Broadwater Park is a

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

ground during the summer, and football ground through winter, located in

Farncombe Farncombe, historically Fernecome, is a village and peripheral settlement of Godalming in Waverley, Surrey, England and is approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north-east of the Godalming centre, separated by common land known as the ''Lammas L ...

, Surrey. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1827, when the ground hosted a match between East and West Sussex. The ground held a single first-class match in 1854 when Surrey played

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...

. In constant use throughout both the 19th and 20th centuries, the ground today is the home venue of Farncombe Cricket Club. and Farncombe Wanderers Cricket Club. The Broadwater

parkrun Parkrun (stylised as parkrun) is a collection of events for walkers, runners and volunteers that take place every Saturday morning at more than 2,000 locations in 23 countries across six continents. Junior Parkrun (stylised as junior parkrun) ...

, a five-kilometre organised run/jog/walk, takes place every Saturday at 9am in the park. The lake, at the east edge of the park, is leased by Godalming Angling Society.

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