Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit and Aerodrome
Other Business Names:
- Locke-King, Hugh F
- Brooklands Automobile Racing Club
- Brooklands Estate Co Ltd
- Byfleet Estates Ltd
- Brooklands (Weybridge) Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Weybridge, Surrey, Surrey, South East, England
Sectors:
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Recreation activities
Motor racing & rallying activities
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Professional services
Training & other education services
Notes:
Established 1907 by Hugh F Locke-King, 1848-1926, when he built on his landed estate, centred on Brooklands House, a motor racing circuit, over three miles long and in parts banked. It operated in conjunction with Brooklands Automobile Racing Club, formed in 1906. It was the world's first motor racing circuit, and as such a spectator attraction, as well as being a leading location for motor vehicle testing. An aerodrome was constructed in its centre in 1909, several flying schools opened and numerous aircraft manufacturing businesses set up factories there. Sometime owned by Brooklands Estate Co Ltd and in 1936, when still controlled by Locke-King family, consecutively by Byfleet Estates Ltd and Brooklands (Weybridge) Ltd. Racing circuit closed 1939
Publications:
- 'Brookland Story' in H G Knowles, Surrey and the Motor by Knowles, H Gordon
- Brooklands by Unknown
- Brooklands. Cradle of British Motor Racing and Aviation by Lancaster, Nicholas H
- Brooklands. The complete motor racing history by Boddy, William
- Brooklands. The official centenary history by Venables, David
- Fifty Years of Brooklands by Gardner, Charles (ed)
- Flying Start. Flying schools and clubs at Brooklands, 1910-1939 by Goodall, Michael H
- Locke-Kings of Brooklands, Weybridge by Pulford, J S L
- S F Edge. Maker of motoring history by Fisher, Simon
- Selwyn Francis Edge. The man and some of the things he has done by Smith, G H
- Souvenir of the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club by Unknown
- Story of Brooklands. The world's first motor course by Boddy, William
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Locke-King, Hugh F
- Brooklands Automobile Racing Club
- Brooklands Estate Co Ltd
- Byfleet Estates Ltd
- Brooklands (Weybridge) Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Weybridge, Surrey, Surrey, South East, England
Sectors:
- Recreation activities Motor racing & rallying activities
- Professional services Training & other education services
Notes:
Established 1907 by Hugh F Locke-King, 1848-1926, when he built on his landed estate, centred on Brooklands House, a motor racing circuit, over three miles long and in parts banked. It operated in conjunction with Brooklands Automobile Racing Club, formed in 1906. It was the world's first motor racing circuit, and as such a spectator attraction, as well as being a leading location for motor vehicle testing. An aerodrome was constructed in its centre in 1909, several flying schools opened and numerous aircraft manufacturing businesses set up factories there. Sometime owned by Brooklands Estate Co Ltd and in 1936, when still controlled by Locke-King family, consecutively by Byfleet Estates Ltd and Brooklands (Weybridge) Ltd. Racing circuit closed 1939Publications:
- 'Brookland Story' in H G Knowles, Surrey and the Motor by Knowles, H Gordon
- Brooklands by Unknown
- Brooklands. Cradle of British Motor Racing and Aviation by Lancaster, Nicholas H
- Brooklands. The complete motor racing history by Boddy, William
- Brooklands. The official centenary history by Venables, David
- Fifty Years of Brooklands by Gardner, Charles (ed)
- Flying Start. Flying schools and clubs at Brooklands, 1910-1939 by Goodall, Michael H
- Locke-Kings of Brooklands, Weybridge by Pulford, J S L
- S F Edge. Maker of motoring history by Fisher, Simon
- Selwyn Francis Edge. The man and some of the things he has done by Smith, G H
- Souvenir of the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club by Unknown
- Story of Brooklands. The world's first motor course by Boddy, William