barneys barnstormers Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) As you are all aware over the past decades several of our tracks have closed for various reasons . canterbury, crayford all london clubs to name just a few. I would be very much interested to know all the names of the clubs that have shut and what is standing in the stadiums place now. i will start with: BOSTON (new hammond beck rd) tesco and b&q in its place now. Edited January 17, 2009 by barneys barnstormers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Crystal Palace-Some athletics track there now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Cradley - Horrible cheap and nasty housing estate. Wembley - a very expensive Football stadium Wimbledon - a track used for dogs and stocks Oxford - ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneys barnstormers Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) I believe leicester lions track was replaced by housing estate is this true? Edited January 2, 2009 by barneys barnstormers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 White City(London)-BBC Celtic Park- Stamford Bridge- Harringay-Supermarket(?) New Cross-waste ground/play area Paisley-now what is going on there?St.Mirren are moving or have moved if i am right(?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Templeton Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Bristol (Knowle) Housing. Bristol (Eastville) Ikea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Motherwell,Milton Street. Now parkland for local football. The old track is still there,no stadia though.Tarmac strikes again! http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=motherwel...land,%20ML1%203 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneys barnstormers Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 west ham :- flats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Exeter,Housing. http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=motherwel...land,%20EX4%203 Click on the 'birds eye' and see the stadium being demolished. Sorry Nevs and co. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Where is California then Bob? And can anyone pinpoint High Beech on the multimap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Birmingham Bulldogs at Hall Green Stadium - Stadium still used for dogs Birmingham Brummies Perry Barr (The second coming) - Shopping Centre Birmingham Brummies Bordesley Green - Stadium still used for stock cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 west ham :- flats Not really flats...: mainly houses... Harringay is now a Sainsbury's as indeed is Crayford... Though a utilitarian tiny dog track occupies part of the former site of the Crayford & Bexleyheath Stadium... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Where is California then Bob? And can anyone pinpoint High Beech on the multimap? California is near Wokingham,off Nine Mile Drive. Look closely,and you can make out the remains of the track,with a little of the centre green still there.Sadly,no birds eye for this one. http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=motherwel...and,%20RG40%201 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) High Beach. Although on Multimap they spell it High Beech! The outline of the arena is very visible,just look for the horseshoe shaped trees. http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=high+beac...ful_information Edited to add Trelawny Speedway.Have they actually excavated the site? http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=nanpean&a...and,%20PL26%207 Edited January 2, 2009 by BobC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlipphlopp Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Exeter,Housing. http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=motherwel...land,%20EX4%203 Click on the 'birds eye' and see the stadium being demolished. Sorry Nevs and co. Not yet BobC , just a pile of rubble at the mo, and not likely to build under the present climate anytime soon , and thats without the planning application probs encountered with all proposals being rejected so far. We could have had several more years at the County ground methinks. I am surprised jimmy nilsen didnt start the demolition process tho , he hated the track BIG TIME !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Not really flats...: mainly houses... ...and West Beckton Health Centre in (Aub) Lawson Close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erasuretim Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Milton Keynes "The Groveway" is now a housing estate... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...&iwloc=addr The remnants of the track and surround are now completely covered with ugly high density housing Regards Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 (edited) Reading's Tilehurst site is now Stadium Way Industrial Estate. Click Swindon's first track - from 1928 to 1930 - was at The Autodrome, behind the Duke of Edingburgh pub in Gorse Hill. I assume that would be the piece of grassland in this picture. Click Bristol Knowle Stadium is now houses, as in this picture. Not the defunct track shape a bit lower down but the actual site of the houses. Petherton Road and Ravenhead Drive are built on the former site. Click Edited January 3, 2009 by Grachan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Not really flats...: mainly houses... Yes, but at least the roads are named after former West Ham riders plus Johnnie Hoskins. Has this happened anywhere else? Harringay is now a Sainsbury's as indeed is Crayford... As is Rayleigh. High Beach. Although on Multimap they spell it High Beech! The outline of the arena is very visible,just look for the horseshoe shaped trees. They spell it High Beach! The spelling has long been a bone of contention in the area. The word beech could refer to the beech trees in the area which would make more sense as High Bee(a)ch is nowhere near the sea, but there is also an archaic meaning of the word beach which means an escarpment and it could refer to this. When I lived in the area in the 60s and 70s both spellings were used but recently it has become normal to refer to it as High Beach.You hardly ever see High Beech except in speedway circles! There are some photographs of how the area looks now on John Skinner's Defunct Tracks website (I should know, I took them!): http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/High%20Beech.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Yes, but at least the roads are named after former West Ham riders plus Johnnie Hoskins. Has this happened anywhere else? I think some of the roads on the Stadium site at Blackbird Rd. in Leicester are named after former Lions' riders are they not.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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