Bulls Head Ground, Coventry

Name: Bulls Head Ground
Address: Binley Road, Coventry, CV3 1HB, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 24 7645 4883

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Bulls Head Ground is a cricket ground in Coventry, West Midlands. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1848, when Coventry played an All-England Eleven. It hosted its first first-class match in 1903, which was between Warwickshire and the Gentlemen of Philadelphia. From 1909 to 1919, the ground played host to 12 first-class matches. First-class cricket returned to the Bulls Head in 1990, and from 1990 to 1992 it hosted a further 3 first-class matches, the last of which was between Warwickshire and Middlesex. ()

Coordinates: 52°24'19"N, 1°28'35"W

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Binley RoadSouth Coventry (Lower Stoke)Coventry CV3 1HB United Kingdom

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+44 24 7645 4883

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Bulls Head Ground – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Primrose Hill Park, Stoke St Michael's Church, Gosford Street, Whitefriars.

0.9 miNW
Park
Primrose Hill Park, Coventry
22 min walk • Primrose Hill Park is a public park in the Hillfields district of Coventry.
0.5 miN
Church
Stoke St Michael's Church, Coventry
12 min walk • Stoke St Michael's is the Church of England parish church of Stoke, Coventry which continues to serve as a place of worship in the community since its foundation in the 12th century by the Earl of Chester.
1.1 miW
Street
Gosford Street, Coventry
28 min walk • Gosford Street is one of Coventry's most historic streets, located on the edge of the city centre, just beyond the inner ring road. Far Gosford Street is one of the few streets in Coventry that survived modernization, dilapidation and the Blitz.
1.1 miW
Monastery
Whitefriars, Coventry
29 min walk • The buildings known as Whitefriars are the surviving fragments of a Carmelite friary founded in 1342 in Coventry, England. All that remains are the eastern cloister walk, a postern gateway in Much Park Street and the foundations of the friary church. It was initially home to a friary until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
0.7 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Fargo Village, Coventry
20 min walk • FarGo Village is a creative quarter on Far Gosford Street, Coventry, England. Costing £5 million and opened on 27 September 2014, it is a mixture of mobile catering units, small boutique style units housed in repurposed shipping containers, and larger stores surrounding a marketplace area.
1.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Caludon Castle, Coventry
35 min walk • Caludon Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I listed building in Coventry, in the West Midlands of England. A second moated site 190 metres to the south is a Scheduled Ancient Monument in its own right.
1 miW
Library
Coventry University, Coventry
27 min walk • Coventry University is a public research university in Coventry, England. The origins of Coventry University can be linked to the founding of the Coventry School of Design in 1843.
1.1 miSW
Cemetery
London Road Cemetery, Coventry
29 min walk • London Road Cemetery is a 17-hectare cemetery in Coventry, England, designed by Joseph Paxton and opened in 1847. It lies south-east of the city centre and is bisected by the West Coast main railway line between Coventry and Rugby, which pre-dates the cemetery and runs roughly west–east through it.
0.8 miW
Monastery
The Charterhouse, Coventry
22 min walk • The Charterhouse, Coventry is a grade I listed building on London Road, Coventry, in the West Midlands of England. The current building incorporates remains from the charterhouse of St Anne, the foundation stone for which was laid in 1385 by King Richard II.
1.2 miW
52°24'14"N • 1°30'17"W
CLM Church, Coventry
31 min walk • Church
1.2 miW
Ruins
Mediaeval Stone Building, Coventry
32 min walk • The Mediaeval Stone Building is an unidentified mediaeval ruin on Much Park Street, Coventry, in the West Midlands of England. The ruin is a Grade II* listed building. The building is believed to have been built in the late 13th or early 14th century and was uncovered by a German bomb during the Coventry Blitz.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Bulls Head Ground?

Nearby attractions include Stoke St Michael's Church, Coventry (12 min walk), Gosford Park Children's Centre, Coventry (13 min walk), The Charterhouse, Coventry (22 min walk), Primrose Hill Park, Coventry (22 min walk).

How to get to Bulls Head Ground by public transport?

The nearest stations to Bulls Head Ground:

Bus

Binley Rd / Bulls Head Lane • Lines: 13, 13A, 85, 85B, 86 (3 min walk)
Bolingbroke Rd / Stoke Green • Lines: 3 (7 min walk)