Halesowen track

Has anyone ever been there, and if so, what is it like? Is it free, steeply banked, fun haha?
Any pictures anywhere?

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=halesowen+velodrome

Manor Abbey Stadium, Manor Way, Halesowen
B62 8RW
Contact: Club 0121 550 1360 or , 0121 503 0704 (R. Robotham). 0121 449 3913 (J. Robotham)
Tarmacadam
400 metres

It's £5 for a training session, the season starts in April and the sessions are at 6:30 on Thursdays.

As you can see in the pics, it's not steep or tight, nowhere near as appealing as Manchester track. Obviously less scary at first, too, although it will hurt more to fall at Halesowen I'm sure you'll agree.

Yeah i used to race there and will be doing the summer race season starting May. It's a lot better to ride than it looks in those pictures and is really fun, though like Messenjah says, Manchester dicks on it. If your a student it's only about £30 to join the club i think, then you can go to all the sessions free. Def worth it. Check their website for details on training etc. Also, they sometimes organise trips to Manchester (and Newport i think) and book the track out for a day which are well good to get on.

I wish the training sesh's were on Saturdays. I'd be as fast as Hoy by now

Interesting line choice... still, first one over the line! Sucks to be team russia, loosing his balls and the race to team iran.

I think you can ride on saturdays as long as there is more than one person there (legality...)

i just went down there when no one was about and had a go, its well worth a visit.

Look out for Track Punks 2 in the summer... with BBQ