Former Brooklands Motor Race Circuit

United Kingdom / England / Walton and Weybridge /
 place with historical importance, abandoned / shut down, motorcar racing track
Brooklands Motor Race Circuit. Many speed records were made here. The circuit, built in 1907, celebrated its centenary in 2007. Only a short section of the famous banked track is still visible. Now home of Brooklands Museum dedicated to aircraft and motor history and of Mercedes Benz World, a public test track and museum for Mercedes cars. This was formerly the home of Vickers Aircraft (later BAC and BAe) where they built the Wellington, Viscount and VC-10 amongst others.

A new top end spa hotel, the Brooklands Hotel, opened in 2010.

You can go on a tour of the second Concorde plane made here but no champagne and caviar!
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklands
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Coordinates:   51°20'59"N   -0°28'10"E

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  • Now home of Brooklands Museum dedicated to aircraft and motor history and of Mereceds Benz World, a museum of Mercedes cars. This was formerly the home of Vickers Aircraft whre they built the Wellington, Viscount and VC-10 amongst others.
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Disappearance Of Mr Davenheim, was filmed here.
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