Spectator Stand, Horse Racing, A38, Devon

Seen this for years from the A38 traveling between Plymouth and Exeter and I think I've seen a report on one of the popular Urbex sites.
Anyhow, had a day to explore stuff with my Analogue....sorry Film SLR which I dug out of the attic.

Not much info on this, bar there is on occasion some live race event. This stand of course is no longer used since its a bit of a death trap and is well overgrown. There are also no seats.

On with thow pics:

















Working, outside sinks....




Cheers!

That's great, Scrub. Yes, I've seen this from the road too...haven't been that way for a while but I've had the occassional coach journey to Plymouth. Superb photos, btw.

nice

did you go up top?

Would of got up top dude but ladder had rusted completly away...so climbing kit required...and a bit of courage, wooden floor

It was for point to point events, which are increasingly rare to find these days (I used to do it quite a bit as a teenager).

Apparently whilst there are still point to point meetings at Buckfastleigh - until 1960s it was a fully functional race course.

Years ago after repeatedly passing it on regular visits to the areaI decided to Google it and a picture of a badge for a meeting popped up. Having just googled again the following thread was returned which gives reasons for the closure.

http://www.nlpl.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_printable;post=33060;guest=3041215

The BBC web site does one better with horses running past the grand stand plus features some other abandoned race courses!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/...ecourse_of_the_past_and_the_future/html/2.stm

Last meeting 27 August 1960

John

Cheers for the replies and brill bit of research there Jhluxton!

Nice one!

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