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Brooklands was a 2.767-mile (4.453 km) motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge in Surrey, England, United Kingdom.It opened in 1907 and was the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing circuit [n 1] as well as one of Britain's first airfields, which also became Britain's largest aircraft manufacturing centre by 1918, producing military aircraft such as the Wellington ...
Brooklands Museum is a motoring and aviation museum occupying part of the former Brooklands Motor Course in Weybridge, Surrey, England.. Formally opened in 1991, the museum is operated by the independent Brooklands Museum Trust Ltd, a private limited company (No.02109945) and a registered UK charity (No.296661); its aim is to conserve, protect and interpret the heritage of the Brooklands site.
History of Brooklands, a motor racing circuit and aerodrome, includes automobiles, racing cars, motorcycles, bicycles, aircraft; includes entry to the London Bus Museum: Chertsey Museum: Chertsey: Runnymede: Local: Local history, archaeology, story of Chertsey Abbey, fine and decorative art, costumes and textiles, social history [3] Chobham ...
A map of Brooklands after the construction of the Campbell circuit, also showing the original Outer Circuit including the Finishing Straight. Auto races in the United Kingdom The Junior Car Club 200 Mile race was a voiturette and later Grand Prix motor race, first held in 1921.
Construction of Brooklands motor racing circuit began in 1906 after the land owner, Hugh Fortescue Locke-King, visited the Targa Florio and Brescia, Italy and wanted to create a place in England where motor racing could occur away from normal public roads. The track was constructed in less than a year opening in 1907.
The front of Mercedes-Benz World. Mercedes-Benz World is a facility open to the public at the historic Brooklands motor racing circuit in Weybridge, Surrey, UK.It is owned and operated by the Mercedes-Benz Group [1] and opened in October 2006; 18 years ago ().
To bring back racing to the former race track of Brooklands in Surrey, James May decides to rebuild the track in Scalextric, while training up a team of volunteer racers to compete against a team of experienced Scalextric racers. For his expert engineer and designer, the challenges of building the track include dealing with busy roads, a lake ...
The Clubhouse at Brooklands today belongs to the Brooklands Museum. Hugh Fortescue Locke King (7 October 1848 – 28 January 1926) [1] (sometimes incorrectly written as Locke-King [2]), was a British entrepreneur who founded and financed the creation of the Brooklands motor racing circuit.