The Pier Field has been home to the Berwick upon Tweed Cricket Club for the entirety of its life, from 1844 until the present day. It is situated just beyond the ditches and redoubt of Berwick's defences, reachable nowadays by climbing over the walls but then the need to pass through the Ness Gate and past the Pier Road Malt House. Though there is no doubting the 1844 date, the first reference we find in publicly available historical documents is in the Newcastle Journal of 12/07/1845, when a match was played against the Alnwick Club. This was the most regular feature these parts of Northumberland, and the day was said to be "very fine; a great many spectators crowded the field; and the utmost harmony pervaded all proceedings of the day".

The field is first illustrated on 1851 Ordnance Survey town plan as a rectangular enclosed portion of the Magdalen Fields. There were no facilities per se, just a maintained patch of turf. It's worth noting cricket was in its infancy so the infrastructure around it was yet to develop. It's worth noting their AGM's were held at the King's Arms Hotel, which still stands on Hide Hill.

Berwick Grammar School CC also made use of the ground, with the game presumably germinating thanks to the presence of the ground and the founding club. They played matches against Berwick CC from the 1850s. An international match was played against an all Scotland XI in the August of 1858, with Berwick taking the victory.

By the 1860s cricket gained more widespread popularity with teams for Eglingham, Berwickshire, Beadnell and Ford starting to compete. Sadly, it didn't result in a competitive league by this stage. Meanwhile in 1874, Berwick were pitted against the Casey's Clowns here. Clown cricket was a fairly common pastime with touring companies often playing against the local villages they performed in across the country. Their "peculiar and grotesque costumes, and will by their extraordinary and wonderful evolutions in the field afford much amusement".

In 1883, Berwick Cricket Club provided the field for the first association football match here. It was played between the North Eastern (of Newcastle) and a Berwick XI from various towns and villages around the border. Some of these players would go on to form the Berwick Rangers Football Club in 1884, which used the field for their first match but could not afford the rent thereafter, so went on to seek other pastures.

By the 1890s, it's noted at the AGM Lawn Tennis and Quoits was also held on the grounds. A pavilion was already in place by this time, and in 1909 a new extended annexe to the pavilion was added also. By the 1920s the field was used by the Northumberland Police Sports, the Berwick Amateur Athletic Society, Tweedmouth Cycling Club Sports and the North Northumberland Lawn Tennis Tournament. Northumberland County CC also used the field on occasions, including in 1948 against a Border XI.

Berwick remained leagueless despite competing against clubs in the Border League, Northumberland League, Perthshire League and others, though they did play in local cups. This arguably led to low turnouts by the 60s though their position improved by the 70s. They had finally joined the local leagues around this time, and were competing for the Edinburgh Woollen Mill Border League title in 1988.

The club is still operating today, and has enjoyed a little bit of fame thanks to the beautiful backdrop.