Kensington Oval is the oldest and most celebrated cricket ground in the Caribbean, having hosted Test cricket since 1930. It sits about a kilometre north-west of the city centre in the St. Michael district, and its presence explains a great deal about Barbadian culture: cricket here is not a sport so much as a civic religion.
The ground was rebuilt extensively for the 2007 World Cup and now holds around 28,000 spectators. On Test match days it fills with white-clad local spectators, rum punch in hand, who are among the most knowledgeable and most vocal crowds in world cricket. The Three Ws Stand commemorates Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, and Frank Worrell — the three great Barbadian batsmen of the 1950s who transformed West Indian cricket. Even if there is no match, the ground is worth a look from outside; the Barbados Cricket Association office can sometimes arrange a tour.