Surrey Members’
Match-Day Guide

KEY INFORMATION

For this fixture, please note the following:

• There is no access to the Lock Balcony facilities or bar, while the roof undergoes corrective repair work to make the stand watertight.
• There is reduced access to the Duchy Suite on Days 2, 3, and 4 due to a closed event; the Laker Balcony remains open and accessible.
• There is limited access to the 175 Suite on Day 4, access to Peter May Garden remains possible.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE MATCH?

The County Championship game between Surrey and Somerset will be available to watch via the Surrey Live Broadcast on YouTube.

Surrey’s social media channels will post regular in-game updates, with highlights and a report being published at the end of each day on the website.

PITCH LOCATION

This fixture will be played on Pitch 18, which is closer to the gasholder side of the ground.

BOOK SIGNING ON DAY ONE

Tim Wigmore will be signing copies of his book, Test Cricket: A History, in the Club Shop during the tea break on Day 1. 

DAVID STEWART LIBRARY

Every match day in the Rothesay County Championship, Members are invited to visit the David Stewart Library, located in the 175 Suite, in the SSE Energy Solutions Stand.

The library is open for Members to use and borrow books, and is run on a honesty ledger. The books that are available to borrow will be in the open cases, and if you wish to borrow a book we kindly ask that you provide your name, Membership number and the title of the book in the ledger provided. The library book cases will open on the mornings of the match and will close 30 minutes after the end of play.

The Kia Oval is easily accessible via several modes of transport and is within easy walking distance from a number of Tube stations. For more information, please view our match-day guide.

For County Championship and One Day Cup matches, here is limited bike parking available for spectators inside the venue by both Hobbs Gate and Alec Stewart Gate, in the form of bike racks. This is allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

To plan your journey via Transport for London, please click here.

On domestic match days for which their Membership allows access, Members can enter the ground by scanning their physical or digital Membership card at the point of entry.

As Members’ Areas on domestic match days offer unreserved seating, Members can enter the ground at either the Hobbs Gate (Oval end) or the Alec Stewart Gate (Vauxhall end).

Members can bring guests using the guest vouchers allocated to them as part of their Membership. For more information as to how to assign your guest vouchers, please click here. Guest vouchers are not available for Vitality Blast or The Hundred matches.

For 2025, all Members entering Members’ Areas, including Micky Stewart Members’ Pavilion, Peter May Garden, Lock Balcony and Laker Balcony, will have to scan their Membership Card and again when exiting. This will be implemented across all of Surrey’s home domestic fixtures in order to ensure we have an accurate breakdown of attendance within the Members’ Areas. This information will enable us to ensure we are offering the very best service in the Members’ Areas, and they do not go beyond capacity.

Members’ seating is unreserved at the Kia Oval and Members are permitted to sit anywhere within Members’ Areas.

Members’ Areas include the Micky Stewart Members’ Pavilion, Peter May Garden, Laker Balcony, and Lock Balcony. All areas are subject to availability and you may be directed to other Members’ Areas should an area reach capacity.

If seats are covered with a purple accessibility bib, please do not move them as these seats have specifically been reserved for Members with accessible needs. Should you wish to sit in these seats, please speak to one of our Accessibility team, or come to the Pavilion Reception and speak to a member of staff.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has implemented a ban on the importation of alcohol, glass containers and metal cans. Following close consultation with the Police and Health and Safety advisors, alcohol will not be permitted on the following match-days: Test Match, One-Day International, Vitality Blast and The Hundred.

For other match-days, such as Rothesay County Championship, Metro Bank One London Cup and Surrey Women fixtures, alcohol importation is restricted to a maximum of four 500ml cans of beer/lager or a 750ml plastic container of wine per person. No further alcohol will be permitted on any subsequent re-admission to the ground.

Members and fans are also welcome to bring food into the ground on match-days.

The Surrey County Cricket Club Shop is located in the SSE Energy Solutions Stand and can be accessed from the concourse level.

