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 †).
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:
Official name (known as) | City or town | Dates span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Stanley Park | Blackpool | 1937, 1986, 2007 | [1] | |
Valentine's Park | Ilford, Essex | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [2] |
Danescourt | Wolverhampton | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [3] |
Dean Park | Bournemouth | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [4] |
London Road | Tring, Hertfordshire | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [5] |
Clarence Park | St Albans, Hertfordshire | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [6] |
Corfton Road | Ealing | 1973, 1993 | Women's World Cup 1973, 1993 | [7] |
The Grove | Sittingbourne, Kent | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [8] |
Queen's Park | Chesterfield, Derbyshire | 1973, 2011 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [9] |
Hesketh Park | Dartford, Kent | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [10] |
Park Avenue | Bradford | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [11] |
The Saffrons | Eastbourne, Sussex | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [12] |
Manor Fields | Bletchley, Northamptonshire | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [13] |
Clifton Park | York | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [14] |
The Maer Ground | Exmouth | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [15] |
Leicester Ivanhoe Cricket Club Ground | Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire | 1973, 1990 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [16] |
Fenners | Cambridge | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [17] |
Aigburth | Liverpool | 1973 | Women's World Cup 1973 | [18] |
Lensbury Sports Ground | Teddington, Middlesex | 1979 | [19] | |
Steetley Company Ground | Shireoaks, Nottinghamshire | 1979 | [20] | |
Central Recreation Ground† | Hastings, Sussex | 1984 | [21] | |
Recreation Ground | Banstead, Surrey | 1986, 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [22] |
Thornbury Avenue | Osterley, Middlesex | 1986 | [23] | |
Harewood Park | Collingham, Yorkshire | 1986, 1987, 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [24] |
Woodbridge Road | Guildford | 1987, 1993, 1996, 1998 | [25] | |
Lewin Road | Great Oakley, Northamptonshire | 1990 | [26] | |
John Player Ground† | Nottingham | 1990, 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [27] |
Aylestone Road | Leicester | 1990 | [28] | |
Civil Service Sports Ground | Chiswick | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [29] |
Pixham Lane | Dorking, Surrey | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [30] |
Denis Compton Oval | Shenley, Hertfordshire | 1993, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [31] |
Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground | Arundel, Sussex | 1993, 2006, 2008, 2012 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [32] |
Finchampstead Park | Finchampstead, Berkshire | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [33] |
Sonning Lane | Reading | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [34] |
The Kent County Cricket Ground | Beckenham, Kent | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [35] |
Bank of England Ground | Roehampton, Surrey | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [36] |
Walton Lea Road | Warrington, Cheshire | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [37] |
The Nevill Ground | Tunbridge Wells, Kent | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [38] |
Christ Church Ground | Oxford | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [39] |
Willow Lane | Meir Heath, Staffordshire | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [40] |
Wellington College | Crowthorne, Berkshire | 1993, 2008 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [41] |
Lindfield Common | Lindfield, Sussex | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [42] |
Midland Bank Sports Ground | Beckenham, Kent | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [43] |
Wilton Park | Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire | 1993, 2002 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [44] |
Honor Oak Cricket Club Ground | Dulwich Common, Surrey | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [45] |
Pound Lane | Marlow, Buckinghamshire | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [46] |
Chalvey Road† | Slough, Buckinghamshire | 1993 | Women's World Cup 1993 | [47] |
Leicester Road | Hinckley, Leicestershire | 1997 | [48] | |
St George's Road | Harrogate | 1998 | [49] | |
Campbell Park | Milton Keynes | 1998 | [50] | |
Bradfield College | Reading | 2001 | [51] | |
The Racecourse | Durham | 2002 | [52] | |
Sir Paul Getty's Ground | Wormsley, Buckinghamshire | 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 | [53] | |
Swans Nest Lane | Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire | 2005, 2009 | [54] | |
Chester Road North | Kidderminster, Worcestershire | 2005 | [55] | |
College Ground | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire | 2005 | [56] | |
North Parade | Bath | 2007, 2008 | [57] | |
Haslegrave Ground | Loughborough, Leicestershire | 2008, 2012, 2013 | [58] | |
Shaw Lane | Barnsley, Yorkshire | 2010 | [59] | |
Boscawen Park | Truro, Cornwall | 2012 | [60] | |
London Road | Louth, Lincolnshire | 2013 | [61] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Old Field† | Bray | Berkshire (1782–1794) | [62] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Portrack Lane† | Stockton-on-Tees | Yorkshire and Durham (1858) Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees (1861) | [63] | |
The Racecourse | Durham | Durham University Cricket Club (from 1843) | Hosted first class DUCC matches 2001–2011; also used by DCCC 1992–1994 and the MCC 2007–2008 | [64] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Langton Park† | Hornchurch | Hornchurch Cricket Club (1787–1793) Essex (1792) | [65] | |
The Green Man† | Navestock | RN Newman's XI (1793) | tbc | |
Toby Howe Cricket Ground | Billericay | Essex Cricket Board (2000) | [66] |
