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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: Flemdog on September 30, 2008, 09:47 AM
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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:
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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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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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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.
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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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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
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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
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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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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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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!!! :'(
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-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
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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...?
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Bath is an amazing track. perfect if your a learner for jumps, manuals everything :daumenhoch:
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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.
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A few I've raced at that no-one's mentioned;
Hemel
Westway
Rayleigh
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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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cmon and the 100 others
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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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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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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
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Rom, I remember doing a national there too, yippeee... I can even picture the track (and Tom Lynches GTE) 8)
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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?
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and the stones sticking out of the track,rode rom track but never raced it.
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Newark!!!!! yes, another gem recalled, 60 foot long fist straight, left hander to 2 metre wide camel, bless... :smitten:
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oh and
Horbury
Coppull
about 5 or 6 at schools in France (yes really)
:) DINGO :)
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Herne Bay
Andover
Bournemouth
Hayes
Slough
Dagenham
Brixton
Peckham
hersden
Bexhill
Peterborough
Braintree
Royston
Norwich
Ipswich
Milton keynes
Dunstable
Decoy
Bristol
Cheddar
Burnham
Tredegar
Chesterfield
Sheffield Bole Hills
Sheffield Indoor
Weston Indoor
Paris Worlds
harworth
Swanley?
Farnham
NASS (2002 i think)
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alvaston
derby greyhound
nottingham racecourse
cocksmoor
bournmouth
poole
wimborne
myra shay bradford
three sisters
greetland
heywood
rochdale
chorley old and new
chesterfield old and new
mansfield
birmingham wheels
norton canes ( I beat darwen griffin there :daumenhoch:)
preston old and new
lytham
blackpool zoo and the other one
ribby hall
darwen baths (indoor) :daumenhoch:
slough
hounslow
whitehaven
kendal
redcar race ground
barton manchester
manchester platt fields new
burnham
cheddar
Flem thats a killer but there must be loads more How about this becoming the most edited post ever. :shocked:
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Scottish Tracks:
Falkirk
Glasgow North
Blairgowrie
Hawick
Bearsden (indoor)
Danderhall
Musselburgh
Alloa
Clydebank
Nairn
Inverness
Forres
Perth
Livingston
Cumbernauld (old National track)
Cumbernauld (new National track)
Cumbernauld (Abronhill)
Denny
Airdrie
Elgin
Irvine
Ayr
Galston
Fort William
East Kilbride
Bathgate (old)
Bathgate (new)
Motherwell
Glenrothes
Gracemount
Lochend
Lossiemouth
English Tracks:
Wigan
Whitehaven
Coppull (new)
Brighton
Bexhill
Farnham (1983)
Milton Keynes
Preston (new)
Harworth
Plus a lot of those single-berm affairs built by councils that were too pikey to build proper tracks!
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Rom, I remember doing a national there too, yippeee... I can even picture the track (and Tom Lynches GTE) 8)
Nik said you're thinking of the other Rom (brettons).
We went there last year, overgrown and covered in british scorpions, Nik loved it :2funny: :2funny:
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Holy Cro Mo! how many Scottish tracks I missed out on.... :-\
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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
cock-a-doodle-do-a-doodle-do-a-doodle-do-a-doodle-dosmoor
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.
Remembered a few more ...
Barlow (near drax power station)
Cramlington
Newark (crashed here and got hospitalised with concussion)
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Newark-on-Trent,+Nottinghamshire,+United+Kingdom&ie=UTF8&cd=2&geocode=FdbaKQMdxKTz_w&ll=53.063165,-0.802635&spn=0.001544,0.006866&t=h&z=18
Waverdale
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=waverdale&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=9.534513,18.742676&ie=UTF8&ll=54.981742,-1.546873&spn=0.002259,0.004576&t=h&z=18
Windy Nook
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=windy+nook&ie=UTF8&ll=54.940844,-1.570573&spn=0.001476,0.006866&t=h&z=18
That's 59, who's in the lead?
Grimsby = 60
Knottingley = 61
62 - There was a track on south Humberside next to a YMCA it could have been Cleethorpes, the national there was the wettest race in the history of the universe.
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Paul, where's was the Murray' local track, "Power Monkey" located (Google map?)
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A few i've been to not added yet (all old):
Tadley
Henley
Standlake
Odiham
Maidenhead
Swindon (Oasis)
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Paul, where's was the Murray' local track, "Power Monkey" located (Google map?)
Guess this is it ...
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=powder+monkey&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=9.534513,18.742676&ie=UTF8&ll=55.003906,-1.556395&spn=0.002258,0.004576&t=h&z=18
... but ask BigPlinky to be sure, more his neck of the woods.
