| ROCHESTER GREYHOUND STADIUM This site is not an official website for the track shown here and is neither approved or endorsed by the stadium. I am indebted to Richard English for the scans of badges on this page. |
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The Kent town of Rochester had a greyhound track situated at 0° 30' E 51° 21' N which first opened its gates on 1st June 1936. Rochester will always be infamous for the well documented 'Coup' that is alleged to have taken place at the track. The track was situated at the Greater London Stadium on City Way in Rochester.
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| It continued to race successfully until the gates finally closed on 4th October 1979. | ||||||
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I am grateful to Jon Seddon for the following link to a map showing the whereabouts of the old track |
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Track Records, as of 1947, are shown below together with an indication of how fast the time is in comparison to other tracks, both for currently open and defunct tracks, in the UK. Ratings are between 0 and 100, where 100 is an extremely fast time and reflects the speed of the track, tightness of the circuit and quality of greyhound visiting the tracks. I am grateful to Tony Nash for providing the data. |
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| This section gives a comprehensive picture of
the badges produced by the track throughout the ages, but only provides the briefest of
glimpses of its history. For those wishing to undertake further research we can recommend
a visit to http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21 where further reading can be undertaken. |
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If you have rare Rochester badges and artefacts for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net |
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