4 tracks in Greater Manchester run arrive and drive events. Turn up, sign a form, drive.
Manchester
Chaos Karts in Manchester is not a conventional kart circuit and does not compare to one. There is no fixed layout, no lap record and no tarmac. Electric karts run inside a projection-mapped hall, with tracks and themed worlds beamed onto the floor and walls, and augmented reality weapons and power-ups you use against the other drivers.
Price not published
Manchester
TeamSport Manchester Trafford Park is an indoor karting track on Wharfside Way in the Trafford Park industrial area, west of Manchester city centre. The 450 m circuit runs over more than one level, with twelve corners and a flyover section.
Price not published
Manchester
TeamSport Manchester Victoria is an indoor electric kart track underneath the Manchester Arena car park, beside Victoria station in the city centre. The 550-metre multi-level layout has 15 corners and includes a flyover section.
Price not published
Wigan, Greater Manchester
Three Sisters is a multi-use outdoor motorsport circuit on Three Sisters Road at Ashton-in-Makerfield, near Wigan. Alongside karting it hosts car and motorcycle track days, drift events and driver training.
The thing that catches groups out. Below the minimum you either pay for absent drivers or book an open session instead.
Rowrah, Cumbria
Cumbria Kart Racing Club runs the Rowrah Kart Track, a 1,030-metre outdoor circuit in West Cumbria between Frizington and Lamplugh, with a shorter layout available for novices.
Blackpool, Lancashire
Formulakart is an outdoor hire-kart circuit on Queen's Promenade at North Shore, Blackpool, about a mile north of the Tower. The 750-metre concrete track sits in a bowl-shaped arena, averages 9 metres across and is edged with tyre barriers.
Liverpool, Merseyside
Gravity MAX Liverpool is a large indoor entertainment venue at Chavasse Park in the Liverpool ONE shopping district, and its electric kart track runs over two levels of the building. The track opened in 2023 and, according to its builder, is about 210 metres long with up to 12 karts per session.
Price not published
Colne, Lancashire
Prestige Go Karting is an indoor kart track at Holker Mill on Holker Street, off Burnley Road in Colne, east Lancashire. The same site has a laser battle arena.
We calculate it the same way for every track: price divided by minutes on track. It is the only way to compare a 20-minute session against a 30-minute one.
At the same price per minute, a 750m circuit gives you nearly twice the driving of a 400m one. We show the distance you would cover.
Balaclavas, gloves and licence fees are often mandatory and rarely in the headline price. Every listing shows them.
Some tracks genuinely take walk-ins. Most reserve track time, and turning up without a booking means waiting or leaving.