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This page compares electric and petrol hire karting using the track data behind this site. Track details were last checked on 3 November 2026. Where a track page does not say what powers its karts, the track is left out of the power counts below rather than guessed.
How the tracks split
We hold 127 UK tracks. For 66 of them the kart power is stated; for the other 61 it is not, so they are not counted either way.
| Kart power | Tracks | Share of tracks where power is stated |
|---|---|---|
| Electric | 32 | 48% |
| Petrol | 27 | 41% |
| LPG | 4 | 6% |
| Mixed | 3 | 5% |
LPG karts run on liquefied petroleum gas through a combustion engine, so 31 tracks in total run petrol or LPG against 32 electric. "Mixed" means the track data lists more than one kind of power.
Some tracks listed as petrol still use electric karts for younger drivers. In the data, 4 petrol or LPG tracks mention an electric motor for the junior or cadet kart in their engine details. So a "petrol" label on its own does not mean every kart on the track is petrol.
Indoor and outdoor
Of the 107 tracks where we know whether the venue is indoor or outdoor, 66 are indoor (62%), 40 outdoor and 1 both.
| Venue | Tracks with power stated | Electric | Petrol | LPG | Mixed | Electric share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor | 49 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 57% |
| Outdoor | 13 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8% |
Electric karting is concentrated indoors: 28 of the 32 electric tracks are indoor and 1 outdoor, with 3 not stated. Browse the indoor tracks or the outdoor tracks for the full lists.
Which operators run electric karts
2 operators with more than one site in our data run electric karts at one or more of them:
| Operator | Electric sites |
|---|---|
| TeamSport | 22 |
| Xtreme Karting | 1 |
The other 9 electric tracks are run by single-site operators or independent venues. Operators with more than one site do not always use the same kart type at each, so check the individual track page.
Electric tracks by region
- London: 6
- South East: 7
- East Midlands: 3
- West Midlands: 3
- North West: 5
- North East: 2
- Yorkshire: 2
- Scotland: 4
All electric tracks
- BattleKart Gateshead, Gateshead
- Chaos Karts Manchester, Manchester
- Go Kart Station, Queensbury
- Gridline Racing, Lincoln
- Inverness Kart Raceway, Inverness
- K1 Speed Canary Wharf, Canary Wharf
- PMG Karting World, Walsall
- Revolution Karting, Mile End
- SOAR Electric Karting, Gillingham
- TeamSport Acton, Acton
- TeamSport Brent Cross, Brent Cross
- TeamSport Brighton, Lancing
- TeamSport Crawley, Crawley
- TeamSport Docklands, Charlton
- TeamSport Dundee, Dundee
- TeamSport Farnborough, Farnborough
- TeamSport Go Karting Birmingham, Oldbury
- TeamSport Go Karting Glasgow Clydebank, Clydebank
- TeamSport Go Karting Stoke, Burslem
- TeamSport Gosport, Gosport
- TeamSport Hull, Hull
- TeamSport Leicester, Leicester
- TeamSport Liverpool, Liverpool
- TeamSport Manchester Victoria, Manchester
- TeamSport Mitcham, Mitcham
- TeamSport Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne
- TeamSport Nottingham, Nottingham
- TeamSport Preston, Bamber Bridge
- TeamSport Reading, Reading
- TeamSport Southampton, Eastleigh
- TeamSport Warrington, Warrington
- Xtreme Karting Edinburgh, Edinburgh
Petrol, LPG and mixed tracks
Petrol tracks:
- Buckmore Park Kart Circuit, Chatham
- Daytona Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes
- Daytona Sandown Park, Esher
- Grand Prix Karting (Birmingham Wheels), Birmingham
- GT Karting Leeds, Leeds
- Kart Kingdom, Llandow
- M4 Karting, Hullavington
- Parkwood Karting, Sheffield
- Right Track Karting (Oasisplay), Stockwell
- Stretton Circuit, Leicester
- TeamKarting Rochdale, Rochdale
- TeamSport Basildon, Basildon
- TeamSport Bradford, Bradford
- TeamSport Bristol, Avonmouth
- TeamSport Cardiff, Cardiff
- TeamSport Dunstable, Dunstable
- TeamSport Edmonton, Edmonton
- TeamSport Go Karting Coventry, Coventry
- TeamSport Go Karting Glasgow Cambuslang, Cambuslang
- TeamSport Harlow, Harlow
- TeamSport Leeds, Leeds
- TeamSport Manchester Trafford Park, Trafford Park
- TeamSport Sheffield, Sheffield
- TeamSport Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees
- Three Sisters Circuit, Ashton-in-Makerfield
- Wight Karting, Ryde
- Xtreme Karting Falkirk, Larbert
LPG and mixed tracks:
- Absolutely Karting Bristol, Speedwell (LPG)
- Absolutely Karting Maidenhead, Maidenhead (LPG)
- Karting North East, Sunderland (LPG)
- Knockhill Karting Centre, Dunfermline (LPG)
- Anglia Indoor Karting, Ipswich (mixed)
- Aviemore Kart Raceway, Aviemore (mixed)
- St Eval Kart Circuit, St Eval (mixed)
Choosing between them
- Minimum ages, heights and weights are set by each track and by kart type. Whether the kart is electric or petrol does not decide them. Read the age and height limits guide and then the track page.
- Prices vary far more by track and session length than by power. See what go-karting costs.
- If a track page does not say what powers its karts, ask the venue before you book.