| Location | Purton Road, "Common Platt," near Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 51°34′52″N 1°50′28″W / 51.58111°N 1.84111°W / 51.58111; -1.84111 |
| Opened | 1960s |
| Closed | 1970s |
Common Platt Greyhound Track was a greyhound racing track on Purton Road, Common Platt, near Purton, Swindon, England.
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."
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.
The track closed during the 1970s.
References※
- ^ "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.