Lydden Hill Race Circuit

Lydden Hill Race Circuit is a one mile, mixed surface, motor racing venue situated halfway between Canterbury and Dover in Kent offering an array of Motorsport action on two, three and four wheels.
The circuit held its first event as a grass track motorcycle venue in August of 1947 and in 1962 Bill Chesson managed to purchase the land from Farmer Skinner and began laying the tarmac track, unfortunately, Bill ran out of money and had to lay the track shorter than planned, this loop in the track can still be seen and is used today.

In '67 Lydden held the first ever Rallycross event on the 4th of February, conceived by ITV, it featured a mixture of tarmac and loose surface racing for cars. This is when Lydden earned its title of ‘Home of Rallycross’.

In more recent history, rallycross is still going strong at Lydden but the circuit is moving into other forms of motorsport with success in motorcycle, circuit racing and car shows!