The first club to record a victory at Kingsholm against Gloucester were Newport who recorded a score of 2-0 in the 1891-2 season, in the fourth match to be played at Kingsholm.

Gloucester moved from the Spa in 1891, when the rugby club bought an area of the Castle Grim estate for £4,000.

Due to a clerical error, Arnold Alcock, then a medical student Guys Hospital, won his solitary England cap against South Africa on 8 December 1906. He later became President of Gloucester Rugby Club and a Life Vice-President.

During the Second World War 1939-1945 the the England versus Wales, Services Internationals took place alternately at Kingsholm and St Helens, Swansea.
John Thornton of RAF and Gloucester was awarded an unofficial England Cap 1945-1946.

In 1926 a new main grandstand was constructed, however it burnt down six years later when a circus visited Kingsholm and was replaced by the stand which was in place 2006-07.

The Hospitality Boxes at the Deans Walk end of Kingsholm were added to the ground in 1990.

The East 'Buildbase' Stand was erected at the Worcester Street end in 2004 and opened Saturday 11 September versus London Irish.

The South Stand, with hospitality and conference facilities, was constructed in 2007 to replace the former main grandstand.