Members receive 10% discount on any purchase in any of the Club Shops when they show their Membership card at the point of purchase.

Surrey County Cricket Club Members can enjoy numerous bars located within the Micky Stewart Members’ Pavilion and the SSE Energy Solutions Stand on a match day. Members will also have access to a variety of eat-in and take-away cafés serving British classics such as pies, sausage rolls, fish and chips and roast of the day.

The 175 Suite is an exclusive restaurant available to Members of Surrey County Cricket Club and can be found on the first floor of the SSE Energy Solutions Stand. The 175 Suite offers a classic three-course a-la-carte menu and a fantastic view of the Kia Oval’s hallowed turf. The restaurant is open on every Rothesay County Championship (Days 1-3) and Metro Bank One-Day Cup match day and is available to book online now. The restaurant is also open during this year’s Test Match, where breakfast will be available to book as well as lunch and afternoon tea. Please note, breakfast is currently only available to be booked for Days 3 and 4.

Members are permitted to bring up to four guests for domestic fixtures, but on international match days, the restaurant is for Members only. Full terms and conditions for the Members’ Restaurant can be found here.

For domestic fixtures, Lunch at the Members’ Restaurant can be booked for £40 pp.

For international fixtures, Breakfast can be booked for £22 pp, Lunch for £75 pp and Sparkling Afternoon Tea for £35 pp.

The 175 Suite has proven extremely popular with Members in the past, so to avoid disappointment, please book early.

If Members wish to book the restaurant on a match day, then please click here. Enter the password SCCC1845 to enter the page.

Members are able to click and collect a range of food and drink via the Kia Oval App at Vitality Blast and The Hundred fixtures. Choose from a selection of pizzas, hot dogs, and canned drinks, and collect your order from the 175 Suite and Duchy Suite.

Please view accessibility information here. We have a dedicated Accessibility Liaison Officer, Theresa Peters, who can assist with any queries you have related to your experience on a match-day via accessibility@kiaoval.com or 0203 946 0100.

REPORTING DISCRIMINATION

We stand against discrimination in all its forms and are committed to ensuring that cricket is a game for everyone.

If you have experienced or witnessed discrimination, you can report it to the Club here. On matchdays, this will then be shared directly with our Match Control Room.

Alongside bringing the incident to the attention of our Match Control Room, we also advise you to report it to the Club at equality@surreycricket.com and/or through the ECB’s website here. Any reports will then be triaged by the ECB and investigated by the relevant cricket organisation.

COMPLAINTS

If you wish to raise a complaint on a matchday, please talk to your nearest steward or report it via an online form here.

To provide further feedback to the Club regarding a matchday issue, please email us at customerservice@kiaoval.com.

ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AT THE KIA OVAL

Toilets are located all around the perimeter of the ground, with baby changing facilities located behind Block 1, 13 and 19 of the JM Finn Stand. For more information, please refer to our ground map.

First aid services are provided on-site at every match day at The Kia Oval. If you require first aid assistance whilst at the ground, please contact your nearest steward or go to one of our first aid centres located behind Block A of the JM Finn Stand and between Entrance 32 and 33 of the Bedser Stand.

For all Refund and T&C information, please use the buttons below:

As per last season, a limited number of scorecards will be available on a first-come, first-served basis from the Long Room in the Micky Stewart Members’ Pavilion. Scorecards will not be available from Pavilion Reception.

Paper scorecards will only be available for Rothesay County Championship and Metro Bank One Day Cup fixtures. An updated scorecard will be available to download online for Vitality Blast fixtures after the match has been completed.

Digital scorecards will be available to download for every domestic home fixture.

The Kia Oval uses what3words to help fans and visitors find precise locations at the venue, such as gates, ticket office, Club Shop and other key locations. what3words works by assigning every 3m square a unique combination of three words: a what3words address.

We have added some popular locations here for The Kia Oval – find each location by clicking on the link or entering the corresponding 3-word address into the free what3words app:

For more information on how to use what3words, please click here.