British Racecourses

The names of British racecourses are known to people even if they would not consider themselves horse racing enthusiats. A great many people have heard of horse racing courses such as Aintree, Wincanton and Kempton Park although they may not be quite sure where in the UK they might be located. There can be no doubt that horse racing in the UK is one of the country's most popular spectator sports.

Many people might be suprised to find out that there are around 60 racecourses licened for horse racing in Great Britain. This means that for the vast majority of people living in the UK they have a race course reasonably near to where they live.

British race courses can be divided into three distinct categories. Flat course where there are no hurdles and fences, National Hunt which does have fences or hurdles and a thirdly 'mixed'.

The following race courses are licenced at the time of writing:-

Flat (unobstructed distances races)

Bath
Beverley
Brighton
Chester
Epsom Downs
Goodwood
Great Yarmouth
Great Leighs (not licenced at time of writing)
Hamilton Park
Newmarket
Nottingham
Pontefract
Redcar
Ripon
Salisbury
Thirsk
Windsor
Wolverhampton
York

Mixed

Ascot
Ayr
Carlisle
Catterick Bridge
Chepstow
Doncaster
Ffos Las
Folkestone
Haydock Park
Kempton Park
Leicester
Lingfield Park
Musselburgh
Newbury
Newcastle
Sandown Park
Southwell
Warwick

National Hunt (fences or over hurdles)

Aintree
Bangor-on-Dee
Cartmel
Cheltenham
Exeter
Fakenham
Fontwell Park
Hereford
Hexham
Huntingdon
Kelso
Ludlow
Market Rasen
Newton Abbot
Perth
Plumpton
Sedgefield
Stratford-on-Avon
Taunton
Towcester
Uttoxeter
Wetherby
Wincanton
Worcester