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Flemdog

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Q/. So how many tracks have you been too...?
« on: September 30, 2008, 09:47 AM »
I was pondering about all the tracks in the UK, past and present and thought it would be cool if everyone listed the tracks they had ridden / raced throughout their BMX years...

Let's have a complete list of tracks that exist / existed in the UK...  :)

I'll start us off (will probably add some later when you jerk free my memories)...  ;D

1. Southport (sandy track, rubber gate)
2. Wigan
3. Barton
4. Coppull Quarry (John Lees dad's track)
5. Coppull (Coppull Moor)
6. Mansfield
7. Sheffield (Bowlehill)
8. Sheffield indoor!!!! bone shaker!
9. Rom - Bretton
10. Cumbernauld (old pro race!)
11. Bradford
12. Musselburgh
13. Rotherham
14. Harworth
15. Braintree
16. Bournemouth!
17. Redcar
18. Weston Super Mare (Rob Hill turf!)
19. Odiham (Bill Bags local)
20. Tiverton (the mud year!)
21. Norwich
22. Hounslow
23. High Wycombe
24. Peckham
25. Brixton
26. Dagenham
27. Slough
28. Birighton
29. Dunstable
30. Ipswich
31. Lowestoft
32. Powder Monkey
33. Gateshead
34. Fort William
35. Waverdale
36. Hartlepool
37. Whitehaven
38. Spalding (Bloody hell yes!)
39. Crewe
40. Preston (old track?)
41. Preston, (London Rd Track)
42. Blackpool (Zoo)
43. Lytham (Goldcoast)
44. Kendal
45. Chertsey
46. Hastings
47. Decoy
48. Hayes
49. Exeter
50. Bidiford
51. Cheddar
52. Burnham
53. Mine head (Bultins!)
54. Morecombe (Pontins!)
55. Heywood
56. Rochdale
57. Manchester (new)
58. Leeds - Yeadon
59. Leeds - Fernehill
60. Teeside ('84 baby!)
61. Barlow - Selby (Travis Chirpres was ther at the coal promotional pro race in '87)
62. Congleton
63. Newark (Big Tim ripped my knee open when he Amtraked me in a corner)
64. Peterborough
65. Milton Keynes
66. Wrexham
67. Kirkby (L'pool)
68. Farnworth
69. Burtonwood (Warrington)
70. Sennelys Park
71. Tamworth
72. Perry Park
73. Telford (build bigger jumps, lol)
74. Birmingham Wheels
75. Leicester (huge first corner!)
76. Liverpool (Walton Park, Terry Dolan and Arthur Woods track circa '82 / 83)
77. Alvaston
78. Bullwell
79. Tredegar
80. Derby Greyhound
81. Derby American Adventure
82. Olympia indoor
83. Solihill indoor (Clive mum organised it, bless)
84. Coxmoor (how'd I forget that one...?)
85. Immingham (Reidy said Woodsy took us all there to race in the Torker bus?)

OK, my head hurts, sure I missed loads out, let's see what you've got oldschoolers!  :daumenhoch:
« Last Edit: October 08, 2008, 07:24 PM by Flemdog »

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« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2008, 09:56 AM »
Being a relative race novice at the age of 35...  :D I have clocked up these in the past 2 years...

Milton Keynes
Dagenham
Leeds (Fearnville)
Bradford
Hartlepool
Preston
Lytham (Gold Coast)
Coppull
Peterborough
Bullwell...

Obviously a few to go to catch you Tony...  ;D

Did you ever race the track at Horbury near Wakefield?

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« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2008, 10:13 AM »
Raced or went to


Wigan
Coppull Quarry (John Lees dad's track)
Coppull (Coppull Moor)
Hounslow
Brixton
Dagenham
Slough
Birighton
Ipswich
Lowestoft
Hartlepool
Crewe
Preston
Hastings
Decoy
Hayes
Exeter
Bidiford
Cheddar
Burnham
Mine head (Bultins!)
Morecombe (Pontins!)
Leeds - Ferne Hill
Peterborough
Milton Keynes
Farnworth
Sennelys Park
Tamworth
Perry Park
Birmingham Wheels
Leicester (huge first corner!)
Liverpool ('82)
Alvaston
Derby Greyhound
Derby American Adventure
Hereford
Malvern Rebels
Malvern hill billies
Horbury
Spalding
High Wycome
Runnymede
Norwich (new cossy)
Tiverton
Bath
Bristol
Tredegar wales
Cheltenham
Gloucester
Bromsgrove
cock-a-doodle-dos moor
Bullwell
Weston super mare
Weston super mare indoor
chesterfield old and new
mansfield
shepshed
Preston

can't think of anymore, just goes to show how many tracks have been around

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Re: Q/. So how many tracks have you been too...?
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2008, 10:37 AM »
81-86

Petersfield
Gosport
Southampton (Spitfires)
Southampton (Lorsdshill)
Bournemouth
Wimbourne
Poole
Odiham
Wantage
Reading
Yeoval
Warminster
Shoreham
Hillingdon
Slough
N.E.C. (Spectator)
Cocksmoor
Birmingham Wheels
Newton Abott
Chesterfield
Bingley Hall (Indoor 2 day event)
Hounslow
Oxford
Runnymede
Derby (Greyhounds)
Brighton Worlds (Spectator)
Fleet End (Flyers)

Then a 19 year gap

05-08

Bournemouth
Hayes
Milton Keynes
Andover
Peckham
Brixton
Herne bay
Decoy
Coppull
Gosport
Braintree
Tredegar
Peterborough
Harworth
Cheddar
Burnham

Same as Tony this is hard work and prob missed loads, interesting
that not that many originals still going all new. Just remembered
Bath for my os list.