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you all missed everest bmx track st.annes, ivesy's 1st race 1983 :daumenhoch:
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Did it really exist, or was it a bad pint...? ;D ;)
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PMSL :LolLolLolLol:
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Braintree BITD & now
Sudbury(Suffolk) BITD
Ipswich BITD & now
Norwich old track BITD
Norwich new track
Silver End BITD
Lowstoft BITD
Brandon BITD
Kings Lynn BITD
Lowestoft/Pleasurewood Hills BITD
Royston BITD & now
Peterborough BITD & now
Wellingborough BITD
March BITD
Spalding BITD
MK BITD & now
Tamworth BITD
Perry Park BITD
Wigan BITD
Derby greyhound BITD
Derby Alvaston BITD
Hayes now
Hemel Hempstead
Hounslow BITD
Slough BITD
Hillingdon BITD
Hartlepool
Poole BITD
Bournemouth BITD & now
Fearneville
Newcastle BITD
Bathgate now
Harworth now
Burnham now
Cheddar now
Mansfield now
Dagenham now
Tredagar now
Douai france now
Slagharen BITD
South Woodham Ferrers BITD
Coppull now
Thorne BITD
Himley Hall(dudley) BITD
Sheffield indoor now
Brettons BITD
Gamlingay BITD
more to come ;)
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Ok, I'll try + go north to south, a (*) denotes i didn't race there...
Lochaber Diamonds
Musselburgh
Redcar
Powder Monkey
Gateshead
Coppull
Pontins Morecambe
Barlow
Ossett
Horbury
? One in Yorks+Humber region that had a concrete 180 berm..???
Cleethorpes (on some sort of open day c'86)
Doncaster Cantley Park
Doncaster Harworth (*)
Doncaster Hexthorpe (*)
Worksop Manton (*)
Sheffield bolehill (lived 200yds away for 16yrs)
Sheffield Ruskin Park
Sheffield Indoor (*)
Dronfield
Chesterfield
Ashover
Warsop
Ilkeston
Derby Greyhound
Derby Alvaston
American Adventure - 2 layouts, ?1990 + 1991
Nottingham Bulwell
Nottingham Greyhound Colwick
Shepshed
Newark
Leicester ?Weston Park - the sugarbowl
Spalding
Rugby
Coventry
Birmingham Perry Park
Birmingham Senelleys Park
Birmingham cock-a-doodle-doy thingy wotsit
Ipswich
Milton Keynes
Weston Super Mare with bridge
Farnham
Good thread......
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So we reckon we named every track that existed / exists in the UK then...? scratchin' my head now... Mmnnnnn?
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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... :)
Tony,
I suggest that there should be a new board on this forum called "Tracks, old and new". On this board there should be a topic dedicated to each track showing its details, name, location, date of construction etc, and where people can post thier pictures, memories, videos etc. A track database of sorts, before they are forgotten.
What says you?
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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...?
Kendal track was just up from the south lakeland swimming pool !
park in the car park go up the grass banking turn left along the dirt track go along it for a while , all gone now moley think its all weather footie now.
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scottish track
Nithsdale (dumfries)
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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... :)
Tony,
I suggest that there should be a new board on this forum called "Tracks, old and new". On this board there should be a topic dedicated to each track showing its details, name, location, date of construction etc, and where people can post thier pictures, memories, videos etc. A track database of sorts, before they are forgotten.
What says you?
I saw moderators, how 'bout it... I would love to reflect over pictures from every track... :4_17_5:
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63. Lochaber
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Hamonds pond (carlisle)
Workington
Penrith
Holesfoot (maulds meaburn)
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Hamonds pond (carlisle)
Country's worst......very possibly tho Keswick was a Pile of Poop also!
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Cant believe no-one has come up with Surbiton.
That's the place where I lost all my bottle with regards to jumping!
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Some Midlands tracks from BITD:
Hilton Park Services indoor(wooden)
Coventry bus station carpark(wooden)
Cheslyn Hay(black country?)
Woddens Wheels( Black Country?)
Shepshed
Chelmsley Wood(Birmingham)
Nuneaton
Leicester Beaumont Leys
Redditch
Deddington(Oxon)
Rothley(Leicestershire)
Leamington
Bromsgrove
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81-86
Petersfield
Gosport
Southampton (Spitfires)
Southampton (Lorsdshill)
Bournemouth
Wimbourne
Poole
Odiham
Wantage
Reading
Yeoval
Warminster
Shoreham
Hillingdon
Slough
N.E.C. (Spectator)
cock-a-doodle-dosmoor
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.
KEV I DONT KNOW HOW YOU FORGOT THE ISLE OF WHITE AND YOUR MAD AUNTY ;D
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WORDSLEY!
Plus Worcester and (didn't last long) Ludlow.
Brean Sands Leisure Centre. Concrete bowl in the middle of it, joke.
Does the Wheels practice track count?
