Before the racecourse was built, Bromford Bridge was farmland and belonged to a area called ( The Five Fields) which stretched from St. Margaret's Road across to the present Bromford Bridge estate and up to the Fox and Goose Pub.

On the Bromford Bridge estate the street names tell the story, Reynoldstown Road, Haydock Close, Redcar Croft, Newmarket Way.

They are almost the only reminders of what the 1965 Tote Racing Annual Described as " one of the best racecourses in England"

BROMFORD BRIDGE

Almost but not quite, In the midst of the present housing estate beside the M6, children play on the old parade ring,

with its crazy paving a legacy of the war years.

How Long

The Glory of the Birmingham Racecourse lasted 100 years. 1865-1965

The Last Race

The last winner was The welsh Man ridden by Grenville Starkey