Devon race track voted Best in Britain

It has been a great start to 2025 for Wiscombe Park, the speed hillclimb venue near Honiton. At the recent British Hillclimb Championship Awards Dinner, the venue, and Dorset-based Woolbridge Motor Club, were presented with the prestigious Norrie Galbraith Shield.

This is awarded to the venue and motor club judged by the BHC organisers to have hosted the best British Championship Round.

There were 30 Rounds during the 2024 season held at 10 venues. Wiscombe Ltd MD, Peter Isaac, and Woolbridge MC Chairwoman, Sarah Forsyth, accepted the Award, which was presented by Norrie Galbraith’s daughter, Hazel.

Peter and Sarah, in their acceptance speech, announced to the attendees that “Winning this very highly coveted trophy was only made possible by the outstanding efforts of all the volunteer officials, marshals, the operations team and everyone who contributed to make the event such a tremendous success.”

Wiscombe Park faced strong competition to win the award, including from the famous Shelsley Walsh venue – the oldest motorsport course in the world still to run events on the original track. Wiscombe also won the Shield in 2022.

The award honours the memory of Norman “Norrie” Galbraith, a triple Scottish Hillclimb Champion. Norrie sadly lost his life in an accident at Doune Hillclimb in 1982 whilst making a promotional film for Scottish Television.

The Wiscombe venue is maintained and operated by a management company, and all those involved are volunteers. The six race weekends each year are organised by various South-West motor clubs.

The venue held its first event in 1958, and the British Championships from 1962. Hillclimbs have been held continuously ever since with the support of the Chichester family, who purchased the Wiscombe Estate in the early 1950s.

The 2025 season gets underway at Wiscombe Park on April 26th and 27 with the Woolbridge MC Spring Meeting. For details, please visit www.wiscombepark.co.uk