Peterborough Greyhound Stadium

PETERBOROUGH GREYHOUND STADIUM This site is not an official website for the track shown here and is neither approved or endorsed by the stadium. I am indebted to Richard English for the scans of badges on this page.
The greyhound track at Peterborough is situated at 0° 13' W 52° 34' N and first opened for racing in 1930. Greyhound racing has taken place at the Fengate track for some considerable time but, prior to moving to their East of England Showground venue in Alwalton, the speedway enthusiasts had hoped to move to Fengate.

I am grateful to Jon Seddon for the following link to a map showing the whereabouts of the old track http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html?txtXCoord=520641&txtYCoord=298276

Track Records, as of September 2014, are shown below together with an indication of how fast the time is in comparison to other tracks, both for currently open and defunct tracks, in the UK. Ratings are between 0 and 100, where 100 is an extremely fast time and reflects the speed of the track, tightness of the circuit and quality of greyhound visiting the tracks. SPRINTS (up to 385m) STANDARD (386-549m) DISTANCE (550-699m) EXTENDED (700-999m) Peterborough Track Records at a snapshot in time:- SPRINT 235 metres Rotar Wing 13.95 secs. Rating 47 24th April 2010 STANDARD 420 metres Mountjoy Rock 24.88 secs Rating 49 6th August 2011 DISTANCE 605 metres Bower Surfer 37.10 secs Rating 37 12th September 2009 EXTENDED 790 metres Greenacre Lyn 49.61 secs Rating 30 14th May 2005 MARATHON 975 metres Jangos Snowdrop 63.15 secs Rating 63 7th June 2008
This section gives a comprehensive picture of the badges produced by the track throughout the ages, but only provides the briefest of glimpses of its history. For those wishing to undertake further research we can recommend a visit to http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21 where further reading can be undertaken.


If you have rare Peterborough badges and artefacts for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net