Rockingham: Ex-racetrack used to store thousands of vehicles

Aerial pictures show how thousands of used vehicles are being stored at a former motorsport venue.

Rockingham Motor Speedway Circuit, near Corby in Northamptonshire, is used to store vehicles, many of which are former hire and ex-lease vehicles.

Racing at the track ended in 2018 and the venue has been turned into a logistics hub for the car industry.

The 250-acre site, owned by Rockingham Automotive Limited, has storage capacity for 50,000 vehicles.

Meanwhile, figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showed the UK's used car market contracted by 14.9% in 2020.

It said Covid-19 lockdown measures and "turbulent consumer and business confidence" had dented vehicle sales.

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Sales of second-hand vehicles fell to 6,752,959 - down 1,182,146 on 2019.