Greenford_Park_Trotting_Track

Greenford Park Trotting Track

Greenford Park Trotting Track

Former track in West London, England


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]

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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 but racing had ceased in 1928. The track was a short lived independent (unaffiliated to a governing body). The racing took place on a smaller track inside the trotting track.[10]


References

  1. "Greenford Greyhound Stadium". Greyhound Derby.com.
  2. "Horse Trotting in Greenford". The London Picture Archive.
  3. Greeno, Edward (1960). War on the Underworld. London: John Long. p. 22.
  4. "Greenford Speedway". Greyhound Derby.com.
  5. "Greenford Speedway". Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette. 28 August 1931. Retrieved 4 August 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. p. 418. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.

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