Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is the world's richest handicap and the world's richest 3200 metre horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River. The area was first used for horse racing in March 1840. The Flemington Racecourse site comprises 1.27 square kilometres of Crown land. The course was originally leased to the Victoria Turf Club in 1848, which merged with the Victoria Jockey Club in 1864 to form the Victoria Racing Club.
Itchen Valley Country Park over the remains of a Roman villa. The park was established when over of the site were acquired by Eastleigh Borough Council in 1979. The visitor centre was built in 1990. In 2010 work started on a Go Ape adventure course in the park, which opened in Spring 2011. The park contains a water meadow nature reserve, of ancient woodland (a third of which is classified as "semi-rural"), of grazing land and a recreation field. Itchen Valley Country Park Itchen Valley Country Park is a country park in West End, Hampshire, England. As the name suggests, the River Itchen runs