by Graham | Mar 2, 2019 | South East England Tracks
O One of the more recent greyhound tracks to feature, although for a brief spell only, was the one found at the Nestledown Kennels in Blindley Heath. Your first thoughts are “were is Blindley Heath”, it is actually a small hamlet found in Surrey, and lies...
by Graham | Feb 28, 2019 | Middle England - South East Midlands Tracks
The Turnpike, Bunwell, Norwich NR16 1SW The small Norfolk village of Bunwell is located fifteen miles southwest of Norwich. It is in this village that another pre-war Greyhound Racing venue flourished then disappeared in a short matter of time. The track had developed...
by Graham | Feb 28, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks
Corinthians Football Club, Edinburgh Street, Gorse Hill, Swindon, Wiltshire Gorse Hill is a district found within half a mile northeast of Swindon town centre in Wiltshire. It is in this district that Greyhound Racing featured during 1930 and 1931, at a venue just off...
by Graham | Feb 28, 2019 | Middle England - South East Midlands Tracks
Wheatley Bank, Walsoken, Wisbech, Norfolk PE14 The village of Walsoken is located one mile northeast of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire. It is on the northeastern outskirts of the village that a track called Wheatley Bank was known to be active during 1939 and the...
by Graham | Feb 28, 2019 | Middle England - East Midlands Tracks
Leicester Road, Markfield LE67 9RF The village of Markfield lies seven miles northwest of the City of Leicester, and just one mile southeast of the busy M1 motorway. It is here on the north-western outskirts of the village that Greyhound Racing once took place, with...
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