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Greyhound Racing
Greyhound racing arrived at West Row in September 1991 and runs on a 325-metre sand circuit under Greyhound Board of Great Britain rules, over distances from 220 to 1,025 metres.
Race nights West Row · Suffolk
The West Row Shale.
Three kinds of racing on one Suffolk circuit: greyhounds, stock cars and speedway, at Mildenhall Stadium, a half-century home of Fenland motorsport.
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Stock Cars & Bangers
Spedeworth International runs full-contact short-oval racing on the shale — BriSCA F2 and F1 stock cars, National Saloons, bangers and more, including world-championship finals.
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Speedway
The Mildenhall Fen Tigers have raced speedway at West Row since 1975, on a tight 260-metre shale oval, and are five-time league champions with a half-century of Fenland history.
Fen TigersStadium Logbook
Half a century on the West Row shale
From a 1971 speedway practice strip to a three-discipline venue hosting world-championship stock car finals and the Fen Tigers, this is the story of one of Suffolk's busiest racing circuits.
Stadium Briefing
Suffolk's home of short-oval racing since the 1970s.
From a speedway practice strip opened on Fenland farmland in 1971 to a full three-discipline venue, Mildenhall Stadium has carried greyhound racing, the Fen Tigers and Spedeworth's full-contact stock cars on the same West Row site for half a century.
The venue
One circuit, three sports
Mildenhall Stadium sits on the edge of the Fens at West Row, just outside the town of Mildenhall in west Suffolk. What began in 1971 as a speedway practice strip on Terry Waters' farmland has grown into one of East Anglia's busiest racing venues, a single site carrying three very different sports on two separate circuits.
Speedway came first: the Mildenhall Fen Tigers entered league racing in 1975 and have since won five league titles on the tight shale oval. Greyhound racing followed in 1991, run on a 325-metre sand track under Greyhound Board of Great Britain rules and returning under new operation from 2026, the sport that gives this site its name. Alongside both, the stadium's owner Spedeworth International stages full-contact stock car and banger racing, from BriSCA F2 and F1 cars to world-championship banger finals.
What ties the three sports together is the circuit itself. The same West Row site is reconfigured through the year, the sand greyhound track and the shale oval each suited to a different style of racing, so a single venue can move from a Sunday speedway meeting to a Saturday banger night within the same week. That versatility has kept Mildenhall busy where many single-purpose tracks have closed, and it has built a loyal Fenland following across all three disciplines.
It has not always been smooth. A serious fire on 30 July 2024 closed the venue, but a rapid rebuild saw it reopen in March 2025, and racing has continued across all three disciplines. For the full story, from the farmland practice track to the modern multi-sport stadium, see our news and history timeline, or plan a trip on the visit page.
Track Questions
Where is Mildenhall Stadium?
The stadium is on Hayland Drove, West Row, near Mildenhall in Suffolk (postcode IP28 8QU), in the east of England between Cambridge and Norwich.
What sports are held at Mildenhall Stadium?
The venue hosts three forms of racing: greyhound racing, Spedeworth stock car and banger racing, and motorcycle speedway, home of the Mildenhall Fen Tigers.
How long is the track?
There are two circuits. Greyhounds run on a 325-metre sand circuit, while speedway and stock cars use the tighter shale oval of roughly 260 metres. Greyhound races are run over 220, 375, 545, 700, 870 and 1,025 metres.
When did greyhound racing start at Mildenhall?
Greyhound racing was introduced on Saturday 21 September 1991 — the opening race, over 375 metres, was won by Coppacabana. It runs under Greyhound Board of Great Britain rules.
Who runs Mildenhall Stadium?
The stadium is owned by Spedeworth International Ltd, which promotes the speedway and stock car racing. Greyhound racing is operated under a lease by the Arena Racing Company from 2026.