Fakenham
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Norfolk’s only National Hunt racecourse.
Course Characteristics:
Fakenham is an almost square circuit about 1 mile round. The course is left handed (anti-clockwise). There are slight dips along two of the sides, otherwise the course is flat.
Due to the very tight configuration long striding gallopers do not like the course. Front runners tend to do well.
The jumps are easy and the only aspect of the course that is in any way challenging is the slightly uphill run-in.
Admission:
There are three enclosures at Fakenham – course (£8), grandstand (£13) and Members (£18). Prices at the Easter meeting are £10, £15 & £20 respectively. Unusually course admission gives access to the parade ring.
Annual membership: £105 single, £160 double. £45 for 18-24 year olds.
Location:
Unless you happen to live in Norfolk it is invariably a long journey to get to Fakenham. Coming from the south the AA recommended route says leave the A1 at St Neots, join the A14 at Cambridge, then the A11 and finally the the A1065. However the A1065 it is a 43 mile single carriageway road with no real alternatives, which if it’s clear is all well and good, however on this day there were roadworks at Swaffham which resulted in spending an hour in near stationary traffic. Coming back I took the A149 / A17 joining the A1 at Peterborough and found it much quicker.
Ease of public transport access: Very poor (Kings Lynn and Norwich stations are both 25 miles away thereafter it is a taxi ride)
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Suitability for the first time racegoer: excellent
Race Meetings 2010
March 19th
April 5th
May 4th & 23rd
October 22nd
November 16th
December 12th
Last Reviewed: January 2009
Web Site: www.fakenhamracecourse.co.uk
Telephone: 01328 862388
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