3 tracks in Dorset run team building events. The appeal is that karting is a genuine leveller: seniority stops mattering the moment the lights go out.
Sydling St. Nicholas, Dorset
An outdoor circuit in the Dorset countryside near Sydling St. Nicholas, running Sodi GX390 hire karts that the operator quotes at up to 50mph. Free parking, grass picnic areas and viewing all the way round make it an easy place to bring people who aren't driving.
Price not published
Christchurch, Dorset
South Coast Karting runs the outdoor Chapel Gate Circuit at Parley, on the edge of Christchurch near Bournemouth Airport. The track is 580 metres long with 14 corners.
Bournemouth, Dorset
TeamSport Bournemouth is an indoor electric kart track on Wallisdown Road, on the Bournemouth side of the boundary with Poole. The 450-metre circuit has 10 corners and runs over more than one level.
Price not published
Bristol
An indoor circuit in east Bristol running Sodi GT5 karts, with a double-level layout for drivers tall enough to use it. Being under cover, it runs the same in February as in July: the obvious pick locally if you don't want a session called off for weather.
Price not published
Dunkeswell, Devon
750 metres of smooth tarmac at Dunkeswell Aerodrome in east Devon, averaging eight metres wide: broad enough that overtaking is a real option rather than a hopeful lunge.
Gloucester
JDR Karting is an indoor karting and activity centre on the Madleaze Trading Estate off Bristol Road in Gloucester, a few minutes' walk from Gloucester Quays. The main circuit is a 300-metre tarmac track with three banked corners, where laps take around 25 seconds. Senior drivers use Sodi SR4 karts with Honda 200cc engines.
Sparkford, near Yeovil, Somerset
A 400-metre outdoor circuit beside Haynes International Motor Museum, laid on the museum's own test track. Petrol karts on tarmac, and a layout with proper braking zones and room to overtake.
Drivers share a kart and swap over across an hour or more. Far better for building a team than everyone racing individually, and often cheaper per head because it is priced per kart.
Most operators take card on the day. Fewer will invoice a company on thirty days, and it is worth asking before you commit.
Meeting or dining space on site turns half a day into a full one and saves moving everybody twice.
Height, weight or medical limits will rule someone out. Sites with a simulator or a second activity handle that gracefully.