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) | [67] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Bourne Paddock† | Bishopsbourne | Kent and Sir Horatio Mann's XI (1766–1790) | [68] | |
Bowman's Lodge† | Dartford | Kent (1806) | [69] [70] | |
West Kent Cricket Ground | Chislehurst | Kent (1822–1836) Gentlemen of Kent (1832–1838) | [71] [72] | |
Cobham Park† | Cobham | Kent (1792) | [73] | |
Coxheath Common (including the ground at the Star Inn)† | Coxheath | Kent and Sir Horatio Mann's XI (1728–1789) | [74] | |
Dandelion Paddock† | Margate | Sir Horatio Mann's XI (1795) All-England (1796) | [75] | |
Dartford Brent† | Dartford | Dartford and Kent (1709–1795) | [76] | |
Hawkhurst Moor† | Hawkhurst | Kent (1825–1826) | [77] [78] | |
Napps† | Wrotham | Kent (1815) | [79] [80] | |
Penenden Heath† | Maidstone | Kent (1795) | [81] | |
Phillip's Field† | Bromley | Kent (1840) | [82] [83] | |
Vine Cricket Ground (Sevenoaks Vine) | Sevenoaks | Kent (1773–1786 and 1827–1829) | [84] [85] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Ashton Club Ground† | Ashton-under-Lyne | Cambridgeshire/Yorkshire (1865) | [86] | |
Botanical Gardens† | Manchester | Manchester (1848–1854) Lancashire (1849–1851) | [87] | |
Broughton Cricket Club Ground† | Salford | North (1856 & 1859–1863) Gentlemen of the North (1858–1860) | [88] | |
GP Codie's Ground† | Eccles | Manchester (1857–1858) | [89] | |
Merefield Ground† | Rochdale | North (1860) | [90] | |
Milnrow Road† | Rochdale | North (1876) | [91] | |
Moss Lane† | Manchester | Manchester (1844–1846) | [92] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Barker's Ground† | Leicester | North (1836–1846) Midland Counties (1843) | [93] | |
Ratcliffe College | Cossington | Leicestershire Cricket Board (2002) | [94] | |
Tyler's Ground† | Loughborough | North (1875) | [95] | |
Haslegrave Ground | Loughborough | Loughborough University (from 1983) Loughborough Lightning (2016–2019) The Blaze (from 2019) | Single first-class match in 2011; multiple List A and Twenty20 matches | [96] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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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) | [97] | |
Royal Air Force Sports Ground | Uxbridge | Combined Services (1964) | [98] | |
W. Fennex's New Ground† | Uxbridge | Middlesex (1789–90) | tbc | |
Wembley Park† | Wembley | Wembley Park Cricket Club (1896) | [99] | |
White Conduit Fields† | Islington | London (1718–73) White Conduit Club (1784–86) | [100] [101] [102] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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New Ground† | Norwich | Norfolk (1834–1836) | tbc | |
Old Buckenham Hall | Attleborough | L Robinson's XI (1912–1921) | [103] | |
Racecourse Ground† | Swaffham | Earl of Winchilsea's XI (1797) |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Hatton Park† | Wellingborough | United North of England Eleven (1874) | [104] | |
Racecourse Ground Promenade† | Northampton | United North of England Eleven (1872) | [105] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Brackenhurst Cricket Ground | Southwell | Gentlemen of Southwell (1846) | [106] | |
Forest New Ground† | Nottingham | Nottingham (1771–1837) | [107] | |
King's Meadow† | Nottingham | Nottingham (1791) | [108] | |
Meadow Road† | Beeston | Gentlemen of the North (1870) | [109] | |
West Park | West Bridgford | Sir J Cahn's XI (1932–1935) | [110] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Magdalen Ground† | Oxford | Oxford University Cricket Club (1829–1880, 1912) | Built over in the 1920s | [111] |
Bullingdon Green† | Oxford | Oxford University Cricket Club (1843) | Used due to flooding at the Magdalen Ground. Cowley Barracks built on the site in 1876. | [112] |
Christ Church Ground | Oxford | Oxford University Cricket Club (1878–1961) | Also used by Oxfordshire for list A matches 1981–2001 | [113] |
University Parks | Oxford | Oxford 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 Ground | Oxford | Oxford University Cricket Club (1906, 1907, 1927) | [115] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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The Park† | Burley-on-the-Hill | All-England (1790–1793) Old Etonians (1791) Earl of Winchilsea's XI (1792–1793) | tbc |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Burton-on-Trent Cricket Ground† | Burton-on-Trent | North (1840–1841) | [116] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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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) | [117] | |
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) | [118] | |
Kew Green | Kew | London (1730–32) | [119] | |
Laleham Burway† | near Chertsey | Surrey (1773–1779) Chertsey (1778) | tbc | |
Moulsey Hurst† | West Molesey | Surrey (1723–1806) | [120] | |
Royal Military Academy Ground | near Camberley | Army (1938) | [121] | |
St Ann's Ground† | Barnes | Lyric Club (1890) | [122] | |
The Burys† | Godalming | Godalming (1821–1825) Surrey (1828–1830) | tbc | |
Wimbledon Cricket Club Ground | Wimbledon | Surrey Cricket Board (1999) | [123] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Manor Ground† | Bexhill-on-Sea | Earl de la Warr's XI (1896) | [124] | |
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) | [125] | |
The Dripping Pan | Lewes | 2nd Duke of Richmond's XI (1728–1730) | [126] [127] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Aston Park† | Birmingham | North (1861) | [128] | |
Parr and Wisden's Ground† | Leamington Spa | North (1849–1850) | [129] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Perriam Down† | Ludgershall | T. A. Smith's XI (1787–96) Hampshire (1788–1792) Hampshire and Surrey (1790) | tbc |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Army Ground† | Catterick Garrison | Combined Services (1954) | [130] | |
Centre Vale | Todmorden | United North of England Eleven (1874) | [131] | |
Darnall New Ground† | Sheffield | Sheffield and Leicester (1826) Yorkshire/Nottinghamshire/Leicestershire (1828) Sheffield (1828–1829) | tbc | |
Ferham Park† | Rotherham | North (1880) | [132] | |
Hyde Park Ground† | Sheffield | Sheffield (1830–1852) Yorkshire (1833–1853) | tbc | |
Mount Pleasant | Batley | T. Emmett's XI (1883) | [133] |
† = Defunct venue
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