UK Sport

The UK has a long, glorious history of sport.

Football

Football is the most popular UK sport and the Premier Leauge is arguably the most popular football league in the World.

• FA Premier League
• The Football League | Coca-Cola Championship

Cricket

Cricket in the UK is dominated by the English Cricket Team, which is the most successful team within the UK. There is a well established cricket infrastructure, under the guidance of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

Horse Racing

There are 59 licenced racecourses in Great Britain, plus one that is planned to open in 2009 (Ffos Las), with a further two in Northern Ireland, (Down Royal and Downpatrick). A sixtieth course, Great Leighs, opened in 2008 but had its licence revoked on 16 January 2009. It may resume racing at a later date. Apart from Great Leighs and Ffos Las, all the courses date back to 1927 or earlier.

• Aintree Racecourse in Merseyside - (national hunt)
• Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire -(mixed)
• Ayr Racecourse in Ayrshire - (mixed)
• Bangor on Dee Racecourse in Wrexham - (national hunt)
• Bath Racecourse in Somerset - (flat)
• Beverley Racecourse in the East Riding of Yorkshire - (flat)
• Brighton Racecourse in East Sussex - (flat)
• Carlisle Racecourse in Cumbria - (mixed)
• Cartmel Racecourse in Cumbria - (national hunt)
• Catterick Bridge in North Yorkshire - (mixed)
• Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucestershire - (national hunt)
• Chepstow Racecourse in Monmouthshire - (mixed)
• Chester Racecourse in Cheshire - (flat)
• Doncaster Racecourse in South Yorkshire - (mixed)
• Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey - (flat)
• Exeter Racecourse in Devon - (national hunt)
• Fakenham Racecourse in Norfolk - (national hunt)
• Ffos Las Racecourse in Carmarthenshire - (mixed) (opens June 2009)
• Folkestone Racecourse in Kent - (mixed)
• Fontwell Park Racecourse in West Sussex - (national hunt)
• Goodwood Racecourse in West Sussex - (flat)
• Great Yarmouth Racecourse in Norfolk - (flat)
• Great Leighs Racecourse in Essex - (all weather/flat) (opened April 2008)
• Hamilton Park in South Lanarkshire - (flat)
• Haydock Park Racecourse in Merseyside - (mixed)
• Hereford Racecourse in Herefordshire - (national hunt)
• Hexham Racecourse in Northumberland - (national hunt)
• Huntingdon Racecourse in Cambridgeshire - (national hunt)
• Kelso Racecourse in the Scottish Borders - (national hunt)
• Kempton Park in Surrey - (mixed)
• Leicester Racecourse in Leicestershire - (mixed)
• Lingfield Park Racecourse in Surrey - (mixed)
• Ludlow Racecourse in Shropshire - (national hunt)
• Market Rasen Racecourse in Lincolnshire - (national hunt)
• Musselburgh Racecourse in East Lothian - (mixed)
• Newbury Racecourse in Berkshire - (mixed)
• Newcastle Racecourse in Tyne and Wear - (mixed)
• Newmarket Racecourses in Suffolk - (flat)
• Newton Abbot Racecourse in Devon - (national hunt)
• Nottingham Racecourse in Nottinghamshire - (flat)
• Perth Racecourse in Perth and Kinross - (national hunt)
• Plumpton Racecourse in East Sussex - (national hunt)
• Pontefract Racecourse in West Yorkshire - (flat)
• Redcar Racecourse in North Yorkshire - (flat)
• Ripon Racecourse in North Yorkshire - (flat)
• Salisbury Racecourse in Wiltshire - (flat)
• Sandown Park Racecourse in Surrey - (mixed)
• Sedgefield Racecourse in County Durham - (national hunt)
• Southwell Racecourse in Nottinghamshire - (mixed)
• Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse in Warwickshire - (national hunt)
• Taunton Racecourse in Somerset - (national hunt)
• Thirsk Racecourse in North Yorkshire - (flat)
• Towcester Racecourse in Northamptonshire - (national hunt)
• Uttoxeter Racecourse in Staffordshire - (national hunt)
• Warwick Racecourse in Warwickshire - (mixed)
• Wetherby Racecourse in West Yorkshire - (national hunt)
• Wincanton Racecourse in Somerset - (national hunt)
• Windsor Racecourse in Berkshire - (flat)
• Wolverhampton Racecourse in the West Midlands - (flat)
• Worcester Racecourse in Worcestershire - (national hunt)
• York Racecourse in Yorkshire - (flat)