The Belle Vue stadium in Manchester, aims to provide a memorable evening of race viewing from the comfort of a luxurious glass fronted stand. Not only renowned for high quality service, Belle Vue also holds a special place in greyhound racing history as the very first race round an oval track in Britain was staged there on July 24, 1926.

RACE DAYS

Racing takes place on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and selected Sundays throughout the year.

CAPACITY

Crowd:4,100
Car: 400

DIRECTIONS

Bus routes: 24, 26, 27, and 28 from Manchester city centre all pass the stadium.
Rail: The stadium is a minute's walk from Belle Vue Station, which is serviced via Manchester and Stockport.
By Car: Follow signs to city centre. Take A57 signs for Hyde and Sheffield. Belle Vue is sign-posted and is 10 minutes drive from the city centre.


ADDRESS

Belle Vue Stadium
Kirkmanshulme Lane
Gorton
Manchester M18 7BA


TRACK CIRCUMFERENCE

395 metres

HARE TYPE

Outside Swaffham

DISTANCE RACED237, 465, 465H, 647, 875 metres

RUN TO FIRST BEND103 metres (465m)
75.50 metres (647m)

MAJOR OPEN EVENTS

• The Strongbow Cider Gorton Cup (March)
• The Dransfield Stayers (March)
• The Belle Vue Bookmakers Northern Oaks (April) The Benholmes Northern Flat (May)
• The Wafcol Cock O' The North (July)
• The Carling Manchester Puppy Cup (Sep)
• The Carling Stayers Grand (Sep)
• The William Hill Laurels (Oct)

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