The park was opened on 23 July 1894 by the Duke of Cambridge, a member of the Royal family, and the event was accompanied by great celebrations in the city of St Albans.

[1] The sports ground hosts cricket, hockey, bowls and croquet and is also the home of St Albans City Football Club.

The public park includes large grass areas used for sun bathing and games during summer, a bandstand, a children's play-park and a café.

[1] In the 1992-93 season, St Albans City finished as runners-up in the Isthmian League but were denied promotion due to a low ground grading as a result of a diseased oak tree within one of the terraces.

[6] The ground also hosted a single match in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, which was contested between New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago.