Somercotes Greyhound Stadium
Somercotes Greyhound Stadium was a greyhound racing stadium and former cricket ground site on Nottingham Road in Somercotes, Derbyshire.[1] Harry Hill, Len Meredith, Ted Callaghan and Charlie Hall of the Alfreton and District Greyhound Company Limited owned the track and it opened in September 1954.The pavilion remained from the cricket days as part of the facilities and the local football team played on the inside field.The track was grass with sand and peat moss on the banked bends with an inside hare.[4] The stadium closed in 1971 and is now part of the NHS Distribution Service Depot.