High Beech Speedway

High Beech
Club information
Track address	High Beach Loughton Epping Forest District Essex
Country	England
Founded	1928
Closed	1931
League	Southern League

High Beech Speedway, also known as Kings Oak Speedway (because of its location by the Kings Oaks Hotel), is a defunct British motorcycle speedway team that operated between 1928 and 1931 and was based at High Beach, Loughton, Epping Forest District, Essex, England.[1]

History

High Beech competed in the 1930 Speedway Southern League, finishing 11th.[1][2] The club returned the following season and finished sixth in the 1931 Speedway Southern League.[3][4]

It was inevitable that without a stadium as such, the club would not be able to compete with the bigger teams, and they duly folded after the 1930 season.[1] The venue is famous within the speedway world due to the fact that it held the first known speedway meeting (an oval cinder circuit) in Britain on 19 February 1928.[5][6]

Notable riders

• Billy Dallison
• Jack Sharp

Season summary

Year and league	Position	Notes
1930 Speedway Southern League	11th
1931 Speedway Southern League	6th

References

1. "High Beech Speedway". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
2. "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
3. "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
4. "On the speedway". Daily Mirror. 24 May 1930. Retrieved 15 August 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "King's Oak speedway". Retro Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
6. "England's First Sight of Australia's Big Sport". Daily Mirror. 20 February 1928. Retrieved 12 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.