The ground is located in the town centre between the Chesterfield Canal and the River Ryton.

Construction was completed by 1901 and included a pavilion, with the new cricket ground replacing one which had been sited south of the River Ryton.

[1] Nottinghamshire first played at the ground in a first-class match against Derbyshire in the 1921 County Championship.

[2] After a gap of twenty years, Nottinghamshire returned to the ground in 1959 and often played matches there in July to coincide with the annual holidays at the local coalfields.

The land occupied by the football club was subsequently sold off for commercial development.