Track day circuits in the UK and Europe

Every circuit we cover, on one map. Each guide explains the lap corner by corner and lists every track day we can find there.

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United Kingdom 22

Anglesey Circuit (Trac Môn)

Ty Croes, Anglesey, United Kingdom · 2.10 miles

Clifftop circuit on Anglesey's west coast with sea views, big elevation changes and the downhill Corkscrew, run on the Coastal or full International layout.

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Bedford Autodrome

Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom · 2.80 miles

Flat, wide-open MSV test track on the old Thurleigh airfield, built for track days rather than racing, with huge grass run-off and a strict 87.5dB drive-by noise limit.

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Bishopscourt

Downpatrick, County Down, United Kingdom · 1.83 miles

A fast, wide former RAF airfield near Downpatrick that is mainly a bike racing venue, home of the Sunflower Trophy, with very quick downhill opening corners.

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Blyton Park

Blyton, near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom · 1.60 miles

Small, friendly Lincolnshire airfield circuit with daft corner names, a grippy surface and plenty of run-off, ideal for a first track day or learning car control.

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Brands Hatch

West Kingsdown, Kent, United Kingdom · 1.21 miles

Kent's famous natural amphitheatre, where track days run on the 1.2-mile Indy loop with the plunging Paddock Hill Bend, the Druids hairpin and a busy lap.

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Cadwell Park

Louth, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom · 2.18 miles

Narrow, hilly Lincolnshire Wolds circuit known as the mini Nürburgring, with the Gooseneck, the Mountain jump and a tree-lined back section that punishes mistakes.

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Castle Combe

Castle Combe, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom · 1.85 miles

A fast, flat old RAF airfield track in Wiltshire, where the long Quarry right-hander and the late-apex Camp corner decide your lap time on a single 1.85-mile layout.

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Croft Circuit

Dalton-on-Tees, near Darlington, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom · 2.13 miles

North Yorkshire's 2.1-mile ex-RAF bomber base, a bumpy, fast, flowing BTCC venue where the downhill braking into Tower and the long Sunny double-apex make the lap.

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Donington Park

Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom · 1.96 miles

The East Midlands parkland circuit with the plunging Craner Curves, run by MSV on the 1.96-mile National loop or the full Grand Prix layout for cars and bikes.

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Goodwood Motor Circuit

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom · 2.37 miles

The Revival's unchanged 1950s airfield track near Chichester, a fast 2.4-mile car-only lap of big sweepers like Fordwater and Lavant, with a brick-tight chicane at the end.

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Kirkistown

Kircubbin, County Down, United Kingdom · 1.51 miles

A flat, fast former RAF airfield on the Ards Peninsula, run by the 500 MRCI since 1953, with a near-flat Debtor's Dip, a long straight and Maguire's Hairpin.

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Knockhill

near Dunfermline, Fife, United Kingdom · 1.27 miles

Scotland's national circuit, a short, hilly 1.3-mile Fife lap with blind crests, a chicane over the brow and a bumpy uphill hairpin, run in both directions.

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Llandow

Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom · 0.90 miles

A short, family-run 1.45km airfield circuit near Cowbridge, opened by Graham Hill in 1963, with a quick chicane, fast right-handers and cheap, relaxed car track days.

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Lydden Hill

Wootton, near Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom · 1.00 miles

The one-mile home of rallycross between Canterbury and Dover, a short, hilly Kent bowl with a steep climb up Hairy Hill and the off-camber drop into Paddock Bend.

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Mallory Park

Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire, United Kingdom · 1.35 miles

Leicestershire's lakeside club circuit, a short lap built around Gerard's, the huge near-200-degree right, plus a tight hairpin and the fast Devil's Elbow left.

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Oulton Park

Little Budworth, Cheshire, United Kingdom · 2.68 miles

Rolling Cheshire parkland circuit with blind crests, steep drops and real cambers, run on the full 4.3km International loop for most car and bike track days.

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Pembrey Circuit

Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom · 1.46 miles

Flat, technical 2.3km former RAF airfield circuit on the Carmarthenshire coast, with two big hairpins, a fast Woodlands kink and the bumpy Honda Curve.

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Silverstone

Silverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom · 1.64 miles

The home of the British Grand Prix, with most open pit lane days on the short 2.6km National loop and pricier days on the full 5.9km Grand Prix circuit.

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Snetterton

Snetterton, Norfolk, United Kingdom · 2.97 miles

Flat Norfolk airfield circuit whose 4.8km 300 layout mixes two tight hairpins, a long Bentley Straight and the cambered Bomb Hole and Coram curves.

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Teesside Autodrome

South Bank, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom · 1.30 miles

A tight, bumpy and flat 2.1km circuit on old steelworks land in Middlesbrough, best known for drifting, karting and cheap evening track days in the North East.

