Clyde Valley Greyhound Track

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Clyde Valley Greyhound Track
Clyde Valley Greyhound Track
LocationAirbles Road, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Coordinates 55°47′04″N4°00′28″W / 55.78444°N 4.00778°W / 55.78444; -4.00778
Opened1932
Closed1959

Clyde Valley Greyhound Track was a greyhound racing track on Airbles Road, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

The racecourse was situated between Airbles Road and Hamilton Road on the edge of Logans Plantation (now Strathclyde Country Park). [1] The sports ground opened to greyhound racing on 22 July 1932 and was independent (unaffiliated to a governing body). Boxing events and Speedway also took place here at various times. The final meeting took place in December 1959. [2] It competed for many years with another independent track called the Parkneuk Sports Stadium on Milton Street.

The site became a bus depot which has since been demolished and is due to be replaced by a housing development. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "OS County Series Lanarkshire 1939". old-maps.co.uk.
  2. ↑ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. p. 419. ISBN   0-948955-15-5.
  3. ↑ "News - Coming soon to Hamilton Road, Motherwell". springfield.co.uk.
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