The entire park was laid out by the Corporation's Head Gardener, James Shrives and the Borough Engineer, Philip Lockwood, in 1883-4 and formally opened to the public on 8 November 1884.

[5] The entire arena was dug out by hand by the British Army, the cricket pitch being surrounded by a cinder path.

[9] In 1893 a concrete retaining wall was erected to support the embankment on the North West corner of the track at a cost of £50.

[10] A wooden grandstand with seating for 500 people was opened by mayor Horace Aldrich on 18 October 1930, paid for partly by a gift of Benjamin Saunders.

[13] The arena remains in use for both cricket and cycling to this day, the original Pavilion is still standing and the flint edged seating can still be seen around the North and Eastern sides of the track.

[15] PPYCC has used the site since its formation in 1998, catering for over 100 young members aged 8 to 18 and meeting between March and October every Saturday morning.

[24] Reg Harris (five times World Sprint champion and double Olympic silver medallist) raced at the track in the 1950s.

[25] He also competed at the track on 4 August 1952, comfortably winning all three of his races against Arie van Vliet (Holland) and Sid Patterson (Australia).

Notable, Laura Kenny (née Trott) placed 1st at Preston Park in 2007[29] before going on to win consecutive Summer Olympics gold medals in 2012 and 2016.

[24] Historically, attendees of 3000-5000 spectators were a regular occurrence with the largest recorded attendance reaching 8,000 on August 4, 1952 to see world champion Reg Harris in action.

In 2013 the club agreed a 20 year lease with Brighton and Hove City Council for both the clubhouse and the upkeep of the two cricket squares.