Wansbeck Greyhound Track was a

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track in

Cambois Cambois ( ) is a village in south-east Northumberland, England. It is situated on the north side of the estuary of the River Blyth between Blyth and Ashington on the North Sea coast. Etymology According to earlier scholarship, the etymology ...

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. The track was constructed on the East coast of England on the north side of the

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of the River Blyth between Blyth and Ashington on the

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coast. The Cambois colliery used to be on the site before it was closed in 1968. The track had race distances of 247, 412 and 587 metres and closed and re-opened several times since its opening. Today it is only used as a rearing and schooling track having last held races in 2012.

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{{English greyhound tracks Defunct greyhound racing venues in the United Kingdom