1890 saw a spectacular NCU championship meeting at the County Ground watched by 5,000 people with top rider from around the country taking part, including Mercredy, riding a pneumatic safety. Record attempts were made, and broken, at the meeting, including the paced 2 miles record, which Mercredy lowered to 5 m 12.8 sec.
The Bristol Bicycle and Tricycle Club continued to hold track meetings at Ashley Down through the 1890's with large crowds (10,000 in 1892 at which world champion Zimmerman competed). There were also Wednesday evening track meets. Interestingly, the Bristol Bicycle and Tricycle Club called on subscribers to underwrite their 1899 meeting to raise a guarantee of at least £70.
An advert in the Bristol Times and Mirror of April 30th 1898 for the Post Office sports states that "The cycle track has been wholly re-laid, banks and corners raised to the original height, and the surface tarred, which should regain for the Track its popularity as being one of the fastest in this part of the country." All the NCU championships were held at the ground in 1901, after an interval of ten years. Bicycle racing at the County Ground seems to have declined by 1910.
At some point the track may have been ‘cement' and half a mile round, as reported article in The Weston Mercury and Somersetshire Herald of July 23rd 1904. The Bristol Police sports were held on July 2nd 1910 at which the Olympic double medallist Charles Kingsbury of Portsmouth North End won both the one lap and five miles open scratch races.
Bicycle racing at the County Ground was revived with grass track racing and the 1946 National Grass Track Championships were held there. The track around the cricket pitch has disappeared on the 1951 map. The NCU Racing Handbook for 1955 shows an advert for Bristol Constabulary Sport at Ashley Down.
The County Ground was originally bought in 1889 by WG Grace and has been home to Gloucestershire County Cricket Club ever since. It has been sold twice over the years to Fry's confectionery and the Royal & Sun Alliance, each time the club bought it back again.