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Three Sisters

Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, United Kingdom · 0.93 miles

A tight, twisty sub-one-mile circuit on reclaimed colliery land near Wigan, mostly karts, with car and bike track days on the full and perimeter layouts.

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Thruxton

Thruxton, near Andover, Hampshire, United Kingdom · 2.36 miles

The fastest circuit in the UK, a 3.8km Hampshire airfield lap of long, bumpy high-speed curves with a tight Complex and the Club chicane at either end.

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Mondello Park

Caragh, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland · 2.25 miles

Ireland's only FIA-graded circuit, 30 miles from Dublin in County Kildare, where open pit lane days run on the 3.6km International loop with its hairpins and esses.

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Belgium 3

Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet

Mettet, Namur, Belgium · 1.44 miles

A short, tight anti-clockwise circuit in Wallonia, about 260km from Calais, with a 609-metre straight, a tricky triple left and the blind Hubin corkscrew.

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Circuit Zolder

Heusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium · 2.49 miles

The former Belgian Grand Prix venue in Limburg, about 300km from Calais, with the fast Bianchi bend, tight chicanes and a stop-start second half through the woods.

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Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Stavelot, Liège province, Belgium · 4.35 miles

Seven kilometres of fast, hilly Ardennes circuit with Eau Rouge, Pouhon and Blanchimont, around three and a half hours from Calais and a favourite European trip for UK track day drivers.

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Circuit Zandvoort

Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands · 2.65 miles

Old-school seaside circuit in the Dutch dunes, rebuilt for Formula 1 in 2020 with two steeply banked corners, blind crests and very little room for error.

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TT Circuit Assen

Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands · 2.82 miles

The Cathedral of Speed in the north of the Netherlands, home of the Dutch TT since 1926, with banked sweepers, the Veenslang straight and the Geert Timmer chicane.

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Bilster Berg

Bad Driburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · 2.66 miles

A 4.2 km rollercoaster built on an old ammunition depot in the Teutoburg Forest, with around 200 metres of elevation change, blind crests and the plunging Mausefalle.

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Hockenheimring

Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany · 2.84 miles

The former German Grand Prix venue near Mannheim, with a long Parabolika blast, a heavy stop for the Turn 6 hairpin and a tight lap of the grandstand-lined Motodrom.

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Motorsport Arena Oschersleben

Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany · 2.30 miles

A flat, tight and technical former DTM and WSBK venue near Magdeburg, with 14 corners packed into 3.7 km, good grip, no blind bends and a hotel on site.

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Nürburgring GP-Strecke

Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany · 3.20 miles

The modern 5.1 km Grand Prix circuit next to the Nordschleife, with wide run-off, a downhill first hairpin and the fast Schumacher S, used for track days and 15-minute public stints.

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Nürburgring Nordschleife

Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany · 12.94 miles

Twenty kilometres of Eifel forest road with more than 300 metres of elevation change, open to the public on Touristenfahrten evenings and weekends as well as organised track days.

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Red Bull Ring

Spielberg, Styria, Austria · 2.69 miles

Austria's Formula One and MotoGP circuit in the Styrian mountains, a short, hilly ten-corner lap with big uphill stops, fast lefts and 65 metres of elevation change.

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Salzburgring

Plainfeld, near Salzburg, Austria · 2.64 miles

A fast, old-school alpine circuit in a narrow valley east of Salzburg, with long straights, the sweeping Fahrerlagerkurve and the Nockstein hairpin, and mountains on every side.

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France 7

Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans

Le Mans, Sarthe, France · 2.60 miles

The permanent 4.185 km circuit that shares its pit straight and Dunlop chicane with the 24 Hours course, home of the French MotoGP and a stop-start test of brakes.

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Circuit Paul Armagnac (Nogaro)

Nogaro, Gers, France · 2.26 miles

France's first purpose-built circuit, a flat 3.636 km lap in Armagnac country with two long straights, tight technical ends and a well-earned reputation for grip.

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Circuit Paul Ricard

Le Castellet, Var, France · 3.63 miles

The former French Grand Prix venue above Bandol, a flat, sunny 5.8 km lap with the long Mistral straight, the very fast Signes and its blue and red run-off stripes.

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Circuit de Charade

Saint-Genès-Champanelle, near Clermont-Ferrand, France · 2.47 miles

A hilly 3.975 km circuit in the Auvergne volcanoes, built from part of the old French Grand Prix road course, with big elevation changes, little run-off and plenty of walls.

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Circuit de Dijon-Prenois

Prenois, Côte-d'Or, France · 2.36 miles

A short, fast and hilly old Formula One circuit in the Burgundy hills, with blind crests, the uphill Parabolique hairpin and the long, quick Pouas curve onto the pit straight.

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Circuit de Lédenon

Lédenon, Gard (near Nîmes), France · 1.96 miles

A narrow, anticlockwise 3.15 km rollercoaster in the hills near Nîmes, famous for the Triple Gauche and some of the steepest climbs and drops of any French circuit.

