Brooklands - the world’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit, constructed at Weybridge, Surrey in 1907 - was more than a great sporting arena. Brooklands was the birthplace of British motorsport and aviation, home of Concorde and the site of many engineering and technological achievements throughout eight decades of the 20th century.
Find out more After years of covering national and global sporting events, it is unsurprising that the Guardian News and Media (GNM) Archive holds a number of sporting records. Descriptions of all our records are available through our online catalogue.
Find out more See photographs of Irish Sport including motorbike racing, car racing and golf in Northern Ireland in the early 1900s.
Find out more The National Archives manages a searchable national database of archives relating to sport.
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