COWDENBEATH (CENTRAL PARK) 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 helping to construct this page. 

Greyhound racing took place in the Scottish town of Cowdenbeath, with the track situated at Central Park with reference 3° 20' W 56° 6' N. The track opened on 7th July 1928 and operated under NGRC rules throughout its history.

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The track closed for the final time in the very early 1960s.

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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=316318&txtYCoord=691481
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 Cowdenbeath Central Park racecards, badges, results, information, favourite stories or artefacts then email johnslusar@fsmail.net