| League | Conference League (also called Amateur League) |
|---|---|
| Champions | Peterborough Thundercats |
| Individual | Jon Armstrong |
| Division/s above | 1997 Elite League 1997 Premier League |
The 1997 Speedway Conference League (also called the Amateur League), was the third tier/division of British speedway. It reverted to being the third tier because during the previous season it was inadvertently the second tier competition while the British League ran as a single merged division.[1]