After finishing at the bottom of the table the previous year, Bradford and Leicester were no longer running due to financial difficulties and Plymouth had also withdrawn.
New Cross Rangers would have made it 14 teams after returning but closed down in August, never to re-open.
[4][5] Speedway returned to Hackney Wick Stadium after an absence of 25 years under the promotion of Mike Parker and Reg Fearman.
This would lead to the Provincial League running outside of the jurisdiction of the Speedway Control Board for the 1964 season.
[13] Cradley Heath Edinburgh Exeter Hackney Long Eaton Middlesbrough Newcastle New Cross (withdrew mid-season) Poole Rayleigh St Austell Sheffield Stoke Wolverhampton