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Beacon Park (Plymouth) is the site of a former
rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
stadium on the north side of Beacon Park Road in north
Plymouth Plymouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England. It is located on Devon's south coast between the rivers River Plym, Plym and River Tamar, Tamar, about southwest of Exeter and ...
. The site has been redeveloped into housing called Albion Drive.


Rugby Union

When Devonport Albion merged with Plymouth RFC to become Plymouth Albion R.F.C. they moved into Beacon Park in 1920.


Greyhound racing

Greyhound racing Greyhound racing is an organized, competitive sport in which greyhounds are raced around an oval track. The sport originates from Hare coursing, coursing. Track racing uses an artificial lure (usually a form of windsock) that travels ahead of th ...
started on the 5 May 1928 with racing over 525 yards behind a trackless hare. The greyhound racing was independent (unaffiliated to a governing body) and whippet racing was also prominent. New management took over during September 1929 and racing sometimes took place twice on one day at 3pm & 5pm. Racing came to an end on 4 July 1931 after plans to transfer the greyhound racing to a new site in Lipson Vale were put in motion. The new site known as Castle Field would adopt the name
Beacon Castle Beacon Castle is an Iron Age hill fort close to Parracombe in Devon, England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 6 ...
.


Closure

Plymouth Albion moved out in 2003 and the stadium was sold and redeveloped into a housing estate called Barlow Gardens. The nearby Albion Drive occupies the site of the former Beacon Park reservoir, which was demolished and built on around 2001.


References

{{English greyhound tracks Defunct greyhound racing venues in the United Kingdom Defunct rugby union venues in England Sports venues in Plymouth, Devon