The ground is bordered to the south–east by the Cumbrian Coast Line and to the north and west by housing.

[1] Constructed prior to 1925, the first recorded match on the ground saw Cumberland[n 1] play a North Lancashire League team in 1925.

Cumberland have played a total of 32 Minor Counties Championship at the ground to date.

[3] In 2001, the ground hosted its only List A match when Cumberland played the Warwickshire Cricket Board in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy,[n 2][4] which the Warwickshire Cricket Board won by 17 runs, thanks largely to Jim Troughton's 115 runs and four wickets.

[5] The following season, the ground hosted a single MCCA Knockout Trophy between Cumberland and the Yorkshire Cricket Board, however the match was abandoned without a ball bowled.