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Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

Magny-Cours, Nièvre, France · 2.74 miles

The smooth, flat former French Grand Prix circuit in the middle of France, with corners named after famous tracks and an easy day's drive from Calais down the motorway.

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Italy 4

Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari (Imola)

Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy · 3.05 miles

An old-school, anticlockwise 4.909 km lap through the parkland beside the town of Imola, with Tosa, Piratella, Acque Minerali and Rivazza, plus some of the strictest noise rules in Italy.

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Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello

Scarperia e San Piero, Florence, Tuscany, Italy · 3.26 miles

Ferrari-owned 5.245 km sweep through the Tuscan hills north of Florence, with a 1.1 km main straight, the Arrabbiata rights and a lap biased heavily towards fast corners.

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Autodromo Nazionale Monza

Monza, Lombardy (north of Milan), Italy · 3.60 miles

The Temple of Speed in the royal park north of Milan, a 5.793 km lap of long straights, three chicanes, the Lesmos and the Parabolica.

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Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli

Misano Adriatico, Rimini, Italy · 2.63 miles

A flat, clockwise 4.226 km circuit a few minutes from the Adriatic beaches near Rimini, home of the San Marino MotoGP and plenty of bike and car track days.

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Circuit Ricardo Tormo

Cheste, Valencia, Spain · 2.49 miles

Compact, anticlockwise 4 km MotoGP stadium circuit near Valencia, with nine left-handers, a long front straight and mild winters that make it a favourite UK winter-sun trip for bikes.

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Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

Montmeló, Barcelona, Spain · 2.89 miles

Formula One and MotoGP circuit 20 minutes north of Barcelona, with a kilometre-long main straight, the fast Campsa right-hander and cheap circuit-run track days for cars and bikes.

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Circuito Monteblanco

La Palma del Condado, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain · 2.75 miles

Flat, wide and grippy 4.4 km test track between Seville and Huelva, with a 960 m straight and 18 open corners that make it an easy first Spanish winter trip.

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Circuito de Almería

Tabernas, Almería, Andalusia, Spain · 2.61 miles

Privately run 4.2 km circuit in the Tabernas desert, with a near one-kilometre straight, sweeping old-school corners and some of the driest winter weather in Europe.

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Circuito de Andalucía

Tabernas, Almería, Andalusia, Spain · 3.11 miles

Tito Rabat's 5 km, 17-corner track beside the Almería circuit in the Tabernas desert, built with UK organiser Focused Events and a winter favourite with British riders.

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Circuito de Cartagena

Cartagena, Murcia, Spain · 2.17 miles

Compact, floodlit 3.5 km bike favourite in the hills outside Cartagena, with 18 corners, a 610 m straight and mild winters that bring BSB teams and UK track day groups.

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Circuito de Jerez - Ángel Nieto

Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain · 2.75 miles

Flowing 4.4 km MotoGP circuit in sunny Andalusia, home of the Spanish Grand Prix and the most popular winter and spring track day trip for UK bike riders.

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Circuito de Navarra

Los Arcos, Navarre, Spain · 2.68 miles

MSV-owned circuit in northern Spain, extended to 4.3 km in 2024 with a fast first sector, a banked hairpin and monthly track days, near the Bilbao ferry.

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MotorLand Aragón

Alcañiz, Teruel, Aragón, Spain · 3.16 miles

Hermann Tilke's anticlockwise MotoGP circuit in the hills outside Alcañiz, with a 50-metre height range, the Sacacorchos plunge and a 968 m downhill back straight.

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Algarve International Circuit (Portimão)

Portimão, Algarve, Portugal · 2.89 miles

The Algarve's rollercoaster grand prix track, with blind crests, a 12% drop and a 969 m straight, an hour from Faro and the top winter-sun circuit for UK riders.

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Circuito do Estoril

Alcabideche, Cascais, near Lisbon, Portugal · 2.60 miles

Former Portuguese Grand Prix track above Cascais, with a 986 m straight, two hairpins and the Parabólica Ayrton Senna, now open to car track days but not bike days.

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Automotodrom Brno (Masaryk Circuit)

Ostrovačice, near Brno, Czech Republic · 3.36 miles

A wide, fast 5.4 km MotoGP circuit in the Moravian hills, with a 74-metre height difference, long sweeping corners and the climb up Horsepower Hill to finish the lap.

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Hungaroring

Mogyoród, near Budapest, Hungary · 2.72 miles

Tight, twisty 4.4 km F1 circuit in a valley just outside Budapest, with a busy middle sector, long 180-degree corners and cheap flights from almost every UK airport.

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Slovakia 1

Automotodróm Slovakia Ring

Orechová Potôň, Dunajská Streda district, Slovakia · 3.68 miles

Long, fast 5.9 km circuit on the flat plains south-east of Bratislava, with a 900-metre start straight, man-made crests and a tight infield that eats front tyres.

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