A greyhound track situated north of Chester-le-Street was constructed and named after Pelaw Grange a nearby country house and farm directly to the east.

The entire area was a hot bed of greyhound racing with links to the mining communities that lived in the county of Durham.

[3] [4] In 2005 Jeff McKenna and his wife Theresa changed over to race under rules after sixty years as an independent track.

The track today runs every Friday, Saturday and Sunday lunchtime with the current Racing Manager being David Gray.

The track celebrated fifty years under the McKenna’s in August 2015 by hosting a Sky Sports television fixture for the first time featuring a meeting sponsored by Pin Point Recruitment.