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ABRIDGE Freshney’s Meadows

Rear of White Hart Hotel The Essex town of Abridge lies three miles south of the junction between the M11 and M25. It became home to a temporary greyhound track known as Freshney’s Meadow, although its exact location is not clear, but it had been suggested that it lay...

EARL SHILTON

Sources of information shows that Greyhound Racing once took place in the small Leicestershire town of Earl Shilton. The town itself lies nine miles southwest of the City of Leicester and is known to have hosted the sport during the early 1930’s. Newspaper...

LONDON ILFORD

It is known that Greyhound Racing took place at a temporary level during 1969 at the old ground of Ilford Football Club. The suburban town of Ilford lies in the county of Essex, roughly nine miles northeast of London city centre. The venue was known as Newbury Park or...

HINCKLEY Middlefield Lane

Middlefield Lane, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 The Leicestershire town of Hinckley may trigger recent memories of some greyhound racing enthusiasts regarding a venue that operated on Nutts Lane just south of the town, which closed for business during March 2007. Yet...

LAINDON, Essex

 Tavistock Road, Laindon, Basildon, Essex SS15 The ancient parish of Laindon becomes the next paragraph to locate another Greyhound Racing venue. Laindon lies on the northwest outskirts of Basildon in Essex. The venue was known as Victoria Sports Club, a Sportsfield...