Women's World Cup 1973[17]
AigburthLiverpool1973Women's World Cup 1973[18]
Lensbury Sports GroundTeddington, Middlesex1979[19]
Steetley Company GroundShireoaks, Nottinghamshire1979[20]
Central Recreation GroundHastings, Sussex1984[21]
Recreation GroundBanstead, Surrey1986, 1993Women's World Cup 1993[22]
Thornbury AvenueOsterley, Middlesex1986[23]
Harewood ParkCollingham, Yorkshire1986, 1987, 1993Women's World Cup 1993[24]
Woodbridge RoadGuildford1987, 1993, 1996, 1998[25]
Lewin RoadGreat Oakley, Northamptonshire1990[26]
John Player GroundNottingham1990, 1993Women's World Cup 1993[27]
Aylestone RoadLeicester1990[28]
Civil Service Sports GroundChiswick1993Women's World Cup 1993[29]
Pixham LaneDorking, Surrey1993Women's World Cup 1993[30]
Denis Compton OvalShenley, Hertfordshire1993, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008Women's World Cup 1993[31]
Arundel Castle Cricket Club GroundArundel, Sussex1993, 2006, 2008, 2012Women's World Cup 1993[32]
Finchampstead ParkFinchampstead, Berkshire1993Women's World Cup 1993[33]
Sonning LaneReading1993Women's World Cup 1993[34]
The Kent County Cricket GroundBeckenham, Kent1993Women's World Cup 1993[35]
Bank of England GroundRoehampton, Surrey1993Women's World Cup 1993[36]
Walton Lea RoadWarrington, Cheshire1993Women's World Cup 1993[37]
The Nevill GroundTunbridge Wells, Kent1993Women's World Cup 1993[38]
Christ Church GroundOxford1993Women's World Cup 1993[39]
Willow LaneMeir Heath, Staffordshire1993Women's World Cup 1993[40]
Wellington CollegeCrowthorne, Berkshire1993, 2008Women's World Cup 1993[41]
Lindfield CommonLindfield, Sussex1993Women's World Cup 1993[42]
Midland Bank Sports GroundBeckenham, Kent1993Women's World Cup 1993[43]
Wilton ParkBeaconsfield, Buckinghamshire1993, 2002Women's World Cup 1993[44]
Honor Oak Cricket Club GroundDulwich Common, Surrey1993Women's World Cup 1993[45]
Pound LaneMarlow, Buckinghamshire1993Women's World Cup 1993[46]
Chalvey RoadSlough, Buckinghamshire1993Women's World Cup 1993[47]
Leicester RoadHinckley, Leicestershire1997[48]
St George's RoadHarrogate1998[49]
Campbell ParkMilton Keynes1998[50]
Bradfield CollegeReading2001[51]
The RacecourseDurham2002[52]
Sir Paul Getty's GroundWormsley, Buckinghamshire2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014[53]
Swans Nest LaneStratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire2005, 2009[54]
Chester Road NorthKidderminster, Worcestershire2005[55]
College GroundCheltenham, Gloucestershire2005[56]
North ParadeBath2007, 2008[57]
Haslegrave GroundLoughborough, Leicestershire2008, 2012, 2013[58]
Shaw LaneBarnsley, Yorkshire2010[59]
Boscawen ParkTruro, Cornwall2012[60]
London RoadLouth, Lincolnshire2013[61]
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Domestic grounds in England

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Bedfordshire

Berkshire

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Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Old FieldBrayBerkshire (1782–1794)[62]
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Buckinghamshire

Cambridgeshire

Cheshire

Cornwall

Cumberland

Derbyshire

Devon

Dorset

Durham

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Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Portrack LaneStockton-on-TeesYorkshire and Durham (1858)
Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees (1861)
[63]
The RacecourseDurhamDurham University Cricket Club (from 1843)Hosted first class DUCC matches 2001–2011; also used by DCCC 1992–1994 and the MCC 2007–2008[64]
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Essex

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Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Langton ParkHornchurchHornchurch Cricket Club (1787–1793)
Essex (1792)
[65]
The Green Man†NavestockRN Newman's XI (1793)tbc
Toby Howe Cricket GroundBillericayEssex Cricket Board (2000)[66]
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Gloucestershire

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Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Hatherley and Reddings Cricket Club GroundCheltenhamGloucestershire Cricket Board (1999)[67]
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Hampshire

Herefordshire

Hertfordshire

Huntingdonshire

Isle of Wight

Kent

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Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Bourne PaddockBishopsbourneKent and Sir Horatio Mann's XI (1766–1790)[68]
Bowman's LodgeDartfordKent (1806)[69][70]
West Kent Cricket GroundChislehurstKent (1822–1836)
Gentlemen of Kent (1832–1838)
[71][72]
Cobham ParkCobhamKent (1792)[73]
Coxheath Common (including the ground at the Star Inn)†CoxheathKent and Sir Horatio Mann's XI (1728–1789)[74]
Dandelion PaddockMargateSir Horatio Mann's XI (1795)
All-England (1796)
[75]
Dartford BrentDartfordDartford and Kent (1709–1795)[76]
Hawkhurst MoorHawkhurstKent (1825–1826)[77][78]
NappsWrothamKent (1815)[79][80]
Penenden HeathMaidstoneKent (1795)[81]
Phillip's FieldBromleyKent (1840)[82][83]
Vine Cricket Ground (Sevenoaks Vine)SevenoaksKent (1773–1786 and 1827–1829)[84][85]
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Lancashire

