 The ground viewed from Fort Amherst with the Chatham Naval Memorial visible in the background | |||||||
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| Location | Chatham, Kent | ||||||
| Coordinates | 51°23′06″N 0°31′55″E / 51.385°N 0.532°E | ||||||
| Home club | Royal Engineers Cricket Club | ||||||
| Establishment | 1879 (first recorded match) | ||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
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| As of 18 February 2018 Source: CricketArchive | |||||||
Garrison 1 Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Chatham, Kent. The ground is owned by the Ministry of Defence and has been used by military teams throughout its history, being linked with the various military establishments at Chatham. It has been known as the Nore Command Cricket Ground and the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Recreation Ground, the Nore Command being associated with the nearby Chatham Dockyard. It remains the main home ground used by the Royal Engineers Cricket Club.
The ground is located immediately west of the outer defences of Fort Amherst, part of the 18th century military defences associated with the naval base, at the south-west corner of the Chatham Lines, an area of open space historically containing a number of military fortifications.[1] It is overlooked by the Chatham Naval Memorial and is around 0.9 kilometres (0.56 mi) north-east of Chatham town centre and 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) west of Gillingham town centre.[2] Although technically the ground is in Gillingham it, along with the military establishments nearby, is traditionally referred to as being located in Chatham.[3]
- ^ Brompton Lines Conservation Area Appraisal (Adopted Version), Medway Council, May 2006. Archived 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ^ Explorer Map 163 – Gravesend & Rochester, Ordnance Survey, 2015-09-16.
- ^ Garrison 1 Cricket Ground, Chatham, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-02-18.