Grounds: Canterbury

Address:

St Lawrence Cricket Ground
Old Dover Road
Canterbury
Kent CT1 3NZ

Contacts:

Kent CCC main switchboard and Prospects of Play - 01227 456886
Email – kent@ecb.co.uk
Website – www.kent-ccc.co.uk

Ground information:

Entrance: Two in Old Dover Road (players, officials, members, public and vehicle entrance) with separate pedestrian entrance nearby, Nackington Road (members, public and vehicles) and Forstal Oast House Gate (pedestrians only).
Members' enclosure: Pavilion, Pavilion Annexe, Frank Woolley Stand and Cowdrey Stand (ground and first floor only).
Public enclosure: Rest of the ground. At certain matches members of the public can pay a transfer charge at the ticket office for day entry to the members' enclosure. There are approximately 6,500 permanent seats and temporary ones are installed for popular matches. Spectators can bring their own seats if they wish to sit on the grass near the lime tree boundary at the Nackington Road End.
Covered stands: Chiesman Pavilion (part), Pavilion Annexe, Frank Woolley Stand (part), Cowdrey Stand (part) and Leslie Ames Stand (Executive Suites).
Open stands: Frank Woolley Stand (part), Colin Cowdrey Stand (part) together with permanent ground-level and tiered plastic seating surrounding the playing area.
Name of ends: Pavilion End, Nackington Road End.

How to get there:

Train: Canterbury East station 1 mile, Canterbury West station 1.5 miles. 08457 484950, 0870 603 0405, National Rail Journey Planner

Bus: Stagecoach East Kent Buses 15, 16 and 17 from Canterbury bus station to Folkestone pass ground, also 339 from city centre; C1, C2 and C5 link Canterbury rail stations with the bus station. 01843 581333, 08702 433711, Travel line 0870 608 2608, Kent Council Transport Information Service 0800 696996, Bus Information 01227 472082. www.stagecoachbus.com/eastkent Canterbury Park & Ride available from Dover Road, Wincheap or Sturry Road £1.50 per day 01227 862000 www.canterbury.gov.uk/parkandride

Car: From north: from M20 junction 7 turn left on to A249, at M2 junction 5 (Sittingbourne) bear right on to M2, at junction 7 (Boughton Street) turn right on to A2, follow this to junction with A2050, turn left and follow signs to cricket ground. From south: from M20 junction 13 bear right on to A20, follow this road to junction with A260, bear left and continue to junction with A2 (north), continue to junction with A2050 then as for north. From east: from A257, turn left on to A2050, then as for north. From west: from M20 junction 11 (Stanford) turn left on to B2068, continue to junction with A2050 then as for north.

Cycle: There are cycle routes from surrounding areas of Canterbury to this part of the city.

Airport: Kent International Airport 01843 825063 www.kentinternationalairport-manston.com

Directions:
Directions to Canterbury from Transport Direct