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CRAIGANTLET
Round 3
2nd May 2020
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VENUES
and organising clubs
Bugatti Owners' Club
Prescott has been home to top flight motor racing including modern as well as vintage and classic race meetings for cars and motorcycles for over 80 years. They are proud to have held a round (latterly 2) of the British Hillclimb Championship every year since its inception in 1947. They hold competitive meetings over seven weekends between April and October each year. Two of these meetings feature motorcycles.
PRESCOTT HILL
Gloucestershire
CRAIGANTLET HILL CLIMB
Northern Ireland
ULSTER AUTOMOBILE CLUB
Craigantlet Hillclimb, a speed event organised by the Ulster Automobile Club, was first held in 1913. It is the only such venue in Northern Ireland to host a round (latterly two rounds) of the British Hill Climb Championship, which started in 1947.
The current course is 1,460 yards (1335 metres) in length, and unlike hillclimbs in the rest of the UK is laid out on closed public roads.
BARC YORKSHIRE CENTRE
Harewood speed Hillclimb is a hillclimb near the village of Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. The track can be found on the A659 between Harewood village and Collingham, north of Leeds. In addition to national events, it hosts rounds of the British Hill Climb Championship, a Classic & Historic Hillclimb and an event that includes bikes. Around 11 meetings are organised between April and September each year by the British Automobile Racing Club Yorkshire Centre.
HAREWOOD SPEED HILLCLIMB
Yorkshire
GURSTON DOWN
Wiltshire
BARC SW CENTRE
Gurston Down:The Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb is a hillclimb in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, England, organised by the South Western Centre of the British Automobile Racing Club. The first practice meeting was held on 25 June 1967, when Patsy Burt, driving a McLaren-Oldsmobile set a time of 39.90 sec.The first competition event was held on 23 July 1967.
Midland Automobile Club
Shelsley Walsh is the oldest motorsport venue in the world still using its original course. Since 12th August 1905 Shelsley Walsh has been attracting world famous drivers through the ages such as Campbell, Segrave, Caracciola, Bira, Collins, Stuck, carved their sporting careers hurtling up the 1,000 yard, 1 in 6 gradient track.
SHELSLEY WALSH HILL CLIMB
Worcestershire
LOTON PARK
Shropshire
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HAGLEY & DISTRICT LCC
Loton Park Speed Hill Climb course is set in the beautiful surroundings of a deer park owned by Sir Michael Leighton, and is situated 9 miles west of Shrewsbury on the B4393 road in the village of Alberbury. The course is 1475 yards (1349 metres) long with an average gradient of 1 in 25 (4%) and the steepest of 1 in 7 (14%) and is rated as one of the country’s most demanding hills by competitors.
The Lothian Car Club
Doune Hillclimb, Carse of Cambus, near Doune in the district of Stirling, Scotland, is the home of the only round of the British Hill Climb Championship currently to be held in Scotland. The course is 1,476 yards in length and meetings have been staged by the Lothian Car Club since 1968.
DOUNE
Perthshire
BOULEY BAY HILL CLIMB
Jersey
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THE JERSEY MC & LCC
Bouley Bay Hill Climb is a hillclimbing event held in Trinity, Jersey, and organised by The Jersey Motor Cycle and Light Car Club. The course on Les Charrières du Boulay was "first used for competition in 1921" and since 1947 has hosted a round (latterly two rounds) of the British Hill Climb Championship. Bouley Bay and Val des Terres hill climb in Guernsey are normally held in July and provide a two-stop tour for UK drivers contesting the series.
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