Dunstall Park Greyhound Stadium, Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
POSTCODE———————————WV6 0PE
LOCATED————————————About two miles north of Wolverhampton town centre just off the A449 Road.
ORIGINAL SITE—————————–Built on the land inside the all weather horse race circuit.
DATE CONSTRUCTED——————–Greyhound track constructed began in early 2025.
DATE VENUE OPENED——————-September 2025 for greyhound racing…… 1887 for horse racing.
Meaning other sports may have taken place prior to the arrival of Greyhound Racing.
FIRST MEETING—————————-Monday September 8th, 2025 when racing “behind closed doors”. The first race was won by Sovereign Poppy in 29.55 seconds. First meeting open to the public on Friday 19th September 2025.
Greyhound Racing only.
LICENSED OR INDEPENDENT———GBGB licensed – owned by The ARC Group.
All venues covered would have to be licensed with the government, licensed suggested in this section would refer to tracks operating under NGRC Rules.
INSIDE OR OUTSIDE HARE TYPE——Outside.
Please note that the Electric Hare suggested is only a guidance and would have been in operation for a certain amount of time at this venue. Although it is not necessarily guaranteed that it was operational all the time, as other types of lure may have been used and updated as time progressed.
DISTANCES———————————–2 metres.
Please note that most racing venues distances had become varied throughout the years, the ones given above were at once point set and offers only a guidance to the track size.
CIRCUMFERENCE—————————To be confirmed.
Please note that alterations at most racing venues throughout its existence would see that the circumference of the track would vary, the one shown above offers only a guidance to the track size.
BIG RACE NAMES—————————The Oaks (a classic race transferred from the Perry Bar Stadium).
STADIUM SHARED WITH——————Horse racing first introduced during 1887.
LAST MEETING——————————-N/A
Greyhound Racing only.
STADIUM CLOSURE DATE—————-N/A
Meaning other sports may have taken place after Greyhound Racing had ceased.
STADIUM DEMOLITION——————–N/A
BUILT ON SITE——————————–Hilton Inn hotel
In some cases, structure’s that originally covered the venue after the stadium had been demolished, may have been themselves demolished too, so the one described is more likely to be the one which now presently covers the site.
EVIDENCE LEFT TODAY——————–N/A
FURTHER COMMENTS——————–Greyhound racing operating four times per week- all meeting broadcasted into Betting Shops
VENUE BACK GROUND
There has been a horse racecourse in Wolverhampton since 1825, in what is now the West Park, where the Park Road follows the line of the track. This was sold to the Corporation in 1878 and, after a gap of nine years, a new course was formed at Dunstall Park.
In 1993, the final National Hunt meeting took place at Wolverhampton. In December of the same year, the course was re-vamped with floodlights and a new all-weather Fibresand track that ran alongside the turf track. A hotel, new grandstand, restaurant and executive boxes were also built at this time.
In 1999, the course was bought from private ownership by Arena Leisure (now Arena Racing Company). In 2004 the Fibresand and turf tracks were replaced with a single Polytrack surface, as well as refurbishment of the hotel and conference facilities. Since that time the course has only held flat all weather races. A tapeta surface was installed in 2014.
The above picture taken in August 2025 shows the greyhound racing track being built inside the horse race all weather circuit.
The first trial session at Dunstall Park BELOW took place on Wednesday 27th August 2025 and featured mostly greyhounds transferred from Perry Barr which held it’s final meeting on Saturday 23rd August.
Sovereign Poppy won the first ever race at the DUNSTALL PARK venue on Monday 8th September 2025 when racing was “behind closed doors”. The dog previously won it’s last race at PERRY BARR on August 20th before trialling twice at the new venue.
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