EDINBURGH (ROYAL GYMNASIUM) 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. 

The Scottish capital city of Edinburgh has had a number of greyhound tracks in the past, the least well know being at the Royal Gymnasium and situated at 3° 11' W 55° 57' N. The independent flapping track first opened on 2nd September 1930, but only operated for 3 years.

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It closed its gates for the final time in 1933.
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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=325331&txtYCoord=674777

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 Edinburgh badges and artefacts for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net