Common Platt Greyhound Track was a
greyhound racing track on Purton Road, Common Platt, near
Purton
Purton is a large village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about northwest of the centre of Swindon. The parish includes the village of Purton Stoke and the hamlets of Bentham, Hayes Knoll, Purton Common, Restrop, The Fox and Widham. Th ...
,
Swindon, England.
The racing was independent (not affiliated to the sport's governing body, the
National Greyhound Racing Club The National Greyhound Racing Club was an organisation that governed Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom.
History
The National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) was formed in 1928 and this body would be responsible for regulation, licensing and the ...
) and the venue was known as a "flapping" track which was the nickname given to independent tracks. The location of the track was behind the ''Foresters Arms'' public house (now ''Casa Paolo'') on the B4553.
The track was opened sometime in the late 1960s. Race day was Saturday evening at 6.30pm and the circumference of the track was 440 yards. It was a simple all-grass track with a 'MacWhirter' hare system and race distances of 375, 525 and 600 yards.
The track closed during the 1970s.
References
{{English greyhound tracks
Defunct greyhound racing venues in the United Kingdom
Defunct sports venues in Wiltshire