Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, northeast of Leicester, and southeast of Nottingham. The town is on the River Eye and the River Wreake and has a population of 25,554. The town is best known for its culinary speciality, the Melton Mowbray pork pie, and it is one of the six homes of Stilton cheese. Melton Mowbray is promoted as the "Rural Capital of Food". The name comes from the early English word Medeltone – meaning "Middletown surrounded by small hamlets" (and therefore has the same origin as Milton and Middleton). Mowbray is a Norman
Melton Mowbray Greyhound Stadium 11 June 1946 and the racing was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body the National Greyhound Racing Club). Racing took place every Thursday and Saturday and the hare system used was an inside electric sledge hare. The stadium hosted speedway which was held during 1949 and 1950. The final meeting was held during July 1969, after it was shut down by owners Jack Bingham and Charles Sampey, following their retirement. The site is now an industrial park and in particular warehouses used by Asfordby Storage & Haulage Ltd. Melton Mowbray Greyhound Stadium Melton Mowbray Greyhound Stadium was a