[2] Despite such a long history, England failed to organise a national body before their Scottish counterparts and the first English reginal body was the 1882 Northumberland and Durham BA.

Grace finally pulled the various county associations together on 8 June 1903 to form the English Bowling Association and Grace was elected its first president and the Scottish rules were adopted.

The headquarters of Bowls England are at Riverside House, Milverton Hill, Leamington Spa, having moved from Worthing in 2013.

The move was partly due to the fact that both the men's and women's national championships are held at Victoria Park, just five minutes walk away.

There are thirty-five affiliated county bowling associations, to which a total of 2,700 clubs are in membership nationwide.