Great Houghton Greyhound Track
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| Location | High Street, Great Houghton, South Yorkshire |
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| Coordinates | 53°33′10″N 1°21′03″W / 53.55278°N 1.35083°W |
| Opened | 1935 |
| Closed | 1954 |
Great Houghton Greyhound Track was a greyhound racing track located on High Street, Great Houghton, South Yorkshire.[1]
Thomas Jeffries Sides, the Mayor of Pontefract and Managing Director of the Pontefract Park Race Company and the Carters Knottingley Brewery Co Ltd allowed the construction of a second greyhound track on land owned by company; the first was in Upton, West Yorkshire.[2] A third track (Pontefract Greyhound Stadium) was also owned by the company which was run by W. J. Wilby following the death of Sides in 1938.[3]