Bath Racecourse
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Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
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The racecourse is a left-handed oval track of 1 mile 4 furlongs and 25 yards, with a run-in of nearly half-a-mile.
At 780 feet (238 m) above sea level Bath is Britain’s highest flat racecourse, although National Hunt
National Hunt racing
National Hunt racing is the official name given to the sport of horse racing in the United Kingdom, France and Ireland in which the horses are required to jump over obstacles called hurdles or fences...
courses Hexham and Exeter are higher.
During World War II
World War II
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it was used as a landing field by the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
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and named RAF North Stoke.