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Loton Park Hill Climb

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2-588: Loton Park Hill Climb is a hillclimb held in part of the Loton Park deer park just outside the village of Alberbury in Shropshire , England . The track was originally constructed by the members of The Severn Valley Motor Club based in Shrewsbury, in the mid-1950s. The first ever winner was Peter Foulkes in a Cooper Climax . The track was threatened with closure in 1969 and since then events have been organised by

4-534: The Hagley & District Light Car Club , who obtained the lease on the land from owner Sir Michael Leighton in 1970, in which year the first National A hillclimb was staged. The course is 1475 yards (1349 metres) in length, making it the third longest course used in the British Hill Climb Championship . It contains an unusual downhill section fairly early in its layout. The hill record of 41.76 seconds

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