seriously, there was an attempt to create a road course in the early 50's, it was based on the A515 between buxton & ashbourne.. it would easily have been a rival to the ring as the roads up there are awesome.. there was an article in motorsport magazine a few months back, there was going to be a proposed act of parliament to allow racing on public roads, which had huge political backing, then the '55 leMans disaster happened, and public opinion went against racing on public roads again, and thus, there will never be a british nurburgring.
in other news, the local regoinal council in germany where the ring is has been caught making huge illegal loans to the area round the track by the european parliament...
like i already said, these tracks rarely pay