[1] The ground is situated south of Gravesend town centre on the western side of the A227 Wrotham Road.

[2] The first recorded cricket match on the site of the ground was in 1840 when a Gravesend team played Penenden Heath.

[3] It is believed by local historians that a new wicket was laid down at the ground in 1845 by Tom Adams who had played for Kent sides before and after the formation the County Club in 1842.

Adams operated the ground in its early days, possibly along with another Gravesend cricketer William Smith.

It has also been used for school sports, association football, rugby union and was flooded and used as an ice skating rink during the harsh winter of 1895.