Velodromes No Longer in Use
| Velodrome | Location | Length | Banking | Surface | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | |||||
| Western Holdings | Welkom, South Africa | 485m | 25° | Concrete | Once the most popular track in the country. Facilities destroyed in a hurricane in 1991 and never rebuilt again. |
| President Steyn Mine Track | Welkom, South Africa | 485m | 25° | Concrete | Still existing, but no longer in use. |
| Harmony Gold Mine Track | Virginia, South Africa | 485m | 25° | Concrete | Still existing, but no longer in use. |
| Argentina | |||||
| Buenos Aires Municipal | Buenos Aires | 333m | |||
| Gen. Belgrano Park Velodrome | Salta | 333m | |||
| Luna Park | Buenos Aires | ||||
| Canada | |||||
| China Creek Velodrome | Vancouver | 245m | 42˚ | Wood | Outdoor track. Built for the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Rebuilt 1973. Demolished 1980. |
| Olympic Stadium | Montreal | 285m | 48˚ | Wood | Indoor track. Built for the 1976 Summer Olympics
Converted into the Montreal Biodome in 1989. |
| Vélodrome Louis Garneau | Quebec City | Demolished in November 2007 | |||
| Czech Republic | |||||
| Pardubice | Pardubice | 500m | Concrete | Outdoor track. Built 1931, Schurmann design. Renovated 1974. | |
| France | |||||
| Parc des Princes | Paris | 666m egg shape / 454m oval |
Built 1897. Tour de France finish from its beginning in 1903. Track reduced in size in 1924 for Olympic Games. Track demolished 1967. | ||
| Vélodrome Buffalo | Neuilly-sur-Seine | ||||
| Vélodrome d'hiver | Paris | 333m | Built in 1902, in the Salles des Machines which had previously housed the industrial display of the Exposition Universelle (1900). Used to hold thousands of Jews who were victims of a mass arrest during the Nazi occupation in 1942. The velodrome was partly destroyed by fire and the building subsequently demolished in 1959. | ||
| Vélodrome de la Seine | Levallois-Perret | Owned by Adolphe Clément from circa 1893-1900 | |||
| Italy | |||||
| Velodromo Vigorelli | Milan | 397.27m | 42.5° / 6.5° | Swedish Pine | Outdoor track. Built in 1935. |
| United Kingdom | |||||
| England | |||||
| Bootle Stadium | Bootle, Merseyside | ||||
| Butts Stadium | Coventry, West Midlands | 402m | Asphalt | Built in 1879, fell out of use in the 1990s | |
| Catford Track | Catford | 536m | Concrete | ||
| Fallowfield Stadium | Fallowfield, Manchester | 509 yards | 30˚ | Shale, later concrete | Opened May 1892. Was renamed the Reg Harris Stadium in 1955. |
| Gypsies Green | South Shields, Tyne and Wear | 401m | Asphalt | Semi-derelict | |
| Harlow Track | Harlow, Essex | 197m | 45˚ | Opened 11 September 1976, closed 3 November 1993 | |
| Harvey Hadden Stadium | Bilborough Park, Nottingham | 460m | Tarmac | Closed 2003 | |
| Kirkby Sports Centre | Kirkby, Merseyside | 485m | Asphalt | Built 1964. Last used 29 August 2007, demolished. | |
| North London Cycling Track | Wood Green, London | 459m | |||
| Paddington, London | |||||
| Putney Velodrome | Putney, London | 358m | Concrete | Opened 1 August 1891 | |
| Saffron Lane sports centre | Leicester, Leicestershire | 333m | 37˚ | Wood | Built in 1978, fell into disrepair due to lack of funds |
| Salford Stadium | Birmingham | 402m | Tarmac | Opened 11 July 1951 | |
| Southampton Velodrome | Southampton | ||||
| Memorial Athletic Grounds | West Ham, London | ||||
| Kensal Rise, London | |||||
| Scotland | |||||
| Grangemouth Sports Stadium | Grangemouth, Falkirk | Circa 1966–1996. | |||
| Celtic Park | Glasgow | Circa 1892–early 20th century. Celtic Park hosted the 1897 World Cycling Championships. | |||
| Wales | |||||
| Taff Vale Park | Treforest, Rhondda Cynon Taff | Built before 1908, banking still exists covered in grass, surrounding a playing field behind Broadway | |||
| Isle of Man | |||||
| Nivison Stadium | Onchan, Isle of Man | 400m | Asphalt | Outdoor track, built 1951 | |
| Northern Ireland | |||||
| Wallace Park | Lisburn | Opened in 1953. Fell into disrepair, partially demolished | |||
| United States | |||||
| Dorais Velodrome | Detroit, Michigan | 325m | 24˚/8˚ | Concrete | Outdoor track, completed 1969, hosted National Championships in 1969 |
| Ireland | |||||
| Goff Cycle Track | Waterford, Ireland | 400m | Cinder & Tarmac | Outdoor track, donated to the People's Park in Waterford City by Sir W. G. D. Goff. Still exists but is covered in grass. | |
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