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03:34 Friday 3rd September 2010

Great Leighs was recognised as Britain's sixtieth race track by the British Horse Racing Board in June 2003. Great Leighs will stage 51 fixtures in 2007, commencing February 22, with a frequent Thursday slot. Highlights include a three-day festival in August, a full weekend in September, and the launch of floodlit racing on Saturday September 1, 2007.

Facilities

Child friendly Info
Provisions for children not planned.

Disabled friendly Info
Provisions for the disabled meet all the current requirements.

Corporate Info
Private groups will find an enviable range of hospitality facilities, all with unimpeded views across the racecourse. Forty hospitality boxes occupy the length of level two, each measuring 6.8m by 3.1m and with their own private terraces. All will seat fourteen guests for lunch or dinner (or up to twenty-two for a buffet) and are available for the many other events planned at Great Leighs on non-racing days. A well appointed dine-and-view restaurant occupies the floor above, on two levels, seating up to 700 guests, with menus to suit all budgets.

Directions to the Racecourse

Location
Five miles Chelmsford, two miles from Braintree, twelve miles Stansted airport. It is just forty-five miles from Newmarket and less than an hour by horsebox from racing's "HQ".

By Road
Thirty-three miles from London via the M11 and forty-five minutes from Newmarket via A12

By Rail
First Great Eastern Trains from Liverpool Street station and Stratford stations to Chelmsford every twenty and twenty-seven minutes respectively.

By Air
Stansted Airport is around twelve miles away.

Parking
Parking is free.