NORTHOLT PARK
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Date 1939 Credits 70
FIRST MEETING
4th May 1929
SITUATED
In Middlesex, between Harrow and Ealing.
DISTANCES
5 furlongs to 1 ½ miles.
PRINCIPAL RACE
Northolt Derby
WORLD WAR I
Had not opened by then.
WORLD WAR II
Requisitioned by the War Office as a POW camp.
FACT
A large electronic clock started to tick once the ponies had been released from the starting gate at Northolt Park.
QUESTION
What did Northolt Park have in place, which the Jockey Club did not achieve until 1948?
CURRENT SITUATION
No visible evidence of the existence of a racecourse on the 150 acre site which now has housing estates built upon it.
LAST MEETING
June 1940
If you have :-
a favourite memory of this racecourse;
photos or a postcard of the course;
a members badge from the course, either to sell or as a scan;
then email me at johnslusar@fsmail.net and I will include the details on this site together with an acknowledgement for you.