Heywood play their home matches at the Crimble ground on the outskirts of the town's park known as Queens Park. They have played here since 1921. The pitch at Crimble is said to be one of the largest pitches in Lancashire, second only to Old Trafford.

The club were founder members of the Central Lancashire League in 1892 and remained in this league throughout its history. We currently play in the Greater Manchester Cricket League of which we were one of the founder members. Though the club have been in existence since before this with captain's records going back to 1879. They have had varied success throughout the years, beginning with their first league title in 1904. Their most recent league title being in 2008.

Heywood has 4 senior teams, under 18's, under 15's, under 13's, under 11’s and under 9’s whilst also having a girls and ladies team and running an all stars and dynamos programme.

Youth development has played an important role in Heywood's cricketing ethos. Several team members are also coaches. Heywood holds Clubmark status with the ECB.

They have employed many notable people as cricket professionals including former England coach and former Zimbabwe cricketers Andy Flower and Brendan Taylor, West Indies fast bowler Curtly Ambrose and batsman Sherwin Campbell and Australian fast-bowler and former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson. John Reid, the former New Zealand Test captain, scored more than 1,000 runs and took 100 wickets in a season for Heywood while the team's professional player in the early 1950s. England seam bowler Kate Cross became the first female cricketer to play in the Central Lancashire Cricket League when she took three wickets for Heywood in their opening fixture in 2015.