by Graham | Apr 25, 2019 | North East England Tracks
The Portrack Athletic Ground, Portrack Lane, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 2PS The first known venue to host dog racing in the town of Stockton-on-Tees was the one at Portrack Athletics Ground. The venue was located about half a mile north of Stockton town centre. It is known...
by Graham | Apr 25, 2019 | Middle England - East Midlands Tracks
A greyhound track run by the Lincoln Greyhound Racing Association was called The Rope Walk. Its first meeting came on the 4th of June 1932, with two meetings being held during the day, with one staged in the afternoon, the other in the evening. Its exact location is...
by Graham | Apr 24, 2019 | Middle England - East Midlands Tracks
Aylestone Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 The city of Leicester and its surrounds have been host to a good number of greyhound racing venues. Its flagship, The Leicester Stadium which closed in 1984, had become its most established, but throughout the pioneering...
by Graham | Apr 24, 2019 | Middle England - East Midlands Tracks
Another of the Leicester’s greyhound racing venues was located just two miles north east of Leicester’s city centre. It was located east of Melton Road on land north of Belgrave Lodge, a large building clearly marked on 1930’s Ordnance Survey maps,...
by Graham | Apr 24, 2019 | London Area Tracks
Stanwell Village, Middlesex The Middlesex village of Stanwell is found on the southern borders of Heathrow Airport and just over two miles northeast of Staines yet adds itself to the list of towns that hosted a temporary greyhound track. Evidence is found during June...
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