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Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Ashton Club GroundAshton-under-LyneCambridgeshire/Yorkshire (1865)[86]
Botanical GardensManchesterManchester (1848–1854)
Lancashire (1849–1851)
[87]
Broughton Cricket Club GroundSalfordNorth (1856 & 1859–1863)
Gentlemen of the North (1858–1860)
[88]
GP Codie's GroundEcclesManchester (1857–1858)[89]
Merefield GroundRochdaleNorth (1860)[90]
Milnrow RoadRochdaleNorth (1876)[91]
Moss LaneManchesterManchester (1844–1846)[92]
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Leicestershire

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Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Barker's GroundLeicesterNorth (1836–1846)
Midland Counties (1843)
[93]
Ratcliffe CollegeCossingtonLeicestershire Cricket Board (2002)[94]
Tyler's GroundLoughboroughNorth (1875)[95]
Haslegrave GroundLoughboroughLoughborough University (from 1983)
Loughborough Lightning (2016–2019)
The Blaze (from 2019)
Single first-class match in 2011; multiple List A and Twenty20 matches[96]
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Lincolnshire

Middlesex

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Norfolk

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Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
New GroundNorwichNorfolk (1834–1836)tbc
Old Buckenham HallAttleboroughL Robinson's XI (1912–1921)[103]
Racecourse GroundSwaffhamEarl of Winchilsea's XI (1797)
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Northamptonshire

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Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Hatton ParkWellingboroughUnited North of England Eleven (1874)[104]
Racecourse Ground PromenadeNorthamptonUnited North of England Eleven (1872)[105]
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Northumberland

Nottinghamshire

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Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Brackenhurst Cricket GroundSouthwellGentlemen of Southwell (1846)[106]
Forest New GroundNottinghamNottingham (1771–1837)[107]
King's Meadow†NottinghamNottingham (1791)[108]
Meadow RoadBeestonGentlemen of the North (1870)[109]
West ParkWest BridgfordSir J Cahn's XI (1932–1935)[110]
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Oxfordshire

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Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Magdalen GroundOxfordOxford University Cricket Club (1829–1880, 1912)Built over in the 1920s[111]
Bullingdon GreenOxfordOxford University Cricket Club (1843)Used due to flooding at the Magdalen Ground. Cowley Barracks built on the site in 1876.[112]
Christ Church GroundOxfordOxford University Cricket Club (1878–1961)Also used by Oxfordshire for list A matches 1981–2001[113]
University ParksOxfordOxford University Cricket Club (from 1881)
Oxford UCCE/MCCU (combined Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University side) (from 2001)
Last first-class match 2019.
Also used by the MCC in 2000
[114]
New College GroundOxfordOxford University Cricket Club (1906, 1907, 1927)[115]
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Rutland

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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
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Shropshire

Somerset

Staffordshire

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Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Burton-on-Trent Cricket GroundBurton-on-TrentNorth (1840–1841)[116]
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Suffolk

Surrey

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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)[117]
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)[118]
Kew GreenKewLondon (1730–32)[119]
Laleham Burwaynear ChertseySurrey (1773–1779)
Chertsey (1778)
tbc
Moulsey HurstWest MoleseySurrey (1723–1806)[120]
Royal Military Academy Groundnear CamberleyArmy (1938)[121]
St Ann's GroundBarnesLyric Club (1890)[122]
The BurysGodalmingGodalming (1821–1825)
Surrey (1828–1830)
tbc
Wimbledon Cricket Club GroundWimbledonSurrey Cricket Board (1999)[123]
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Sussex

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Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Manor GroundBexhill-on-SeaEarl de la Warr's XI (1896)[124]
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)[125]
The Dripping PanLewes2nd Duke of Richmond's XI (1728–1730)[126][127]
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Warwickshire

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Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Aston ParkBirminghamNorth (1861)[128]
Parr and Wisden's GroundLeamington SpaNorth (1849–1850)[129]
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Westmorland

Wiltshire

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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
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Worcestershire

Yorkshire

More information Official name (known as), City or town ...
Official name (known as)City or townCounty side/use spanEnds/notesRef
Army GroundCatterick GarrisonCombined Services (1954)[130]
Centre ValeTodmordenUnited North of England Eleven (1874)[131]
Darnall New GroundSheffieldSheffield and Leicester (1826)
Yorkshire/Nottinghamshire/Leicestershire (1828)
Sheffield (1828–1829)
tbc
Ferham ParkRotherhamNorth (1880)[132]
Hyde Park GroundSheffieldSheffield (1830–1852)
Yorkshire (1833–1853)
tbc
Mount PleasantBatleyT. Emmett's XI (1883)[133]
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† = Defunct venue

Domestic grounds in Wales

Glamorgan

Other Welsh counties

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