page_title: Hook Estate and Kennels
section_title: Construction
hierarchical_section_title: Hook Estate and Kennels / Construction
caption_attribution_description: English: The Greyhound Racing Association's Hook Kennels in Northaw.
context_page_description: The Hook Estate and Kennels was a greyhound racing kennels facility located just off Coopers Lane Road in Northaw, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.
  It was the leading United Kingdom greyhound racing kennels for over fifty years and became a famed facility within the industry as the base for the London stadiums of White City Stadium, Stamford Bridge, Harringay Stadium and much later Clapton Stadium and West Ham Stadium.
context_section_description: The kennels were located on what was formerly Hook Farm, south of Hook Wood. The mansion 'Hook House' or 'The Hook' served as a base for some of the senior staff including the kennel manager and veterinary surgeon and the Hook Cottages and newly built Hook villas were divided among the trainers and their families attached to the GRA's racetracks. The kennels opened with 150 employees and there was a separate kennel block for each of the original three tracks.
caption: The Greyhound Racing Association's Hook Kennels in Northaw.
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