New possible race circuit

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   A friend of mine mentioned to me that there is a recently constructed
purpose built outdoor cycle track not very far from me (in Hetton
le-Hole nr. Newcastle) complete with indoor changing facilities and
very smooth tarmac. 

Apparently it's basically similar to eastway in that it has a few hills
in it and is about 1.8k long and 5m wide. It is also open to the public
and free to use although there is a charge for the changing rooms.

 I'm going over tomorrow to check it out as it would be nice to have a few races oop north. 

The address of the track is

        Hetton Lyons Park, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton Le Spring Tyne and Wear DH5 
        0AH

        Contact: Details from Stuart Turner, Sunderland Leisure Services, 1-3 
        Hind Street, Sunderland, SR1 3QD

        Tel: 0191 565 7630

        Circuit - 1,800 metres

        Width - 5 metres

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alexjrice Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Visitor (regular) Joined: 05 March 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 119	Topic: New possible race circuit Posted: 28 October 2005 at 11:24pm
	A friend of mine mentioned to me that there is a recently constructed purpose built outdoor cycle track not very far from me (in Hetton le-Hole nr. Newcastle) complete with indoor changing facilities and very smooth tarmac. Apparently it's basically similar to eastway in that it has a few hills in it and is about 1.8k long and 5m wide. It is also open to the public and free to use although there is a charge for the changing rooms. I'm going over tomorrow to check it out as it would be nice to have a few races oop north. The address of the track is Hetton Lyons Park, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton Le Spring Tyne and Wear DH5 0AH Contact: Details from Stuart Turner, Sunderland Leisure Services, 1-3 Hind Street, Sunderland, SR1 3QD Tel: 0191 565 7630 Circuit - 1,800 metres Width - 5 metres

gNick Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 22 February 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1977	Posted: 29 October 2005 at 6:52pm
	Except it isn't new. We were at an event on its opening quite a few years ago. I gather that some work has been done on it recently though. The track is dead good but the area and some of the inhabitants is a problem. Last time we were there the local yoof who had been happily talking to us when we were checking the track for broken glass etc. decided to move the hazard tape accross the track and then started laying bricks across it! Also there have been several cases of people having their cars broken into in the carpark. If we can get together enough marshalls it would make for some very good racing - anyone remember Nigel Leaper snapping a fencepost off after catching the fairing on the floor?
	gNick "I'm afraid it's definite, Mrs Banker - your son has bicycles"

TimCosten Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 15 April 2005 Location: SW London Status: Offline Points: 69	Posted: 09 November 2005 at 11:46am
	Has anyone any more information about this: http://www.cambridgerowinglake.org.uk/index.cfm ...it seems there will be a road circuit included....

gNick Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 22 February 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1977	Posted: 09 November 2005 at 1:18pm
	Talking to them, they have the land and are currently applying for planning permission. Assuming all goes through, the facilities will be on line in 2007 or thereabouts. So nothing going quickly....
	gNick "I'm afraid it's definite, Mrs Banker - your son has bicycles"

paulbailey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Visitor (regular) Joined: 09 March 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 137	Posted: 09 November 2005 at 8:46pm
	the a cycle club is close to getting permission to use the Ford test track at Dunton, Essex for racing - a banked loop of around 1 mile. Concrete surface. It just may, just may be possible to piggy back on this access. Ok Ford make cars - do we have any issues if I at least check the progress towards access and maybe the club would be interested? map reference 566500,189500 - the dog bone shape or http://uk2.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=51.5843&lon=0 .4019&scale=10000&icon=x
	Paul

gNick Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 22 February 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1977	Posted: 09 November 2005 at 8:48pm
	Always worth a try...the difficulty is usually getting weekend access.
	gNick "I'm afraid it's definite, Mrs Banker - your son has bicycles"

paulbailey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Visitor (regular) Joined: 09 March 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 137	Posted: 09 November 2005 at 10:55pm
	the track has been used for cycles on a few occasions before - weekend has been good - lets see
	Paul