The Gatwick course became the centre of the racing calendar for three wartime years between 1916 and 1918 when it hosted the ...

horses used to fly over the fences – and even the Grand National was held at Gatwick. Doug Cox from Horley Local History Society reveals how a ‘model racecourse’ was transformed into an ...

Gatwick racecourse may have had its heyday during World War One but its demise came about with World War Two. Mr Castle said: "The RAF requisitioned the whole area and it became an RAF station." ...