MARS Badminton Horse Trials
Badminton Horse Trials from Portishead
Badminton Horse Trials from Portishead. The car comes to your door in Portishead. Its population is put at about 25,000. The nearest station by road is Avonmouth, about 9 minutes away. On the map the run is 27.8 miles and about 38 minutes in clear traffic, by way of the A369, M5 and M4. Compared with a Mayfair start, it is 80 minutes less in the car. In 2027 it runs 5–9 May. The official results database runs from 1949.
How the day runs
In Portishead, the car pulls up at your address. You travel in a luxury people-carrier for families and groups. Leaving Portishead, the car picks up the A369 and keeps to the main roads. Drop-off at Badminton House follows the organisers' published arrangements for the day. Through the afternoon the car is parked close by, not sent away. The return to Portishead takes about 39 minutes, plus whatever the car parks need to empty.
- Portishead to Badminton House38 min, 27.8 miles, in clear traffic
- Badminton House to Portishead39 min, 27.8 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
The official results database runs from 1949.
Source: badminton-horse.co.ukA one-way system runs on the Saturday. Cars must use the designated drop-off point in Badminton Village, approaching from the south or west, not the north or through the Park; otherwise they cannot leave until after 14:00. Every car needs a parking pass.
Source: badminton-horse.co.ukOpenStreetMap records a population of about 25,000.
Source: openstreetmap.orgThe closest National Rail station to Portishead by road is Avonmouth (AVN), about 9 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgThe venue is about 100 miles west of London and 15 miles from Bristol and Bath, signed from M4 junctions 15, 17 and 18.
Source: badminton-horse.co.ukBadminton House is the family home of the 12th Duke of Beaufort.
Source: badminton-horse.co.uk
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Questions
How far is Badminton Horse Trials from Portishead?
About 38 minutes and 27.8 miles in clear traffic, via the A369, M5 and M4; allow longer on the day.
Can guests fly in for the day?
Bristol Airport is about 50 minutes from Badminton House by road; an airport collection can be added.
Where does the car come from?
Ravensley is based in Oxford, about an hour and 36 minutes from Portishead; the car is positioned before your collection time.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
is added after the quote unless you ask for more on the day. Airport fees, parking and tolls are in it.
- 24 hrs
before collection, cancel or move the journey at no cost.
- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.