It is popularly known by Worcester residents as ' Pitchcroft ' and is just short of 100 acres . From 1893 the Worcester Rugby Club played on ground enclosed by the racecourse for a number of years . In 1902 Berwick Rangers and Worcester Rovers football clubs amalgamated taking the present name of Worcester City F.C. playing on an enclosed area of the racecourse called Severn Terrace ( behind the present Swan Theatre ) until the start of the 1905 season . The course is laid out as a left handed oval circuit of about 13 furlongs ( approximately 2,615 metres ) in length , with nine fences ( five down the back straight and four in the home straight ) and situated by the east bank of the River Severn and the north side of Worcester Bridge . During the 2007 floods , the racecourse was inundated and all the fixtures after June 30 had to be cancelled . As of July 2019 , 55 horses had been killed at the course since 2007
2007 floods
2007 United Kingdom floods
Worcester Racecourse