The Ashes 2027 The Oval Hospitality | Fifth Test
The series finale in south London
The 2027 Ashes ends where English summers have ended for the better part of a century. The Fifth Test is played at the Kia Oval from Thursday 29 July to Monday 2 August, closing both the series and the English international season.
Being last gives this Test a character none of the others have. It is the one most likely to still be live for the urn, and that cuts both ways when you are planning six months out: if England and Australia arrive at 2-2, there will be no hotter ticket in British sport that summer. If the series is already settled, it becomes a considerably more relaxed and forgiving day out. Either way it is the Test that decides how the summer is remembered.
DN Global arranges premium hospitality for the Oval Test, sourced through our network - private boxes, restaurant and suite packages, and premium reserved seating with lounge access. We do not publish prices. Tell us your preferred day and your guest numbers, and your account manager will confirm what can be sourced in writing.
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.
Enquire about The Oval TestThe Kia Oval - where the summer ends
The Oval staged the first Test match ever played in England, against Australia in 1880, and it has been closing the English summer more or less ever since. It has settled more Ashes series than any other ground - 1953, when England regained the urn after nineteen years; 1968, decided with six minutes to spare after the crowd helped mop the outfield; 2005 and 2009, both of which ended with England holding it on this square.
Physically it is a south London ground rather than a garden-party one. The gasholders behind the pavilion are Grade II listed and remain the most recognisable backdrop in English cricket. The ground has been heavily redeveloped over the past decade and now holds around 28,000, making it the largest of the five 2027 Ashes venues, but it has kept a certain unpretentiousness that Lord's deliberately has not.
The late-summer light is the thing regulars talk about. By the evening session at the end of July the shadows run right across the square, and there is a specific quality to a fifth-day afternoon at the Oval with a series in the balance that does not exist anywhere else in the English calendar.
The Oval Ashes hospitality options
One of the strongest hospitality operations in English cricket, at the most accessible of the five grounds.
Private boxes
Self-contained boxes for corporate groups, with private catering, a dedicated host and a balcony directly over the play.
Restaurant and suite packages
Shared or private tables across several distinct dining rooms, with a drinks reception, multi-course lunch and afternoon tea through the day.
Premium reserved seating
Allocated seats with a proper view down the wicket, paired with lounge access through lunch and tea.
Hosted bar
Inclusive drinks across the day at most tiers, with the specific inclusions confirmed in writing beforehand.
Dedicated entrances
Hospitality guests enter through their own gate rather than the general turnstiles.
Series-deciding days
If the urn is still live going into the final Test, days three, four and five become the most sought-after cricket of the summer. Enquire early if a finish is what you want to see.
The most accessible ground of the five
Oval station on the Northern line sits directly outside the ground - roughly a two-minute walk to the gates - and Vauxhall, with Victoria line and mainline rail services, is ten minutes away on foot. Of the five grounds staging the 2027 Ashes, this is comfortably the easiest to reach and the easiest to leave, which matters at the end of a long day with a large group.
There is no meaningful public parking and the surrounding streets are controlled, so driving is not a realistic option. For guests staying in central London, the Oval is fifteen minutes from Waterloo and twenty from the West End, which makes it the only Ashes venue you can reasonably attend without changing anything about where you are already staying.
The Oval and Lord's together are the natural itinerary for anyone coming from Australia for part of the series - one city, one hotel, and the two Tests that bookend the summer. The Lord's Test starts 30 June, the Oval on 29 July, with four weeks of the Midlands and south-coast Tests in between.
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 →Second Test · Lord's
Wednesday 30 June - Sunday 4 July 2027. The Home of Cricket. The Long Room, the slope, the honours board.
Lord's 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 →Explore more hospitality
The Ashes 2027 series hub
The full five-Test schedule, what is available at each ground, and multi-Test itineraries.
The Ashes 2027 hospitality →Lord's, Second Test
The other London Test, 30 June to 4 July - the natural pairing with the Oval for a single-base trip.
Lord's hospitality →Corporate hospitality
Client entertainment and group bookings, with corporate invoicing, full VAT documentation and one named account manager.
Corporate hospitality →The Oval Ashes Test hospitality FAQs
Enquire about The Oval Ashes hospitality
Tell us your preferred day of the Fifth Test, your guest numbers and any 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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