THE TRACKS · CHAPTER 03

Eight tracks, eight cinder bowls.

Eight British speedway venues that carry the 2026 SGB Premiership and Championship calendar. From Belle Vue's modern stadium in Manchester to Ashfield's tight-bowled Saracen Park in Glasgow — each track has its own surface, length and signature line.

A UK speedway track is an oval — between 246 and 361 metres around — with a loose-shale or red-shale surface, four banked corners and no brakes on the bikes that race it. Championship distance is four laps; the heat lasts roughly 60 seconds. The surface migrates outward as the meeting wears on, so referees and track-staff water the inner line between heats to keep gating fair.

Heat one sets the surface; by heat seven the dust pattern is decided. Each track below carries its own personality — Foxhall holds shape into late heats, Belle Vue rewards a clean gate, Ashfield's 246m bowl turns the heat into a 50-second sprint. Surface, length, and the sight-line from the West Stand decide what kind of racing the meeting will produce.

  • Belle Vue Aces

    • LOCATIONManchester
    • STADIUMNational Speedway Stadium
    • FOUNDEDClub 1929 (NSS opened 2016)
    • CAPACITY5,500
    • LENGTH346m
    • BROADCASTERBSPA Live

    The Premiership's most modern facility — opened 2016, the first purpose-built UK speedway venue in 50 years. Tight 346m means heat-leaders gate hard from start to second bend.

  • Wolverhampton Wolves

    • LOCATIONWolverhampton
    • STADIUMMonmore Green
    • FOUNDED1928
    • CAPACITY4,000
    • LENGTH264m
    • BROADCASTERBSPA Live

    Compact and gate-dependent. Monmore Green favours quick reactions to the tape; heats finish before the dust pattern settles.

  • Sheffield Tigers

    • LOCATIONSheffield
    • STADIUMOwlerton Stadium
    • FOUNDED1929
    • CAPACITY5,000
    • LENGTH361m
    • BROADCASTERBSPA Live

    Long, sweeping. Owlerton's outer line carries momentum; heat-leaders often pass on the second bend rather than hold the inside.

  • Poole Pirates

    • LOCATIONPoole, Dorset
    • STADIUMWimborne Road
    • FOUNDED1948
    • CAPACITY3,500
    • LENGTH299m
    • BROADCASTERBSPA Live

    Tight, fast, technical. Poole's first bend rewards the inside gate above any other Premiership track; mid-season grading rebalances the start.

  • Ipswich Witches

    • LOCATIONIpswich
    • STADIUMFoxhall Heath
    • FOUNDED1950
    • CAPACITY5,000
    • LENGTH305m
    • BROADCASTERBSPA Live

    Foxhall is the league's drift-line specialist — the surface holds shape for full meetings. Witches' home advantage is statistically the league's largest by season-end win rate.

  • King's Lynn Stars

    • LOCATIONKing's Lynn
    • STADIUMNorfolk Arena
    • FOUNDED1965
    • CAPACITY4,000
    • LENGTH342m
    • BROADCASTERBSPA Live

    Long first bend, broad second. A clean gate often holds three corners. Norfolk Arena drainage post-rain is one of the league's strongest.

  • Edinburgh Monarchs

    • LOCATIONArmadale, West Lothian
    • STADIUMArmadale Stadium
    • FOUNDED1928
    • CAPACITY3,000
    • LENGTH260m
    • BROADCASTERBSPA Live

    Scotland's working speedway home. Tight, technical, weather-tested — the Bandit derby with Glasgow Tigers is the season's noisiest fixture.

  • Glasgow Tigers

    • LOCATIONGlasgow
    • STADIUMAshfield (Saracen Park)
    • FOUNDED1928
    • CAPACITY1,800
    • LENGTH246m
    • BROADCASTERBSPA Live

    The shortest oval in British speedway. 246m turns the heat into a 50-second sprint; Ashfield's banked turns reward gate one above all.