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London's Kennington Oval lies south of the Thames and within sight of the Houses of Parliament and the Millennium Wheel

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The huge playing area, which first hosted a Test in 1880, is surrounded by some of cricket's most famous landmarks

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Most notably the gas holder, which dominates the skyline at the Vauxhall End of the ground

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But that has now been added to with a futuristic new stand

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It cost �25m to build and has taken the capacity up to 23,000

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The Oval has a far more relaxed atmosphere than Lord's, London's other Test venue

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The pavilion, built in 1897, remains the ground's focal point

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Although the players now change in, and emerge from, the modern Bedser Stand to the left of the pavilion