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 †).
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Old Field† | Bray | Berkshire (1782–1794) | [1] |
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) |
[2] |
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) |
[3] | |
The Green Man† | Navestock | RN Newman's XI (1793) | tbc | |
Toby Howe Cricket Ground | Billericay | Essex Cricket Board (2000) | [4] |
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] |
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) | [6] | |
Bowman's Lodge† | Dartford | Kent (1806) | [7][8] | |
West Kent Cricket Ground | 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] |
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) | [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] |
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) |
[31] | |
Ratcliffe College | Cossington | Leicestershire Cricket Board (2002) | [32] | |
Tyler's Ground† | Loughborough | North (1875) | [33] |
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) | [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] |
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) | [40] | |
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) | [41] | |
Racecourse Ground Promenade† | Northampton | United North of England Eleven (1872) | [42] |
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) | [43] | |
Forest New Ground† | Nottingham | Nottingham (1771–1837) | [44] | |
King's Meadow† | Nottingham | Nottingham (1791) | [45] | |
Meadow Road† | Beeston | Gentlemen of the North (1870) | [46] | |
West Park | West Bridgford | Sir J Cahn's XI (1932–1935) | [47] |
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) | [48] |
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) | [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 | Lyric Club (1890) | [54] | |
The Burys† | Godalming | Godalming (1821–1825) Surrey (1828–1830) |
tbc | |
Wimbledon Cricket Club Ground | Wimbledon | Surrey Cricket Board (1999) | [55] |
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) | [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] |
Official name (known as) | City or town | County side/use span | Ends/notes | Ref |
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Aston Park† | Birmingham | North (1861) | [60] | |
Parr and Wisden's Ground† | Leamington Spa | North (1849–1850) | [61] |
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) | [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