Cartmel Cricket Club was founded on 30th June 1852, by The Earl of Burlington for workers on his Estate. Today, his ancestor The Lord Cavendish of Furness, is the Club President.

The ground (as far as we know) is unique, as it's the only one in the country situated entirely within a race course. On a lovely summers day, there's nowhere better to watch a game.

We'd probably consider the 70’s and early 80’s as the most prosperous time in our Clubs’ history. Not only did we win the League Championship, we won the very first Divisional Cup! We were area winners in the National Village Knock Out, travelling to Tudhoe as major underdogs and triumphing by the finest of margins... a better run rate over the 1st 15 overs. The next round saw us again travel to the North East and this time, lost by just 10 runs to Backworth Percy... it was not to be.

The 1970’s also saw a host of County players grace the turf at Cartmel, amongst them: Farokh Engineer, Brian Statham, Norman Gifford, Alan Ormrod and Imran Khan, all playing in the benefit matches we staged. However, the best of all was in 1978 we publicised a match between Cartmel CC and Worcester County CC. This was brought about by the friendship formed over the years between Basil D’Oliveira and the Club. He brought a team of first class players to play the village boys, as a thank you for the years of support we'd given them. Over 3000 spectators watched that match... not bad for a village with only 500 inhabitants.

After our triumphant years, the mid 80’s saw a dramatic fall with many senior players retiring and we ended with our teams in the bottom 2 divisions of the league. This really was the bleakest time in our history, we were in freefall and almost didn't survive. But we did, and that's down to the youngsters who took over when there no-one else left. Many of them are still here today including David Unsworth, Tracey Williams, Tony Hadwin and Heather Anderson. In 1991 we won Division 4 and in 1992 both Divisional Cups came home to Cartmel. In 1994 came another piece of silverware, then just two years later in 1996, came promotion. At last in 1998 promotion again back into the 1st division. It had taken 13 long years, but the pleasure was so much sweeter. The following year saw the 2nd XI crowned 4th division champions and the good times were back.

In 2002 we celebrated our 150th anniversary with matches, a celebration dinner and for prosperity, a book, Titled ‘Twix Cock and Fairy'. You might wonder why it's called that, you can find out by purchasing a copy! We have some still available in the club house.

The last few years have seen mixed fortunes, but the club is strong and prospering. This year (2026), we have our established Senior team, 3 Junior teams and an abundance of All Stars and Dynamos. This year, we've also introduced a Ladies training session, with the hope of developing this in the future.