Foresters Park, Tranent

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Foresters Park, Tranent
Foresters Park, Tranent
LocationLindores Drive, St Martin's, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland EH33 1JB
Coordinates 55°56′39″N2°56′55″W / 55.94417°N 2.94861°W / 55.94417; -2.94861
Capacity 2300 (44 seated)
Surface1x Grass (Stadium)

1x 3G

2x 2G (5 aside)

Foresters Park is a sports ground and former greyhound racing track in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland. [1]

Facilities include two floodlit training areas, a 3G pitch and climbing wall. The sports ground is administered by East Lothian Council.

The Tranent greyhound track was built around the football ground at Foresters Park in 1936. [2] The opening night for greyhound racing was 7 July 1936. [3] and racing took place two evenings per week with the gate money being shared with the landlords, the Tranent Juniors F.C. [4] The greyhound racing which was independent (unaffiliated to a governing body) ended in the mid-fifties.

References

  1. "Foresters Park". Enjoy Leisure. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011.
  2. "OS County Series Haddingtonshire 1933". old-maps.co.uk.
  3. Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. p. 424. ISBN   0-948955-15-5.
  4. Furby, R (1968). Independent Greyhound Racing. New Dominion House. p. 88.