Garons Park
Coordinates: 51°33′21.98″N 0°44′08.25″E / 51.5561056°N 0.7356250°E
Garon Park is a recreational park and cricket ground in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.
It is currently the home of Old Southendian Football Club and Old Southendian & Southcurch Cricket Club.
The ground was first used by the Essex County Cricket Club, 1st XI in 2005. The ground hosted two games in 2008, against Glamorgan in the County Championship and Northamptonshire in the Pro40 League.
The ground has hosted 3 first-class matches and 3 List A matches.
The ground was named after the Garon family of Southend who were major retailers in the town for several generations. Norman Garon donated the land to the town in 1885. The Garons opened a chain of shops, cinemas and banqueting suites at a time when rail travel to the town had started to bring in tourists from London. One member of the family, Percy Garon, was decorated for his efforts in World War 1 and awarded the George Medal during World War 2 for fighting fires across Essex. He became chairman of Southend Lifeboat Service and is remembered today by one of the services main boats being named after him.
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