Oldfields Ground, Uttoxeter

#4 among attractions in Uttoxeter

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Oldfields Ground is a cricket ground in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1905, when Staffordshire played Bedfordshire in the grounds first Minor Counties Championship match. The county played a further Minor Counties match on the ground in 1906, but after that it would not be until 1950 that Staffordshire used the ground again, using it as a home venue from 1950 to 1970. In total, the ground hosted 21 Minor Counties Championship matches, with the final Minor Counties match seeing Staffordshire play Durham. ()

Coordinates: 52°54'0"N, 1°52'26"W

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Uttoxeter United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Sudbury Hall, Chartley Castle, Croxden Abbey, St Andrew's Church.

4.6 miE
Architecture, History museum, Museum
Sudbury Hall, Ashbourne
119 min walk • Sudbury Hall is a country house in Sudbury, Derbyshire, England. One of the country's finest Restoration mansions, it has Grade I listed building status. The National Trust Museum of Childhood is housed in the 19th-century servants' wing of Sudbury Hall.
5.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Chartley Castle
144 min walk • Chartley Castle lies in ruins to the north of the village of Stowe-by-Chartley in Staffordshire, between Stafford and Uttoxeter. The remains of the castle and associated earthworks are a Scheduled Monument, the site having been protected since 1925.
4 miN
Monastery, Gothic architecture
Croxden Abbey, Alton Towers
102 min walk • Croxden Abbey, also known as "Abbey of the Vale of St. Mary at Croxden", was a Cistercian abbey at Croxden, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
5.5 miNE
Church
St Andrew's Church
141 min walk • St Andrew's Church, Cubley is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Cubley, Derbyshire.
5.6 miN
Forts and castles
Alton Castle, Alton Towers
142 min walk • Alton Castle is a Gothic-revival castle, on a hill above the Churnet Valley, in the village of Alton, Staffordshire, England. The site has been fortified since Saxon times, with the original castle dating from the 12th century.
5.8 miNE
History museum, Museum
Norbury Manor
149 min walk • Norbury Manor is a 15th-century Elizabethan manor house and the adjoining 13th-century stone-built medieval Norbury Hall, known as The Old Manor in Norbury near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
4.5 miNW
Church
Saint Mary's
116 min walk • St Mary's and All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in the village of Checkley, Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The oldest parts of the building are 12th-century, with later medieval and 17th-century work.
1.8 miE
Church
St Cuthbert's Church
45 min walk • St Cuthbert's Church, Doveridge is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Doveridge, Derbyshire.
3.7 miSE
Church
St Peter
95 min walk • St Peter's Church is a Church of England church in Marchington, Staffordshire. It is the only church in the parish of St. Peter Marchington.
3.9 miNE
Monastery
Rocester Abbey
100 min walk • Rocester Abbey was a medieval monastic house at Rocester, Staffordshire, England of which there is now no trace above ground level. The Augustinian abbey of St.
0.4 miSE
Church
St Mary's Catholic Church, Uttoxeter
11 min walk • St Mary's Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It opened in 1839; to avoid confusion with the other St Mary's church in the town it is referred to as The Catholic Church by locals.