Municipal Ground, Chawton

Name: Municipal Ground
Address: Chawton, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Chawton

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The Municipal Ground is a cricket ground in Alton, Hampshire. The ground was constructed as a result of the efforts of G.J. Poole, the headmaster of a local Grammar School. Constructed by 1899, the Hampshire Second XI played there in 1899 in the grounds first recorded match, while Hampshire later played one first-class match at the ground, against the touring South Africans in 1904. The match ended in a South African victory by an innings and 19 runs, during which South African batsman Louis Tancred was dismissed for 99 by Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard, while in Hampshire's first-innings Johannes Kotze took a five wicket haul with figures of 5/66. ()

Coordinates: 51°8'11"N, 0°59'38"W

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Chawton United Kingdom

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Municipal Ground – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jane Austen's House Museum, Church of St Lawrence, Alton Town Hall, Hangers Way.

~1640 ftSE
The famed writer's 17th-century home
Jane Austen's House Museum, Chawton
8 min walk • Jane Austen's House Museum is a small independent museum in the village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire. It is a writer's house museum occupying the 17th-century house in which novelist Jane Austen spent the last eight years of her life.
1.3 miNE
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Church of St Lawrence, Alton
33 min walk • The Church of St Lawrence, Alton is an Anglican parish church in Alton, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and is notable both for the range of its architecture and for being the site of the concluding action of the Battle of Alton during the English Civil War.
1.1 miNE
City hall
Alton Town Hall, Alton
28 min walk • Alton Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square in Alton, Hampshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Alton Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
1.6 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Hangers Way, Alton
41 min walk • Hangers Way is a 21-mile-long-distance footpath through Hampshire, England from Alton railway station to Queen Elizabeth Country Park where it meets the South Downs Way National Trail.
1.3 miNE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Curtis Museum, Alton
33 min walk • The Curtis Museum in Alton, is a local history museum in Hampshire, England. The museum was founded in 1865 by Dr William Curtis.
0.6 miS
Jane Austen, Historical place, Garden
Chawton House Library, Chawton
16 min walk • Chawton House is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Hampshire. It is run as a historic property and also houses the research library of The Centre for the Study of Early Women's Writing, 1600–1830, using the building's connection with the English novelist Jane Austen.
0.9 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
All Saints' Church, Alton
22 min walk • All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in Alton, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.
0.6 miS
Jane Austen, History museum, Museum
Chawton House, Chawton
16 min walk • Chawton House is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Hampshire. It is run as a historic property and also houses the research library of The Centre for the Study of Early Women's Writing, 1600–1830, using the building's connection with the English novelist Jane Austen.
1.3 miNE
51°9'1"N • 0°58'28"W
Allen Gallery, Alton
33 min walk • Art museum, Art gallery, Museum

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Which popular attractions are close to Municipal Ground?

Nearby attractions include Jane Austen's House Museum, Chawton (8 min walk), Chawton House, Chawton (16 min walk), Chawton House Library, Chawton (16 min walk), All Saints' Church, Alton (22 min walk).