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Forum member TBracing is having a go at writing a few articles for our articles section of the site here’s a link to his debut entitled Jaunt Into Southwell which looks at some stats/angles on the a/w course.
I thought he was going to mention the pubs and the shops. Which are, imo great. Wish I could go there again. Don’t think many people realise how posh Southwell is!
Depends how you pronounce it David, although with the Scottish accent I’m not sure either way would work for you….
Nice work tb
I always give the USA bred horse at Southwell a close inspectionBlackbeard to conquer the World
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Whether it is character and history that you are looking for – or music festivals and pretty shops that inspire you – Southwell may have what it takes to reach the top of your list when it comes to the perfect place to live.
The pretty town is famous for its Minster and being the ‘birthplace’ of the Bramley apple, but it is much more than that.
With good schools, it has long attracted families, but house-buyers and visitors come to the area for all sorts of reasons. A pretty town centre, the racecourse, its clear sense of history and array of housing are just a few of the attributes of this Minster town.
Average house price 310K
TankSouthwell may well be dominated by the majestic architecture of the Minster church with its pepper-pot spires and stunning setting, but this is not the area’s only attraction.
On the outskirts of the town is The National Trust’s Victorian Workhouse and, a big draw to the area, Southwell Racecourse.
Walk around the town and you can’t fail to be impressed by the rich architectural history of the area. Buildings surrounding the Minster including the 15th century Saracens Head Inn, which is reputed to be where King Charles I spent his last hours of freedom before surrendering to the Scottish Army.
With such a rich history, it is no wonder that in 1968 Southwell was designated a Conservation Area.
Yes Southwell, the town, is a very nice place sadly we did not get to the racecourse we did spend some time in the workhouse though (those were the hard times).
The current Mrs C says she had her best Italian meal, outside of Italy, in a restaurant in Southwell. Immaterial now as the place has closed down now.
Southwell (Suv-all patriot1) is indeed a beautiful town – with a massive sandpit being the only blot on the landsacape, redeemed only by the NH track remaining inside the sandy track.
Southwell in undoubtedly marmite. But I like its uniqueness as a track as not really anything else like it in racing. I’m not long enough in the tooth to remember it as a jumping track on the AW, what ended up a failed experiment as added some variety to our AW scene. It is a good variable to have given the similarity of the other courses. Do many remember its jumping days?
Southwell aw has never been a jumping track as far as I am aware. They do use it for the bumper NH races occasionally but surely it has never ever been a jumping track?
Apologies if I am wrong but I don’t think I am.
@Captain Robbo
NH racing takes place at Southwell: next meeting was scheduled for the 20/05/2020.
Yes I am aware that Southwell has a turf NH course and has regular jumps meetings.
I am not aware of any jumps racing taking place on the aw track at Southwell though which is what my post was about. I stated Southwell aw track as never having been used as a jumps track to my knowledge. Would surely be too dangerous and would cause many injuries to both horses and jockeys if they actually had jumps there in the past.
Maybe I misunderstood TBracings post but it seemed to suggest that in the old days they actually used the aw track as a jumps track which would surprise me greatly if that ever happened.
As far as I was aware they initially used the fibresand track for a bumper only card a number of years ago due to the bad weather and most of the NH meetings being cancelled as it gave the NH trainers a chance to get a run into their horses. I believe they still do that occasionally to this day.
Apologies, I must have misread your post.
Don’t know if Southwell have ever run “bumper races” on their AW course either.
I was not around when it was a jump course, but I am pretty much sure the fibresand came about as an experiment for AW jumping, but it got shelved as proved too fatal.
No problem matron.
The first NH bumper card on the fibresand was held in 2010 (I didn’t realise it was so long ago, just googled it). It has happened every season since as it was a success.
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