by Graham | Mar 15, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks
Hopwood, near Birmingham One of the few temporary greyhound racing venues found in Warwickshire was the one known as the Hopwood track. It was during 1980 that a straight course operated 100 yards from canal adjacent to the A441 roughly one mile north of junction 2 of...
by Graham | Mar 14, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks
Birmingham Road, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 5QF Alcester in Warwickshire became another town to stage a temporary Greyhound Racing track. It was during the early 1980’s that meeting first began to be staged at the Birmingham Rugby Union Ground; a venue situated...
by Graham | Mar 13, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks
Castle Combe, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN14 7EY The early 1980’s had seen Greyhound Racing being staged at Castle Combe, a village located five miles northwest of Chippenham in Wiltshire. It is known that a 250-to-300-yard straight course lay in a meadow alongside...
by Graham | Mar 13, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks
Studley, Warwickshire The Warwickshire town of Studley becomes another town that hosted temporary greyhound racing. Studley lies roughly twenty miles south of Birmingham, yet the venue’s location remains unavailable at this moment in time. It is known that only...
by Graham | Mar 10, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks
Purton Road, Common Platt, near Purton, Swindon SN5 Another of Wiltshire’s temporary greyhound racing venues was the one found in the parish of Common Platt. Common Platt is found near the village of Purton and is found roughly four miles west of Swindon. The...
by Graham | Mar 4, 2019 | Middle England - South West Midlands Tracks
Station Stadium, Tingewick Road, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 The Station Greyhound Stadium in Buckingham was situated just off Tingewick Road, less than half a mile southwest of Buckingham town centre. It began to develop on farmland during the early 1930’s...
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