 Higher Common Ground in December 2008 | |||||||||
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| Location | Tunbridge Wells, Kent | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°07′44″N 0°15′11″E / 51.129°N 0.253°E | ||||||||
| Establishment | 1782 first recorded match | ||||||||
| Owner | Manor of Rusthall | ||||||||
| Operator | Tunbridge Wells Commons Conservators | ||||||||
| Tenants | Linden Park Cricket Club | ||||||||
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| As of 3 December 2017 Source: CricketArchive | |||||||||
Higher Common Ground is a cricket ground on Tunbridge Wells Common in the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent. It was used as a ground by Kent County Cricket Club in the 19th century and is the home ground of Linden Park Cricket Club.
The ground is located in the central area of Tunbridge Wells Common, close to the Wellington Rocks, an outcrop of Ardingly Sandstone laid down in the Lower Cretaceous period.[1] It is on Fir Tree Road, around 250 metres (0.16 mi) from the A264 road to the north and 500 metres (0.31 mi) from the A26 road to the south and east. The centre of Tunbridge Wells is 600 metres (0.37 mi) east of the ground.[2]
- ^ Geology and Geography, Tunbridge Wells Commons Conservators. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
- ^ Explorer Map 136 – High Weald (Royal Tunbridge Wells Cranbrook, Hawkhurst & Bewl Water), Ordnance Survey, 2015-09-16.