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The Ashes 2027 Lord's Hospitality | Second Test

Second Test · England v Australia
Wednesday 30 June - Sunday 4 July 2027
Lord's, St John's Wood, NW8
Named account manager · No hidden fees
Second Test · 30 June - 4 July 2027

Hospitality at the Home of Cricket

The Second Test of the 2027 Ashes is played at Lord's from Wednesday 30 June to Sunday 4 July. There is no other ground like it, and no other fixture in an English summer that is asked for as often. An Ashes Test at Lord's is the day that a great many people who follow cricket casually will make a point of attending, and the day that people who follow it closely will plan a year around.

DN Global arranges premium hospitality for the Lord's Test, sourced through our network - private boxes, restaurant packages and premium reserved seating with lounge access. We do not publish prices. Tell us your preferred day, your guest numbers and whether the booking is personal or corporate, and your named account manager will confirm in writing exactly what can be sourced.

DN Global is not the official hospitality provider for England Cricket or the ECB. Ashes experiences are sourced through our network and confirmed to you in writing before booking.

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The ground

Lord's - why it is different

Lord's has been on its present site in St John's Wood since 1814, and it carries its history more visibly than any other sporting venue in Britain. The Pavilion, opened in 1890 and now Grade II* listed, still functions exactly as it was built to - players change in it, walk out of it, and return through the Long Room to whatever reception the day has earned them. Nothing about it has been made convenient.

The ground's defining physical feature is the slope. The square falls around eight feet from the Grand Stand side down to the Tavern side, the steepest at any Test ground anywhere, and it is not a curiosity - it materially changes what bowlers can do. From the Pavilion End the ball naturally leaves the right-hander; from the Nursery End it comes back in. Every Australian bowler arriving for a first Ashes Test here has to solve it in real time, in front of a full house.

Then there is the honours board. Score a hundred or take five wickets in an innings at Lord's and your name goes up in the dressing room, permanently. Careers are measured against it. Some of the finest players in the history of the game never made it onto one, and they are asked about it for the rest of their lives.

What we arrange

Lord's Ashes hospitality options

The deepest hospitality offer of any English Test ground - and the one committed earliest.

Private boxes

Self-contained boxes around the ground for corporate groups, with a dedicated host, private catering and a balcony directly overlooking the play.

Restaurant packages

Shared or private tables in the ground's hospitality dining rooms, with a drinks reception, a multi-course lunch and afternoon tea across the day.

Premium reserved seating

Allocated seats with a proper view down the wicket, paired with lounge access for the intervals rather than a concourse queue.

Hosted bar

Inclusive drinks through the day at most tiers. What is and is not included differs by facility, and is always confirmed in writing beforehand.

Dedicated entrances

Hospitality guests enter through their own gate. On a full Ashes Saturday at Lord's this is worth considerably more than it sounds.

Corporate groups

Two guests through to a full private box, invoiced directly with VAT documentation and one named account manager throughout.

The day itself

Planning a day at Lord's

A day of Test cricket at Lord's runs to roughly six hours of play across three sessions, split by a forty-minute lunch and a twenty-minute tea. Hospitality guests are typically welcomed a couple of hours before the first ball, which is not padding - it is the part of the day where a group actually talks to each other before the cricket takes over.

On dress: most hospitality facilities at Lord's expect smart attire, and several require a jacket. This is stricter than at any other ground on the 2027 Ashes list, and it is worth knowing before you tell your guests to come as they are. Your account manager will confirm the exact requirement for your specific facility when the booking is confirmed - it varies room to room.

Getting there is straightforward and driving is not. St John's Wood on the Jubilee line is five minutes from the Grace Gate, Baker Street and Marylebone are both walkable, and the residential streets around the ground are permit-controlled with no meaningful public parking on a match day. For groups arriving together, a drop-off by taxi at the Grace Gate works better than anything involving a car park.

The rest of the series

The other four Ashes Tests

Each Test has its own hospitality page. Multi-Test itineraries are arranged across any combination.

First Test · Trent Bridge

Friday 18 - Tuesday 22 June 2027. The series opener, at the ground with the most beautiful pavilion end in English cricket.

Trent Bridge hospitality

Third Test · Edgbaston

Thursday 8 - Monday 12 July 2027. The loudest Test ground in England, and England's fortress against Australia.

Edgbaston hospitality

Fourth Test · Utilita Bowl

Wednesday 21 - Sunday 25 July 2027. A first men's Ashes Test for Southampton, and the 10th UK ground ever to stage one.

Utilita Bowl hospitality

Fifth Test · The Oval

Thursday 29 July - Monday 2 August 2027. Where English summers end, and where the urn is traditionally decided.

The Oval hospitality
Related

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The Ashes 2027 series hub

The full five-Test schedule, what is available at each ground, and multi-Test itineraries for visitors travelling from Australia.

The Ashes 2027 hospitality

Wimbledon 2027

The Championships run 28 June to 11 July - directly overlapping the Lord's Test, and twenty minutes across London from it.

Wimbledon hospitality

Corporate hospitality

Client entertainment and group bookings, with corporate invoicing, full VAT documentation and one named account manager.

Corporate hospitality
FAQs

Lord's Ashes Test hospitality FAQs

The Second Test of the 2027 Ashes series is played at Lord's from Wednesday 30 June to Sunday 4 July 2027. It is the only Test of the series that runs across a full weekend from a midweek start, which makes the Saturday and Sunday the two most requested days of the entire summer. The ECB has not yet published daily start times.

The Long Room is the celebrated hall inside the Lord's Pavilion through which players walk on their way out to bat, passing between MCC members seated on either side. It is the most famous room in cricket, hung with the game's most significant portraits, and the walk through it is a moment most Test players describe as the most nerve-shredding of their careers. Access to the Pavilion itself is a privilege of MCC membership rather than something included in a hospitality package - a point we would rather be clear about upfront than let a guest discover on the day.

The playing surface at Lord's falls roughly eight feet - about 2.5 metres - from the Grand Stand side to the Tavern side. It is the most pronounced slope at any Test ground in the world and it genuinely changes the cricket: bowlers running in from the Pavilion End get natural away movement to a right-hander, while those from the Nursery End get the ball to come back in. Watching a bowler work out which end suits them is one of the real pleasures of a Lord's Test.

Lord's has the deepest hospitality offer of any English ground - private boxes around the ground, restaurant packages in the various dining rooms, and premium reserved seating combined with lounge access. Most tiers include a drinks reception, lunch, afternoon tea and a hosted bar across the day, with dedicated entrances. Precise inclusions differ by facility and by day. DN Global is not the official hospitality provider for the ECB or MCC, so we set out in writing exactly what is being sourced before you commit.

Lord's is in St John's Wood, NW8, in central north-west London. St John's Wood station on the Jubilee line is a five-minute walk from the Grace Gate; Marylebone and Baker Street are both walkable in around twenty minutes. There is effectively no public parking at the ground on a Test day, and the surrounding streets are permit-controlled, so rail or taxi is strongly advised. Guests travelling from outside London can reach St John's Wood from any of the main termini within half an hour.

Yes, and it is not close. An Ashes Test at Lord's is the most requested fixture in an English cricket summer, and hospitality there is committed further ahead than at any other ground on the 2027 list. If Lord's is the Test you want, enquire first and build the rest of your trip around whichever days can actually be secured - rather than the other way round.
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Enquire about Lord's Ashes hospitality

Tell us your preferred day of the Second Test, your guest numbers and any dress or dietary requirements. Your named account manager will confirm exactly what can be sourced, in writing, with no hidden fees and no obligation to book.

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