Banks Homes Riverside

Durham Cricket's Banks Homes Riverside is a large sporting and events venue situated in Chester-le-Street, County Durham. Best known as the home of Durham Cricket, the ground also operates as a substantial year-round conference, hospitality and private-events venue. The stadium has a capacity of approximately 15,000 spectators and hosts domestic and international cricket, while its event facilities are designed for conferences, meetings, weddings, corporate celebrations, parties and awards events. The venue offers a mixture of large function rooms, executive boxes, hospitality lounges and smaller meeting spaces. Its conference facilities can accommodate up to 250 delegates per function room, while the venue's current meetings service offers up to 21 breakout spaces, capable of accommodating between 12 and 100 delegates depending on availability. For weddings and celebrations, the venue offers suites overlooking its grounds, dedicated wedding coordination, catering and event dressing. It also markets bespoke packages for proms, leavers' balls, Christmas parties and private celebrations. The stadium has extensive accessibility facilities, including step-free access, accessible event spaces and toilets, a Changing Places facility, sensory room and multi-faith room.