21 circuits in South East, compared on the things that actually differ: what a session costs per minute, how long the track is, and how young drivers can be.
Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead
Absolutely Karting Maidenhead is an indoor centre at The Arena on Stafferton Way, close to Maidenhead town centre. Its circuit is built over two levels: adults can drive the lower section alone or the full double-level layout, while younger drivers use the top track.
Burgess Hill, West Sussex
AR Kartz is an indoor electric karting centre on the Panattoni Park business estate at Goddards Green, on the western edge of Burgess Hill. The track is 350 metres long with 15 corners.
Price not published
Sittingbourne, Kent
BattleKart Sittingbourne is an indoor venue at Hooks Hole Farm on Chestnut Street, Borden, on the western edge of Sittingbourne. It combines electric karting with video-game style play: tracks and targets are projected onto the floor of a darkened hall.
Sittingbourne, Kent
An 1,100-metre floodlit asphalt circuit on a twelve-acre site behind the Eurolink Industrial Estate at Sittingbourne. It was designed and built by Gerry Lilley on what had been wasteland, opened in 1997, and is now run by his daughter — a genuinely family-run circuit rather than a chain venue.
Price not published
Albourne, West Sussex
Brighton Karting is an 800-metre outdoor tarmac circuit on London Road at Albourne, near Hassocks in Mid Sussex, about ten miles north of Brighton. The track is 7 metres wide and floodlit.
Chatham, Kent
Buckmore Park at Chatham is one of the best known circuits in British karting, and the one where Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and David Coulthard all raced as juniors. It runs two outdoor layouts: an International circuit where an experienced driver laps in around 50 seconds, and a shorter National circuit nearer 35.
Price not published
Rooksley, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes
Daytona Milton Keynes is on Dansteed Way at Rooksley, close to junction 14 of the M1 and about ten minutes by taxi from Milton Keynes Central. It is one of three Daytona circuits, alongside Sandown Park and Tamworth.
Price not published
Esher, Surrey
Daytona Sandown Park sits inside the Sandown Park racecourse complex at Esher, just off the A3 and about ten minutes from junction 10 of the M25. It is one of three Daytona circuits, alongside Milton Keynes and Tamworth, and the closest serious outdoor circuit to south-west London.
Price not published
Barton Stacey, Hampshire
Forest Edge Kart Club runs an outdoor owner-driver kart circuit at Barton Stacey, near the A303 between Andover and Winchester in Hampshire. The track sits on military land and is set up by club volunteers for each race weekend.
Club racing — see fees
Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes
Formula Fast is an indoor kart centre on the Bond Estate off Bond Avenue in Milton Keynes, with a wide circuit of more than 500 metres. It hosts the British Rental Kart Championship.
Price not published
Lydd, Kent
Lydd Kart Circuit sits on Dengemarsh Road out on Romney Marsh in Kent, and runs two separate circuits with an unusually wide age spread between them.
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Rogue Racing is the indoor kart track inside Rogue Leisure at The Point on Gatehouse Way, Aylesbury. The 350-metre circuit is laid out over two levels, and the building also has bowling, an escape room, an arcade and a bar.
Banbury, Oxfordshire
Shenington Kart Racing Club runs an outdoor owner-driver circuit on the former RAF Edgehill airfield near Banbury, on the Oxfordshire–Warwickshire border. Karting has taken place here since 1960, and the site hosted rounds of the early World Karting Championships.
Club racing — see fees
Lancing, West Sussex
Despite the Brighton name, this TeamSport venue is on a business park on Chartwell Road in Lancing, west of the city. It is an indoor circuit of roughly 450 metres spread over more than one level, with 12 corners, a banked flyover and an enclosed tunnel section.
Price not published
Crawley, West Sussex
TeamSport Crawley is an indoor electric karting venue on Gatwick Road, close to Gatwick Airport and junction 10 of the M23. Its 750-metre track is built across three floors and has 15 corners, including a banked turn and long straights.
Price not published
Farnborough, Hampshire
TeamSport Farnborough is an indoor electric kart track on Invincible Road in Farnborough, north-east Hampshire, a short drive from junction 4 of the M3. The circuit is 500 metres long, multi-level and has 12 corners.
Price not published
Gosport, Hampshire
TeamSport Gosport is on Fareham Road in Gosport. The indoor track is around 450 metres over more than one level, with 10 corners and a bridge where the circuit crosses over itself.
Price not published
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
TeamSport High Wycombe is inside the Eden Shopping Centre, on level 3 above Primark, so the track is inside a working shopping mall. The 500 m indoor circuit has thirteen corners over more than one level, including a large ramp.
Price not published
Reading, Reading
TeamSport Reading is an indoor electric karting venue on Cradock Road in south Reading. It has two circuits: a 450 m multi-level main track with ten corners and a 250 m starter track, also on more than one level, intended for families and novices.
Price not published
Eastleigh, Hampshire
TeamSport Southampton is at Barton Park on Chicken Hall Lane in Eastleigh, between the M3 and M27 north of Southampton. The indoor electric circuit is 500 metres long over more than one level, with nine corners mixing hairpins and faster bends.
Price not published
Andover, Hampshire
Thruxton Kart Centre sits beside Thruxton motor-racing circuit near Andover in Hampshire. It is an outdoor venue with two main tracks: the 900m National Circuit, which is seven metres wide and includes a flyover, and a shorter Club Circuit that can be run in several configurations.
Cost per minute is calculated the same way everywhere: session price divided by minutes on track. Where a track sells sessions in bundles we show its best rate, since booking more up front is usually cheaper. Compulsory extras are listed on each track's own page.
The youngest age accepted anywhere in South East is 4 , at Absolutely Karting Maidenhead. Height matters as much as age — most circuits also set a minimum of 130cm or 140cm, and a child who meets the age but not the height will be turned away at the gate. Each listing shows both.