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SWINDON Haydon Wick

by | Aug 30, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks

Haydon Wick, Swindon, Wiltshire An advert printed in The Greyhound Owner newspaper dated March 1962, shows that greyhound racing took place near the civil parish of Haydon Wick in Wiltshire. Haydon Wick is situated roughly two miles northwest of Swindon town centre....

OXFORD Northmoor

by | Aug 29, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks

near Bablock Hythe, Oxford, Oxfordshire Northmoor is a village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, situated about 6 miles west of Oxford and almost the same distance again southeast of Witney. It was during the summer of 1962 that adverts were printed in The...

WANTAGE

by | Aug 22, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks

Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 The market town of Wantage becomes another town that hosted greyhound racing on a temporary scale. Wantage is situated in the county of Oxfordshire roughly 15 miles southwest of the city of Oxford. Adverts printed in The Greyhound Owner...

AYLESBURY Bierton Road

by | May 20, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks

Bierton Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 Another temporary greyhound racing venue found in the Buckinghamshire town of Aylesbury was the one found just off Bierton Road. Bierton Road is a short section of the A418 main road, found less than a mile west of...

EXHALL, Warwickshire

by | May 14, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks

Exhall, Warwickshire The Warwickshire suburban settlement of Exhall lies very close to junction three of the M6 between Nuneaton and Coventry. It is known that greyhound racing took place at a temporary level during April 1953. Its exact location or how it operated...