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First I will add one for Dale! Did you forget Brighton 1996 ??? :4_17_5:
BITD
Chelmsley Wood (was my local, massive start hill)
Birmingham Wheels
Wordsley
Cocks Moor
Redditch
Perry Park
Slough (just the thought of those doubles makes me nervous!)
High Wycombe
Indoor at Coventry or was it NEC? (wooden jumps suck)
Shepshed
Coppull
Now
Milton Keynes
Bulwell
Hayes
Daggers
Rotherham
Chedder
Bristol
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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... :)
Tony,
I suggest that there should be a new board on this forum called "Tracks, old and new". On this board there should be a topic dedicated to each track showing its details, name, location, date of construction etc, and where people can post thier pictures, memories, videos etc. A track database of sorts, before they are forgotten.
What says you?
I saw moderators, how 'bout it... I would love to reflect over pictures from every track... :4_17_5:
I've made a formal request, have to wait and see what the boss men say ;)
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with a few guys mentioning rom skateparks track, you wont find many pics older than these,
1st one, me testing the track while the digger is making the track :)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y47/purcellbmx/danracing.jpg)
and me just flowing the whoops ;)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y47/purcellbmx/dan8.jpg)
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Yes Phil mad aunty still alive and well, IOW had a regional at the
Robin Hill place along with that Horsey place you are thinking of.
One for the South this we had a race at an indoor equestrian place
out near Sheet just passed petersfield called Stocklands.
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with a few guys mentioning rom skateparks track, you wont find many pics older than these,
1st one, me testing the track while the digger is making the track :)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y47/purcellbmx/danracing.jpg)
and me just flowing the whoops ;)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y47/purcellbmx/dan8.jpg)
Cool pics Dan especially that 2nd one :daumenhoch:
Back to tracks:
Agora indoor - Wolverton ( near MK , wooden jumps - whitewalls with plenty of hairspray ;) ) .
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Did anyone race the Langbaugh Lions track (dead) in Southbank Middlesbrough, probably 89,90?
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=54.579748,-1.187387&spn=0.002282,0.006866&t=h&z=18
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Yeah I did, crashed in the cruiser main in the first turn - much to the delight of Plinky, Morton, Parker and co :tickedoff:
:LolLolLolLol:
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WORDSLEY!
Plus Worcester and (didn't last long) Ludlow.
Brean Sands Leisure Centre. Concrete bowl in the middle of it, joke.
Does the Wheels practice track count?
Wheels practice track...! mint!!! :LolLolLolLol:
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Tony
The Kendal track if I remember correctly was near by the sports hall. Also remember riding out of a little road from the car park to a main road and a river being there with a bridge.
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Tony
The Kendal track if I remember correctly was near by the sports hall. Also remember riding out of a little road from the car park to a main road and a river being there with a bridge.
I remember holeshotting a regional, then face planting on the moss build up on the second corner, lol... :-[ I recall Reidy leaning on me around the first corner every race to stay up right too... ha. memories, priceless...
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newton abbot (racecourse)
decoy
torquay
exeter (poslow bridge)
exeter
plymouth
barnsaptle
bideford
south molton ( indoor ) pos
widendown ( indoor)
tavistock
mousehole
redruth
st day
truro
burnham
taunton
minehead
cheddar
wells
bristol
bournemouth
southampton
wimbourne
coventry
slough
oxford
derby
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wow! who would have thougt so many existed..
mine have been mostly in scotland and a few were were shitty narrow council specials.
Scottish Tracks:
Arden
Castlemilk
Hamilton (remember this flemdog? p.r.a. ran a bus to a demo race on the saturday before a Cumbernauld national on the sunday)
Falkirk (had to shovel snow off the track to race)
Glasgow North
Blairgowrie (my first win!)
Glasgow Milton
Hawick
Danderhall
Musselburgh
Alloa
Clydebank (old)
Clydebank (new)
Paisley Barshaw Park
Paisley Linwood
Nairn
Inverness
Forres
Perth
Livingston
Cumbernauld (old)
Cumbernauld (new)
Cumbernauld (Abronhill)
Denny
Airdrie
Elgin
Irvine
Ayr
Galston
Fort William
East Kilbride
Bathgate (old)
Bathgate (new)
Glenrothes
Lossiemouth
Stirling (c'mon Kenny!)
English tracks:
Wigan
Whitehaven
Powder Monkey
Penrith
Pontins Morecambe
Wells
Redcar
Derby Alveston
Derby Greyhound
Derby American Adventure (best result)
Wellls
Brighton
Bexhill
Coppull
Slough (first B.J. ::))
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Some come on then who was it ?
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some local toff, non bmxer. ::)
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Has anyone mentioned the White City track in the Isle of Man? I walked round it but never raced there.
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Has anyone mentioned the White City track in the Isle of Man? I walked round it but never raced there.
