Trent Bridge cricket ground.

[Vimto]

It is many years since I attended a cricket match at Trent Bridge and I can see many improvements to the venue from the television pictures including the splendid new pavilion. However there is one new stand or rather the roof of a new stand that does look somewhat incongruous. I refer to the stand to the left as you face the pavilion whose roof looks not much more than a wind shelter. Can anyone who has experience of it let me know whether the roof actually covers the spectators and does it prevent them from becoming wet if the rain is blowing directly into it?

[DSJ]

There is no 'splendid new pavilion' at Trent Bridge, thank goodness! The old and much loved pavilion is still there but is somewhat dwarfed by several large new stands.

It can be quite windy at Trent Bridge, wherever you sit. Perhaps the back rows of the New Stand (the one immediately to the right if you are looking at the tall digital scoreboard) would protect from rain but not necessarily the wind. Best to pack extra layers in your back if you are visiting, just in case!

[Vimto]

By "the pavillion" I refer to the building with the two pyramids at each end. I thought this was the pavillion and it is has certainly been enlarged since I was last at Trent Bridge.
Dsj, thank you for your reply but you haven't answered my question as to whether the new stand does actually protect the spectators from the rain.

[DSJ]

It really depends on which way the rain is falling! The back few rows of the new stand will certainly protect spectators from rain falling vertically or from the direction of Bridgford Road, but not if is driving in from the Radcliffe Road end of the ground. Trent Bridge has always been a windy ground and I think it is more so since the erection of several new stands. Even in the Members' Area, in front of the pavilion (opposite the stand with the two pyramid towers), it is only the back row that is entirely 'safe' from the rain. Even so, this row can also be extremely draughty as there's often a cross wind since the erection of the new tall tower that houses the digital scoreboard/message board.

If you come to Trent Bridge, raise your hankie to test which way the wind is blowing before you decide where to sit & always bring a fold-up umbrella!