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This is a list of Automobile racing and Motorcycle racing venues in the United Kingdom

Road Courses[edit]

England[edit]

Name Map Type Direction Location Opened (closing date if now defunct) Length Major Events
Aintree Motor Racing Circuit Permanent Clockwise Aintree, Merseyside 1954 2.47 kilometres (1.53 mi) (Club Circuit) FIA Formula One World Championship British Grand Prix (1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962)
Battersea Park Street Circuit Temporary Anticlockwise Battersea, Greater London 2015 (2016) 2.925 kilometres (1.818 mi) FIA Formula E Championship London ePrix (2015-2016)
Bedford Autodrome Permanent Thurleigh, Bedfordshire
Brands Hatch Permanent Clockwise Fawkham, Kent 1950 3.908 kilometres (2.428 mi) (GP Circuit) FIA Formula One World Championship British Grand Prix (1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986)

FIA Formula One World Championship Grand Prix of Europe (1983, 1985)

FIA World Touring Car Championship Race of UK (2006-2010)

Cadwell Park Permanent Clockwise Louth, Lincolnshire 1934 3.477 kilometres (2.161 mi) (Full Circuit)
Castle Combe Circuit Permanent Clockwise Castle Combe, Wiltshire 1950 2.977 kilometres (1.850 mi)
Croft Circuit Permanent Clockwise Dalton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire 1948 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi)
Donington Park Permanent Clockwise Castle Donington, Leicestershire 1931; 1977 (reopened) 4.020 kilometres (2.498 mi) (Grand Prix Circuit) FIA Formula One World Championship European Grand Prix (1993)

FIA World Touring Car Championship Race of UK (2011)

FIM Road Racing World Championship British Grand Prix (1987-2009)

Goodwood Circuit Permanent Clockwise Chichester, West Sussex 1948 3.809 kilometres (2.367 mi)
Lydden Hill Race Circuit Permanent Clockwise Wootton, Kent 1955 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Great Britain (2014-2016)
Mallory Park Permanent Clockwise Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire 1955 2.173 kilometres (1.350 mi)
Oulton Park Circuit Permanent Clockwise Little Budworth, Cheshire 1953 4.332 kilometres (2.692 mi) (International Circuit)
Rockingham Motor Speedway Permanent Anticlockwise Corby, Northamptonshire 2001 3.122 kilometres (1.940 mi) (International Super Sports Car Circuit)
Silverstone Circuit Permanent Clockwise Silverstone, Northamptonshire 1948 5.901 kilometres (3.667 mi) (Arena Grand Prix Circuit) FIA Formula One World Championship British Grand Prix (1950-1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987-2016) (add F2 note)

FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Silverstone (2012-2016)

FIA World Touring Car Championship Race of UK (1987, 2005)

FIM Road Racing World Championship British Grand Prix (1977-1986, 2010-2016)

Snetterton Circuit Permanent Clockwise Snetterton, Norfolk 1951 4.779 kilometres (2.970 mi) (Snetterton 300 Circuit)
Thruxton Circuit Permanent Clockwise Thruxton, Hampshire 1950 3.792 kilometres (2.356 mi)

Northern Ireland[edit]

Scotland[edit]

Name Map Type Direction Location Opened (closing date if now defunct) Length Major Events
Knockhill Racing Circuit Permanent Clockwise Dunfermline, Fife 1974 2.092 kilometres (1.300 mi) (International Circuit)

Wales[edit]

Name Map Type Direction Location Opened (closing date if now defunct) Length Major Events
Aintree Motor Racing Circuit Permanent Clockwise Ty Croes, Anglesey 1997 3.38 kilometres (2.10 mi) (International GP Circuit)