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Lydden Hill Sprint
Camping/RVs
Course
Paddock
Viewing
Overall site layout
For course layouts please see ‘Walking the course’ section
Date of our last visit: May 2023
Location: Kent
Event type: Sprint
Address: Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Wootton, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6ET
Telephone: 01304 830 557
Website: www.lyddenhill.co.uk
Circuit approach: Main A2 dual carriageway, but you can only turn into the circuit when travelling towards London. If coming from London direction, you cannot turn right so you must go past the entrance, through the next set of traffic lights. Use the filter lane to turn right at the second set of lights and follow the U turn lane to come back up the northbound carriageway.
Circuit entrance: Few 100 yards of single lane then a wide tarmac entrance
Catering facilities: Permanent café with seating behind the grandstand (not open when we have been there) and a permanent food truck with outside, covered, seating in the middle of the paddock.
Toilet facilities: Permanent block with showers
Getting around – level/types of surfaces: The site is on a hillside with a mix of tarmac, gravel lanes, and grass areas.
As a competitor
Organising club: Borough 19 Motor Club
Club website: www.borough19motorclub.org.uk
Support vehicle/trailer location: Can normally stay with the vehicle or there is plenty of adjacent grass areas
Paddock surface: Steep tarmac road, with level gravel areas cut into the hillside.
Paddock power: On the lowest level only there are periodic posts with power points (small charge to access them)
Paddock water: Yes, taps on the lowest level.
PA announcements: No
Return running type: Return road
Numbered paddock bays: No
Scrutineering: You can expect to have to take the car to a specified area of the paddock or to a temporary sheltered/gazebo to be looked at.
Timing supplier: www.tsl-timing.com
Competitor notes: Note the bottom section of the paddock is level tarmac but this is normally reserved for single seaters.
Camping
Camping permitted before an event: Yes
Camping location: On site, FOC
Camping ground conditions: In paddock, but also has a seperate camping field which is a grass hillside
Camping power: No
Camping water: Yes, drinking water tap
Camping approach and entrance: Same as circuit and paddock or up a gravel track to the adjacent field.
Camping notes: Note there are no facilities in the camping field , so you will need to use the ones in the main paddock
As a spectator
Spectator notes: Very good with raised tiered seating area but also can walk around the perimiter of the track
Accessibility
Spectator accessibility notes: Site is on a steep hill, but there is an accessible grandstand, and multiple viewing angles where you can view the complete track, however the track perimeter path is rough ground and can have steep slopes.
Camping accessibility notes: Staying in an RV on the bottom level of the paddock will enable easy movement around the facilities and a view of the track. However the adjacent grass camping field is accessed via a steep gravel track and the field itself is on a steep grass hillside.
Our experience at this event
Walking the course
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