Beacon Park (Plymouth) is the site of a former rugby union stadium on the north side of Beacon Park Road in north Plymouth.[1] The site has been redeveloped into housing called Albion Drive.[2]

Rugby Union

Main article: Plymouth Albion R.F.C.

When Devonport Albion merged with Plymouth RFC to become Plymouth Albion R.F.C. they moved into Beacon Park in 1920.[3]

Greyhound racing

Greyhound racing started on the 5 May 1928 with racing over 525 yards behind a trackless hare.[4] The greyhound racing was independent (unaffiliated to a governing body) and whippet racing was also prominent.[5] New management took over during September 1929 and racing sometimes took place twice on one day at 3pm & 5pm.

Racing came to an end on 4 July 1931[6] after plans to transfer the greyhoud racing to a new site in Lipson Vale were put in motion. The new site known as Castle Field would adopt the name Beacon Castle.[7]

Closure

Plymouth Albion moved out in 2003 and the stadium was sold and redeveloped into a housing estate called Barlow Gardens.[8]

The nearby Albion Drive occupies the site of the former Beacon Park reservoir, which was demolished and built on around 2001.

References

  1. ^ "OS County Series Devon 1933". old-maps.co.uk.
  2. ^ "History of Plymouth Albion RFC". Plymouth Albion. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Rugby". Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. 13 September 1920. Retrieved 18 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Trackless Hare at Plymouth". Western Morning News. 7 May 1928. Retrieved 18 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Beacon Park, Tuesday 29 May". The Western Morning News and Mercury. 1928.
  6. ^ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. p. 420. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.
  7. ^ "Beacon Park Management's New track". Western Morning News. 11 July 1931. Retrieved 18 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "History of Plymouth Albion RFC". Plymouth Albion. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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