Flemdog

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Re: Q/. So how many tracks have you been too...?
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2008, 11:33 AM »
I'm sure we have a few on here that can make my list look small... wait 'til DH.com finds the thread...

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« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2008, 11:34 AM »
Hope my memory serves me right here but here goes.

Malvern Hillbillies
Malvern Rebels
Wantage
Derby Greyhound
Hersden
Milton Keynes
Andover
Hayes
Brixton
Dagenham
Herne Bay
Burnham
« Last Edit: September 30, 2008, 03:22 PM by Zippy »

MOORO

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« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2008, 02:58 PM »
In addition others mentioned above

Old
NEC Birmingham
Frome
Albury/Bishops Stortford
Buckmore/Chatham
Poole (original Turbarry common heathland next to the 82-88 track) & Poole (Manor Farm)
Earls Court
Wareham (winding track down a grass hill, one off meeting, yes it counts!)

New
Dunstable

paulgray

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« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2008, 03:10 PM »
Alright  Tony  ;D, these are the tracks that I can remember racing at between 82 and 89, here goes

Airdrie
Alvaston
Barnard Castle (dead)
Birmingham (Kelloggs)
Birmingham Wheels
Bradford
Castleford ( :-\ Woodys home track ?)
Chertsey
Chesterfield
Cocksmoor
Cumbernauld
Darlington (Faverdale)
Dedington
Derby (Greyhound Stadium)
Doncaster
Fort William
Hartlepool (old track)
Fearnville (Leeds)
Gosforth ( :-\)
Grasby (disused)
Guisborough (dead)
Harrogate
Herlingshaw (Eston, Indoor)
Hounslow
Immingham (disused)
Keswick (dead)
Lowestoft
Middlesbrough (Clevelands first track, dead)
Milton Keynes
Musselburgh
Nidderdale
Northallerton (dead)
Nottingham (Greyhound stadium)
Odiham
Pontins
Poole
Powder Monkey
Prissick Base (Middlesbrough)
Redcar (dead)
Ribby Hall
Rufforth (indoor, equestrian centre)
Saltburn (disused)
Scarborough
Shiremoor ( :-\)
Slough
Southbank (Teeside, disused)
Spalding
Tamworth
Teeside Airport
Weston
Whickam
Whitehaven
Wigan
Yeadon (Leeds)

Phew, that's 54 so far, sure there are a few more that will come to mind. And I've rolled around the new Hartlepool track.

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« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2008, 03:19 PM »
I raced at :

OLD

Buckmoore Park ( on the go-cart track and bmx track proper)
Eastway
Earls Court ( Sidehack)
White????? This was a track in Scotland but I`m fooked if I can remember the name  :idiot2:
Rom

New (mostly this year )

Dagenham
Andover
Herne Bay
MK
Hayes
Brixton
Bournemouth
Braintree
Burnham
Chesterfield
Mansfield
Peterborough
Hersden

I also visited a load more but was doing demos not racing, but I dont know what a lot of them are called, but there was the NEC, Wimbourne and all the tracks on the 1st kellogs in 84  :daumenhoch:


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« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2008, 03:29 PM »
Being a Novice Racer that is injury prone I have only raced at

Bradford
Coppull
Preston
Leeds (New)
Manchester

I have ridden MK this year and the Manchester track near Barton Aerodrome way back in 1984-85

Flemdog!!   Can you remember where the Kendal track was located? 

And any other tracks around the South Lakes area.

I might try and find them and see if they are still rideable!!

The nearest track to me is Preston and thats 50 miles away!!!  :'(

Matt428

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« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2008, 04:02 PM »
-Herne Bay
-Dagenham
-Hersden
-Braintree
-Royston
-Ipswich
-Peterborough
-Dunstable
-Milton Keynes
-Norwich
-Bournemouth
-Andover
-Hayes
-Exeter
-Slough
-Burnham
-Decoy
-Tiverton
-Cornwall (Keslers Farm)
-Cornwall (Blackwater)
-Duchy Pirates
-Sheffield Indoor
-Brixton
-Peckham
-Cheddar
« Last Edit: October 10, 2008, 10:53 AM by Matt428 »

Flemdog

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« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2008, 05:50 PM »


Flemdog!!   Can you remember where the Kendal track was located? 

And any other tracks around the South Lakes area.

I might try and find them and see if they are still rideable!!

