Foresters Park, Tranent

55°56′39″N 2°56′55″W / 55.94417°N 2.94861°W / 55.94417; -2.94861

Foresters Park is a sports ground and former greyhound racing track in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland.[1]

Facilities include two floodlit training areas, a 3G pitch and climbing wall. The sports ground is administered by East Lothian Council.

The Tranent greyhound track was built around the football ground at Foresters Park in 1936.[2] The opening night for greyhound racing was 7 July 1936.[3] and racing took place two evenings per week with the gate money being shared with the landlords, the Tranent Juniors F.C.[4] The greyhound racing which was independent (unaffiliated to a governing body) ended in the mid-fifties.

References

  1. ^ "Foresters Park". Enjoy Leisure. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011.
  2. ^ "OS County Series Haddingtonshire 1933". old-maps.co.uk.
  3. ^ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. p. 424. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.
  4. ^ Furby, R (1968). Independent Greyhound Racing. New Dominion House. p. 88.
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