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| location = Purton Road, Common Platt, near [[Purton]], [[Swindon]], [[Wiltshire]] |
| location = Purton Road, Common Platt, near [[Purton]], [[Swindon]], [[Wiltshire]] |
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| opened = 1960s |
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Latest revision as of 20:22, 5 February 2023
Location | Purton Road, Common Platt, near Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire |
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Coordinates | 51°34′52″N 1°50′28″W / 51.58111°N 1.84111°W |
Opened | 1960s |
Closed | 1970s |
Common Platt Greyhound Track was a greyhound racing track on Purton Road, Common Platt, near Purton, Swindon, England.[1]
The racing was independent (not affiliated to the sport's governing body, the National Greyhound Racing Club) and the venue was known as a "flapping" track which was the nickname given to independent tracks. The location of the track was behind the Foresters Arms public house (now Casa Paolo) on the B4553.[2]
The track was opened sometime in the late 1960s. Race day was Saturday evening at 6.30pm and the circumference of the track was 440 yards. It was a simple all-grass track with a 'MacWhirter' hare system and race distances of 375, 525 and 600 yards.[3]
The track closed during the 1970s.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "OS Plan 1970". old-maps.co.uk.
- ^ "SWINDON (COMMON PLATT) GREYHOUND STADIUM". Greyhound Derby.com.
- ^ Furby, R (1968). Independent Greyhound Racing. New Dominion House. p. 61.
- ^ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. p. 413. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.