Greenford Park Trotting Track

Greenford Park Trotting Track
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LocationGreenford, London Borough of Ealing, west London
Coordinates51°32′27″N 0°21′19″W / 51.54083°N 0.35528°W / 51.54083; -0.35528
Opened1919
Closed1935

Greenford Park Trotting Track was a trotting track, motorcycle speedway and short-lived greyhound racing track in Greenford, London Borough of Ealing, West London.[1]

Trotting track

The site of the trotting track was on modern day Jeymer Drive, south of Birkbeck Avenue and was opened in 1919 by the London Trotting Club.[2][3][4] Charles Sabini who was portrayed in the hit series Peaky Blinders was associated with the track.[5] Sabini and the mob violence at the trotting track were described in detail by Ted Greeno.[6] It closed in 1935.

Motorcycle speedway

The track was a pioneer venue for Speedway with a first meeting on 7 April 1928.[7] The very large dirt track also hosted Sidecar speedway and it was known in speedway circles as the Greenford Driving Park, with the entrances on Birkbeck Avenue.[8] It also hosted speedway meetings in 1931.[9]

Greyhound Racing

The greyhound racing first appeared on 31 October 1927 during the very early years of greyhound racing. There were kennels on site and the Racing Manager was Mr A. Wrightson.[10]

The racing ceased sometime around 1930.[11] The track was a short lived independent (unaffiliated to a governing body). The racing took place on a smaller track inside the trotting track.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Greenford Greyhound Stadium". Greyhound Derby.com.
  2. ^ "OS County Series, Middlesex 1935". old-maps.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Greenford Trotting Track 1930". Britain from Above.
  4. ^ "Horse Trotting in Greenford". The London Picture Archive.
  5. ^ "The real Peaky Blinders story". Birmingham Mail. 19 October 2013.
  6. ^ Greeno, Edward (1960). War on the Underworld. London: John Long. p. 22.
  7. ^ "Birth of Greenford Speedway/Dirt Track 1928". London Motorcycle Museum. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Greenford Speedway". Greyhound Derby.com.
  9. ^ "Greenford Speedway". Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette. 28 August 1931. Retrieved 4 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Greenford Driving Park". Trotting World and Horse Review. 3 May 1930. Retrieved 1 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Greenford Driving Park". Trotting World and Horse Review. 11 January 1930. Retrieved 1 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. p. 418. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.