The nearest track to me is Preston and thats 50 miles away!!!  :'(
Can't remember where Kendal was, maybe Johny C could recall...?

magna13

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« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2008, 06:31 PM »
Bath is an amazing track. perfect if your a learner for jumps, manuals everything  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2008, 06:38 PM »
wahayy pontins morecombe  didnt think may have you had gone to that one easter holiday

brandon
sudbury
ipswich
norwich
pontins
hounslow
gamlingay
south wooden ferrers
copull
kings lynn
pleasure wood hills
peterbourgh
a few others i cant remember at the mo.
« Last Edit: September 30, 2008, 07:39 PM by harris »

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« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2008, 06:46 PM »
A few I've raced at that no-one's mentioned;
Hemel
Westway
Rayleigh

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« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2008, 06:52 PM »
Ilkeston
Ashover
Heage ( Derby  area )
American Adventure  1st  year
American adventure    2nd  Year
Himley  Hall    UKBMX  Champ of  Champs  Track 87


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« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2008, 06:54 PM »
cmon and the 100 others

fouronethreeoh!

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« Reply #17 on: September 30, 2008, 07:14 PM »
Lowestoft had two tracks, one at the leisure centre and at pleasurewood hills
March
Brandon
Norwich
Ipswich
Woodham
Peterborough
Kings lynn had a track for a while
Tamworth
I think sudbury as well.

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« Reply #18 on: September 30, 2008, 07:40 PM »
Castleford
Knottingley
Ossett
Yeadon (Leeds) Old
Yeadon New
Fearnville (Leeds)
Bradford (Myra Shay)
Bradford new
Morley (Indoor Warehouse)
York
Harrogate by Yorkshire show ground
Harrogate Nidderdale
Scarborough
Grasby
Grimsby
Cleethorpes
Chesterfield (Old)
Chesterfield (New)
Barlow (Near Selby) - This was Neil Woods home track
Northallerton
Guisborough
Redcar
Teeside Airport
Doncaster Cantly Park
Doncaster other one
Sheffield
Rotherham
Derby Greyhound
Derby park
Slough
Birmingham Wheels
Birmingham Kelloggs
Cocksmoor
Coventry
Gainsborough
Wigan
Nottingham (Bunneys)
Milton Keynes
Rochdale
Greetland & Bondina (The Duffys home track)
Newark
Crigglestone (Wakefield)
Orlando (Florida) 1987 Worlds

+ others I'm sure !!

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« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2008, 07:47 PM »
1980s

Buckmore park
Eastway
Southampton
Ipswich, Landseer
Peterborough
Westway
Walthamstow wreck
Southampton
Earls court
Redditch
Outwell mill lodge
Beek en Donk Holland
Nottingham
gamlingay
Rom skatepark


Present
Peckham
Brixton
Nottingham
Braintree
Bulwell
Dagenham
Andover
Hayes
Hersden
Royston
Milton Keynes
Mansfield
Burnham
Bournmouth
Herne Bay

Probably missed loads, but as my memory gets better Ill add any more :idiot2:

Ive also visited the remains of the track at Romford, and at Barnhurst
« Last Edit: September 12, 2011, 05:09 PM by RATTY »
A long time ago, in a land far away!

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« Reply #20 on: September 30, 2008, 08:17 PM »
Rom, I remember doing a national there too, yippeee... I can even picture the track (and Tom Lynches GTE)  8)

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« Reply #21 on: September 30, 2008, 08:19 PM »
Outwell mill (indoor)
Bingley Hall Stafford (indoor)
Grimsby
Cleethorpes
Derby Greyhound Stadium
Derby Alveston
Peterborough
Eckington (downhill farmers field)
Nottingham (greyhound)
Nottingham (bunneys)
Sheffield
Rotherham
Harworth
Farnham (Rob Indri racing in a dress)
Bideford
Bournemouth
Decoy
Slough
Yeadon (Leeds) Old
Yeadon New
Chesterfield (Old)
Chesterfield (New)
Mansfield (old)
Mansfield (new)
Leicester (Beaumont Lees)
Bradford new
Slough
MK
Newark
Ipswich
Tours
Vallet (Worlds)
Ashover (Butt lane?)
Rotherham
Burnham
Sheffield indoor
Spalding (Bloody hell yes!)
Crewe
shepshed

I am sure there is more but some of these I went to 30 years ago so memory is hazy lol

 :) DINGO :)

oh fook Harrogate outdoor, in a car park outside the bike show, wooden jumps/fiberglass corners?
« Last Edit: September 30, 2008, 08:27 PM by Dingobmxer »

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« Reply #22 on: September 30, 2008, 08:21 PM »
and the stones sticking out of the track,rode rom track but never raced it.

Flemdog

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« Reply #23 on: September 30, 2008, 08:25 PM »
Newark!!!!! yes, another gem recalled, 60 foot long fist straight, left hander to 2 metre wide camel, bless...  :smitten:


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« Reply #24 on: September 30, 2008, 08:25 PM »
oh and
Horbury
Coppull
about 5 or 6 at schools in France (yes really)

 :) DINGO :)

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