The IOM hasn't been acknowledged as part of Great Britain since Wan came to the BMX scene... :daumenhoch:
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Has anyone mentioned the White City track in the Isle of Man? I walked round it but never raced there.
The IOM hasn't been acknowledged as part of Great Britain since Wan came to the BMX scene... :daumenhoch:
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WHO IS WAN?
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He's the king :LolLolLolLol:
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Alvaston (old and new)
Basingstoke
Bath
Bournemouth
Bradford (Myra Shay)
Bradford (new)
Bristol
Chesterfield (old)
Copull (mid/new track)
Crewe
Derby (Greyhound Stadium)
Doncaster (Hexthorpe)
Eastleigh
Farnborough
Farnham
Fearnville (Leeds)
Gosport (old)
Grasby
Greetland (Halifax)
Harrogate
Hartlepool (new)
Harworth
High Wycombe
Horbury
Isle Of Wight
Knottingley
Malvern (Hillbillies?)
Manchester (new indoor)
Milton Keynes
Musselburgh
Odiham (Terrys Tigers?)
Manchester (new)
Petersfield
Poole
Preston (new)
Preston (old)
Reading (210 Eagles)
Reading (Hawks)
Redcar (racecourse track)
Rochdale
Shelf (nr Bradford, no races)
Slough
Southampton (Lordshill)
Southampton (Spitfires)
Southampton (Western Shore)
Spalding
Swindon
Tamworth
Trowbridge
Warminster
Weston Super Mud
Wimbourn (Magna Mustangs?)
Yeadon (Leeds, various incarnations)
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there were 2 tracks at Outwell, an indoor and an outdoor, also 2 tracks at Ipswich, Landseer and another i can't think of the name of.
a couple that haven't been mentioned
paddock wood
folkestone
foots cray or crayford (can't remember)
harvington ? mrs ratty is this the right name?
pontins (brean sands)
Knebworth
and the first ever track that was built in Malcom jarvis's back garden in Tenterden,kent
there was a track near sheperds bush in london but i can't remember its name, anyone?
also there was a small council run track near brockley in south london that a few of us used to practice on (first time i ever jumped some triples was here) :)
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there were 2 tracks at Outwell, an indoor and an outdoor, also 2 tracks at Ipswich, Landseer and another i can't think of the name of.
a couple that haven't been mentioned
foots cray or crayford (can't remember)
Was this the one at Barnehurst run by Terry @ Wheelies in Northumberland Heath that you're thinking of Andy?? It's still visible on Google Maps by the golf course. Humps
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there were 2 tracks at Outwell, an indoor and an outdoor, also 2 tracks at Ipswich, Landseer and another i can't think of the name of.
a couple that haven't been mentioned
foots cray or crayford (can't remember)
Was this the one at Barnehurst run by Terry @ Wheelies in Northumberland Heath that you're thinking of Andy?? It's still visible on Google Maps by the golf course. Humps
it could be mate :daumenhoch:
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Had trouble thinking back that far for some of them.
Banstaple
Bideford
Birmingham (Perry Park)
Bournemouth
Brighton
Burnham
Coppull
Crewe
Dudley (Himley Hall)
Farnham
Harvington
Hemel Hempstead
Henley
High Wycombe
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Ipswich
Leicester
Mansfield
Milton Keynes
Peterborough
Poole
Reading
Royston
Runnymede
Slough
Thorne
Tiverton
Vallet (Worlds)
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there were 2 tracks at Outwell, an indoor and an outdoor, also 2 tracks at Ipswich, Landseer and another i can't think of the name of.
a couple that haven't been mentioned
foots cray or crayford (can't remember)
There was a local guy trying to get it up and running, funnily enough the same guy that was selling the reflex with orange tuffs the other week.
DEATH TRAP now tho, Josh was off whithin seconds due to council idiots messing jumps up, he broke his nose and we found him in a puddle of blood :'(
Was this the one at Barnehurst run by Terry @ Wheelies in Northumberland Heath that you're thinking of Andy?? It's still visible on Google Maps by the golf course. Humps
it could be mate :daumenhoch:
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Tony
ribby hall
isle of man
grimsby
eastway
westway
dormerswells
maidenhead
chesham
toddington
glouchester
pickets lock
nec birmingham
earls court
olympia
tatling end (gravel pit track )
bleakhall
a few that may not have been listed ?
WOODY 8)
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has anyone got any pics of the morley warehouse track ,seen someone getting bit history together for bthe old mills site but no one has anything on the track at all
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Probably more than I can remember ...
I used to race the regionals and the nationals .. Started off at Partington and southport .
Probably 30 ish
Favourite being Morcombe ( Butlins )
Worst being the indoor track at earls court ( no grip ) even using hairspray :LolLolLolLol: