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            The former Lincoln Racecourse Grandstand built in 1897 by W Wright and designed by W Mortimer and Son. The Grandstand is these days owned by the City of Lincoln Council and hired out as function rooms and a venue. Carholme Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

West Common was the original location of the Lincoln Handicap. The course closed in 1965 and the race relocated to Doncaster Racecourse. From 1727 at the earliest, Lincoln had held a Royal Plate race, run in 4 mile heats by 6 year olds carrying 12 stone.

The racecourse was established by the Lincoln Corporation on West Common in 1773. The grandstand of 1897 is a Grade II listed building, now used as a community centre. The A57 road passed between the course and the grandstand. During race meetings, this was closed off and traffic diverted, enabling BBC cameras to follow the leaders of the race at close distance all the way from start to the winning post.

During WWI much of the Common was designated No.4 Aircraft Acceptance Park and was used to test aircraft assembled in the city’s many industrial plants. The airfield had turf runways and a number of outbuildings, many of which survive as earthworks such as the former area of hangars to the south of the current football pitches, and building platforms on the opposite side of Saxilby Road to the racecourse grandstand, which were used to accommodate test pilots. Crenellated earthworks just south of the Grandstand identify the location of a former training trench from WWI. These are earthworks formed from a pattern of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces cut from the ground.

West Common today eleven percent of Lincoln's neutral grassland and marsh resource, and supports a population of skylark. A number of sports facilities are supported on the West Common, including football, tennis, cricket, bowls and a golf course. The tennis courts have recently been refurbished by the Lincoln County Council, with new surfacing, fencing, posts and nets. The grass courts are available until September and the hard courts are available all year round.

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Taken on: January 25, 2013

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Camera: Nikon D90, f/7.1, 1/800 sec, 92mm (=138mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D90
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	92mm (35mm equivalent: 138mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	+0.145 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	ViewNX 2.9 W
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