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Gatting Way, UXBRIDGE, UB8 1ES

B483 Park Way runs left to right beyond the trees. Leading to the cricket ground opposite is Gatting Way, named after the Middlesex and England cricketer Mike Gatting.

A view at the Gatting Way End of the ground during the tea interval on the second day of the Middlesex-Nottinghamshire match, which was played at Uxbridge as Lord's was being prepared for Olympic archery. Rain was about to end the day's play, with the visitors in a commanding position.

On the second morning of the County Championship match Nottinghamshire's Adam Voges was beaten outside the off stump by the Middlesex seamer Tim Murtagh - the ball impressing England captain Andrew Strauss (open-mouthed at first slip). Voges had the better of things, though, scoring 105 of Notts' 329, a first-innings lead of 231. The non-striker, with his back to the camera, is Michael Lumb, who scored 50 (as Strauss had done on the previous day). The sightscreen and trees in the background are at the Gatting Way End. After a sunny morning, rain ended play at tea.

Uxbridge Common is typical of the traditional village common in its layout and includes a pond, a network of ditches and tree planting around the edges. The pond in the north-west corner is home to Great-Crested Newts - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5673638 This is the entrance at the south-east corner. The Common is a fragment of remnant heath, meaning a small area of heathland remaining after the main part, which historically would have covered the surrounding area, no longer exists. There is a larger area on current Ordnance Maps marked as Uxbridge Common to the east, bounded by Park Road, the Metropolitan line and the A40. This can also be seen on Ordnance Maps from the turn of the 20th century, although at that time neither the railway nor the A40 existed here - see http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=51.5533&lon=-0.4743&layers=B000000000TFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

On the second day of the Middlesex-Nottinghamshire match, Notts' captain Chris Read leaves a ball from Corey Colleymore alone. Read went on to make 71 and his partner Adam Voges 105 as the league leaders totalled 329, a first-innings lead of 231. Fielder No 34 is the Middlesex seam bowler Tim Murtagh. The view is from the temporary seats at the Pavilion End. The match was played at Uxbridge as Lord's was being prepared for Olympic archery.

A registered common of 5.2 hectares, mainly grassed open space but along the northern edge there is an area of acid grassland and gorse.

Ground staff cover the pitch during the tea interval on the second day of the Middlesex-Nottinghamshire match. There was no further play. Notts had just been dismissed for 329 in reply to Middlesex's 98 all out on the first day.

Ground staff rolling and re-marking the wicket after Nottinghamshire had been bowled out for 329 (a lead of 231) on the second day of the County Championship match. The match was played at Uxbridge as Lord's was being prepared for Olympic archery. Rain rolling up from the south-west ended the day's play before Middlesex could begin their second innings.

Taken on a hot Sunday afternoon