Go Karting in Yorkshire

Go Karting in Yorkshire

Yorkshire offers excellent indoor karting with TeamSport venues across the region. TeamSport Leeds has a 580m multi-level track, while TeamSport Sheffield features an impressive 950m two-level track with ramps - one of the UK's longest indoor circuits.

TeamSport also runs venues in Bradford and Hull. The region has 14 karting venues in total, including outdoor tracks at Tockwith near York, Wombwell near Barnsley, Parkwood in Sheffield and Hull Adventure.

Karting Across Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire's karting scene is mostly built around indoor tracks, which is no bad thing in a part of the country where a wet afternoon can arrive without warning. Ten of the 14 venues here are indoor, so most sessions run year-round regardless of the weather – a genuine advantage when you're committing a birthday party, stag do or corporate day months in advance. The tracks are spread across Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield and Castleford in the west, Sheffield, Barnsley and Mexborough in the south, York in the north and Hull on the Humber. Between them they cover everything from a compact, characterful circuit to one of the largest indoor tracks in the entire country, so wherever you're based there's a serious race within reach.

Notable Venues in Yorkshire

The standout for sheer scale is TeamSport Sheffield, a 950m multi-level circuit in a Tinsley warehouse near Meadowhall. It's one of the biggest indoor tracks in the UK, spread across several levels linked by climbing ramps and steep dive-down flyovers, and built around two layouts – a Grand Prix and a Le Mans configuration – that can be run separately or joined into one long lap. It uses Biz 200cc petrol karts quoted at up to 40mph and holds space for grids of up to 20 karts.

TeamSport Leeds is a 580m multi-level track. Set on South Accommodation Road just south of the city centre, it climbs onto a flyover and plunges through an echoing tunnel, and runs Sodi 200cc petrol karts at around 40mph. TeamSport Bradford, at Beckside Business Park, is the region's best-value and best-rated venue, carrying a 4.7 Google average; it's a 580m multi-level circuit whose flyover and rollercoaster-style elevation changes have earned it a reputation as a proper driver's track. Over on the Humber, TeamSport Hull is a 400m multi-level circuit on Freightliner Road, the only one of the four TeamSport venues in Yorkshire to run electric karts, with a top speed of up to 45mph.

Best Venues for Families, Beginners and Serious Racers

All four TeamSport tracks welcome drivers from age 8 (cadet karts need a minimum height of 1.2m), with adult karts from age 13 (minimum height 1.5m), so mixed-generation family groups can all get on track together. No licence, kit or experience is needed – you get a marshal briefing, helmet and race suit on arrival.

For first-timers and families, Bradford and Hull are the gentlest introductions: both are rated beginner-intermediate and Bradford in particular keeps prices at the value end. Beginners in Leeds are equally well served, since its 580m circuit is also pitched at the beginner-to-intermediate level. Serious racers should head to Sheffield, rated intermediate and physically demanding thanks to its endless ramps and flyovers – its scale and endurance-friendly layout suit bigger grids and proper race formats where positioning through the level changes really counts.

Getting There and Planning Your Visit

All four TeamSport venues offer free on-site parking and is within easy reach of a city centre, so travelling by car or public transport both work well. All four have a licensed bar and a food counter (burgers, pizzas, hot dogs and waffles are standard across the chain) plus spectator areas and free Wi-Fi, so non-racers are looked after and you can make a longer outing of it. Weekends, school holidays and group slots fill up quickly, and booking online in advance usually unlocks a discount, so reserve ahead and confirm current session times and prices before you travel.

• TeamSport Leeds – South Accommodation Road, Leeds LS10 1NQ (entrance on that road only, not Sayner Lane); around 10 minutes by taxi from Leeds Station
• TeamSport Sheffield – Tinsley Industrial Estate, Shepcote Way, Sheffield S9 1TH; close to Meadowhall and the M1
• TeamSport Bradford – Beckside Business Park, Beckside Road, Bradford BD7 2JT; fed by the M62 and A650
• TeamSport Hull – Freightliner Road, Hull HU3 4UL; roughly ten minutes from Hull Paragon Interchange, and partially wheelchair accessible (pit lane, spectator area and bar)