#FieldFinders
Finding and Protecting the Carnegie Playing Fields
Over 900
Nearly 3,000
8,000 acres
1,000 football pitches
1,000 tennis courts
600 cricket pitches
100 hockey pitches
of Carnegie playing
fields established
1,300
playing fields are
protected and supported
by Fields in Trust today
Carnegie Grants enabled
establishment of ...
Carnegie playing fields
created across the UK
Do you have
a Carnegie
Playing Field
Near You?
applications for a
Carnegie playing field
received between
1927 and 1935
£200,000
= £10 million!
In 1927, the Carnegie UK Trust allocated £200,000
(the equivalent of around £10 million today) to support
the creation, protection and improvement of playing
fields across the UK