LEICESTER 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 city of Leicester has had a number of greyhound tracks in the past, the earliest one to open being on Aylestone road and situated at 1° 8' W 52° 37 ' N. It held its inaugural meeting on 24th September 1927 and raced under NGRC rules. It only operated for a short time and closed its gates in 1929.

Leicester GC.JPG (20979 bytes)Leicester SEN.JPG (14109 bytes)
HG31.JPG (30727 bytes)HG32.JPG (35242 bytes)HG33.JPG (32647 bytes)

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=458126&txtYCoord=301439
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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.

Leicester GC.JPG (20979 bytes)Leicester SEN.JPG (14109 bytes)Leicester J.JPG (11887 bytes)

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