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 †).
Locations of all stadiums which have hosted a men's international cricket match within England and Wales
International grounds
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
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]
Domestic grounds in England
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
Cumberland
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Durham
Essex
Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Huntingdonshire
Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Middlesex
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
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
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex
Warwickshire
Westmorland
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
† = Defunct venue
Domestic grounds in Wales
Glamorgan
Other Welsh counties
For grounds in the historic Welsh counties of Breconshire , Caernarvonshire , Cardiganshire , Carmarthenshire , Denbighshire , Flintshire , Monmouthshire , Pembrokeshire that have been used in first-class List A, Twenty20, Minor Counties Championship or MCCA Knockout Trophy matches, see List of Glamorgan County Cricket Club grounds and List of Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club grounds
See also
References
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