Warrington Greyhound Stadium

Warrington Greyhound Stadium was a greyhound racing track in Arpley, Warrington.

The track opened to greyhound racing on 23 May 1931 and held greyhound racing independently and under National Greyhound Racing Club rules.

In July 1946 the first case of a greyhound travelling by air took place. Warrington greyhound Clady Border trained by Ken Newham went from Manchester airport to Belfast to take part in an event at Celtic Park in which he won. Two of the tracks most notable trainers were Jimmy Jowett and Ken Newham.

Warrington Speedway rode at Arpley in 1929 in the English Dirt-track League, then in 1930 competing in the Northern League, they also held demonstration meetings in 1949. The first meeting was on 29 March 1929 when Squib Burton won the Golden Helmet in front of over 10,000 people.

Greyhound racing came to an end on 21 May 1956.