Racecourses of yesteryear

Great Leighs is the first new racecourse to open for 80 years. But in that time dozens of courses have closed down. Here is a list of those that have closed since 1900.

Aldershot - 1927

Alexandra Park (north London) - 1970

Anglesey - 1903

Birmingham (Bromford Bridge) - 1965

Blackpool - 1915

Bogside (Ayrshire) - 1965

Bournemouth - 1928

Brocklesby Hunt (Lincolnshire)- 1935

Buckfastleigh (Devon) - 1960

Cardiff (Ely) - 1939

Chelmsford - 1935

Colwall Park (Worcestershire) - 1949

Derby - 1939

Gatwick - 1941

Grafton Hunt (Northamptonshire) - 1928

Hambleton (North Yorkshire) - 1911

Hawthorn Hill (Surrey) - 1939

Hethersett (Norfolk) - 1939

Hooton Park (Cheshire) - 1915

Hull - 1909

Hurst Park (Surrey) - 1962

Keele Park (Staffordshire) - 1906

Lanark - 1977

Lewes (East Sussex) - 1964

Lincoln - 1964

Manchester (Castle Irwell) - 1963

Newport (Gwent) - 1948

Northampton - 1904

Northolt Park (west London) - 1940

Pershore (Worcestershire) - 1939

Plymouth - 1930

Portsmouth (Wymering) - 1939

Rothbury (Northumberland) - 1965

Shincliffe (County Durham) - 1914

Shirley Park (Birmingham) - 1940

Southend - 1931

Southwold (Lincolnshire) - 1909

Stockton (Teesside) - 1981

Tenby - 1936

Totnes (Devon) - 1939

Woore (Shropshire) - 1963

Wye (near Canterbury, Kent) - 1974