Pontefract Greyhound Stadium
[1] Claude Firth, licensee of the Willow Park Hotel gained permission from the landlords to lease four acres of land.A two-year lease was agreed with Carters Knottingley Brewery Co Ltd at £30 per year and racing started in 1938.After the war further leases were agreed and in January 1951 the site of the Willow Park track had a value of £2,135.[3] In January 1964 the Carters Brewery integrated with parent company B.Y.B.Ltd and they sold the Willow Park site, which led to an agreement with Tees Land Investment Co Ltd & the local council in approving private housing development.