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The Oval, currently named for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in , located in the borough of , in .
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  • Type: Stadium
  • Description: cricket ground in Kennington, South London
  • Also known as: “Kia Oval”
  • Address: London, SE11 5SS

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ovalhouse and Big Ben.

Theater building
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, formerly called Oval House Theatre, was an Off-West End theatre in the , located at 52–54 Kennington Oval, London, SE11 5SW. It closed in 2020, and moved to , becoming the Brixton House theatre. is situated 530 feet southeast of The Oval.

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is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower which stands at the north end of the in London, England. is situated 1¼ miles north of The Oval.

Park
Photo: Samuel Wale, Public domain.
is a public park in in the , England, on the south bank of the . Originally known as New Spring Gardens, it is believed to have opened before the Restoration of 1660, being mentioned by Samuel Pepys in 1662. is situated 1,900 feet northwest of The Oval.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kennington Cross and Kennington.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jwslubbock, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a locality in the . It is at the junction of two major roads, Kennington Lane that links Vauxhall Cross with the and Kennington Road that runs from to Kennington Park.

Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a district in , England. It is mainly within the , running along the boundary with the , a boundary which can be discerned from the early medieval period between the Lambeth and St George's parishes of those boroughs respectively.

Suburb
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is an area of , within the . Named after a medieval manor called Fox Hall, it became well known for the Pleasure Gardens.

The Oval

Latitude
51.48377° or 51° 29′ 2″ north
Longitude
-0.11498° or 0° 6′ 54″ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Inception
1845
Operator
Surrey County Cricket Club
Open location code
9C3XFVMP+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23940674
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­stadium
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­cricket
Geo­Names ID
6545167
Wiki­data ID
Q1155836
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“The Oval” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “The Oval”
  • Armenian: “Օվալ”
  • Bengali: “দি ওভাল”
  • Chinese: “橢圓體育場”
  • Chinese: “肯宁顿椭圆球场”
  • Chinese: “肯寧頓橢圓球場”
  • Chinese: “肯灵頓橢圓球場”
  • Chinese: “肯靈頓橢圓球場”
  • Czech: “Kennington Oval”
  • Danish: “Kennington Oval”
  • Danish: “Kia Oval”
  • Danish: “The Oval”
  • Dutch: “The Oval”
  • Esperanto: “La Ovalo”
  • French: “Brit Oval”
  • French: “Kennington Oval”
  • French: “The Oval”
  • German: “Kennington Oval”
  • German: “Oval Cricket Ground”
  • German: “The London Oval”
  • German: “The Oval Cricket Ground”
  • German: “The Oval”
  • Greek: “Δι Όβαλ”
  • Hindi: “द ओवल”
  • Icelandic: “The Oval”
  • Indonesian: “Kia Oval”
  • Indonesian: “The Oval”
  • Irish: “The Oval”
  • Italian: “Kennington Oval”
  • Italian: “The Oval”
  • Japanese: “ケンジントン・オーバル”
  • Japanese: “ジ・オーバル”
  • Korean: “더 오벌”
  • Korean: “디 오벌”
  • Korean: “케닝턴 오벌”
  • Malayalam: “ദി ഓവൽ”
  • Marathi: “ओव्हल क्रिकेट मैदान”
  • Marathi: “ओव्हल मैदान”
  • Marathi: “ओव्हल”
  • Marathi: “द ओव्हल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “The Oval”
  • Norwegian: “The Oval”
  • Panjabi: “ਦ ਓਵਲ”
  • Polish: “Kennington Oval”
  • Polish: “The Oval”
  • Portuguese: “The Oval”
  • Russian: “Кеннингтон Овал”
  • Russian: “Овал”
  • Spanish: “Kennington Oval”
  • Spanish: “The Oval”
  • Swedish: “The Oval”
  • Tamil: “தி ஓவல்”
  • Turkish: “The Oval”
  • Ukrainian: “Овал (стадіон)”
  • Ukrainian: “Овал”
  • Urdu: “اوول”
  • Western Panjabi: “اوول”
  • Western Panjabi: “دی اوول”
  • Wu Chinese: “椭圆体育场”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The Oval”. Photo: Jguk, Public domain.