The current grounds are leased from the Horsell Sports Ground Association (HSGA), which was set up just after the first world war by a group of Horsell residents, for the purpose of acquiring and adapting a ground in Horsell for “sports, games and other events for the benefit of the village.” The land next to Brewery Road and Arthurs Bridge Road was purchased by HSGA for the sum of £1,400 in the early 1920s. Woking & Horsell Cricket Club, which had been founded in 1905, and Horsell Football Club (founded in 1921, since merged with Woking Park) moved into their current ground on the site in 1923.

Woking Squash Rackets Club was founded in 1954 by Denys and Jane Paterson and Ken Ouin, who organised use of the courts at the Wheatsheaf Hotel in Chobham Road, Woking. These courts were closed in the early 1960s, but the club’s teams continued to play in the Surrey Cup, under the captaincy of Eric Williams, despite being without a home.

In the mid–1960s, through the efforts of Denys and Jane Paterson, Jim Marley and Peter Lewison, the squash club negotiated with HSGA for a piece of the sports ground on which to build squash courts. The original plan was for a large joint scheme with the cricket club, incorporating a new cricket pavilion, squash courts, dressing rooms and a shared bar and social area. The two clubs’ plans diverged in 1964, no doubt due to the eagerness of the squash club to find a permanent home, and it was settled that the squash clubhouse would be independent from the cricket pavilion.

Grants were obtained from the Department of Education and the National Playing Fields Association (NPFA), and with the help of a loan from Woking Council, the new clubhouse (originally containing just two courts) was completed in 1965. Due to high demand, a third court was later added. Denys Paterson was chairman of the club from 1954–1978, and was its president until he passed away in 1992.

The future of the three clubs was threatened in the 90s. The trustees of HSGA had dwindled, such that in 1993 the land became Bona Vacantia (owned by the Crown). This resulted in a proposal for a large supermarket and an affordable housing scheme, which would mean the loss of the sports clubs. In 1995, the Horsell Residents’ Association provided support to the last remaining trustee to try and retain the sports ground. Complicated and protracted negotiations took place with the NPFA, the Treasury Solicitor, and the Charity Commission in order to create a new trust. A new HSGA was eventually created, and held its founding meeting in December 2001. The transfer of the land to the NFPA as custodian trustees took place a few months later. The constitution of the HSGA now governs the activities permitted on the ground, held in trust for the residents of Horsell. It cannot be used for development except under the conditions of the HSGA constitution.