Angel Ground

Angel Ground
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LocationTonbridge, Kent
Coordinates51°11′33″N 0°16′28″E / 51.1925°N 0.2745°E / 51.1925; 0.2745
OwnerTonbridge Cricket Club (1905–1945)
Tonbridge Urban District Council (1947–1980)
TypeSports ground
Record attendance8,236 (Tonbridge Angels F.C. vs Aldershot F.C., 1951–52)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened1868 (first known use)
Closed1980
Demolished1980
Tenants
Kent County Cricket Club (1869–1939)
Tonbridge Angels F.C. (1948–1980)

The Angel Ground was a sports ground at Tonbridge in the English county of Kent. It was used as a venue for first-class cricket by Kent County Cricket Club between 1869 and 1939 and then for association football by Tonbridge Angels F.C., until 1980. It was subsequently demolished and redeveloped by Tonbridge and Malling District Council in 1980.

The ground was located in the centre of Tonbridge, around 250 metres (820 ft) north-east of Tonbridge railway station, just to the east of Tonbridge High Street. It was bordered on the north by a branch of the River Medway and suffered from flooding in 1925.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Explorer Map 147 – Sevenoaks & Tonbridge (Royal Tunbridge Wells & Westerham), Ordnance Survey, 2015-09-16.
  2. ^ Kent v Essex, The Times, issue 35602, 1898-08-23, p. 9.
  3. ^ The floods in Kent, The Times, issue 43851, 1925-01-05, p. 14.