Formula 1 British Grand Prix
The British Grand Prix from Cape Hill
A chauffeured day at the British Grand Prix, leaving from Cape Hill. Allow 1 hour 13 minutes via the M6, M1 and A43, before event traffic. The British Grand Prix returns 1–4 July 2027. Motorbike parking is free with no need to pre-book. Silverstone Circuit dates to 1947. Smethwick Rolfe Street station dates from 1852. Some 19,000 people call Cape Hill home. The Waterloo Hotel in Cape Hill is Grade II* listed.
How the day runs
Your chauffeur collects from home in Cape Hill. Set-down at Silverstone Circuit is where the organisers direct private cars. While you are at the British Grand Prix, the car is parked up close by. Cape Hill is 66.6 miles away for the trip home. Oxford, where Ravensley starts each job, is 1 hour 27 minutes from Cape Hill.
- Cape Hill to Silverstone Circuit1 hr 13 min, 66.9 miles, in clear traffic
- Silverstone Circuit to Cape Hill1 hr 13 min, 66.6 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Motorbike parking is free with no need to pre-book.
Source: silverstone.co.ukSilverstone Circuit dates to 1947.
Source: wikidata.orgSmethwick Rolfe Street station opened in 1852.
Source: wikidata.orgOpenStreetMap records a population of about 19,000 for Cape Hill.
Source: openstreetmap.orgThe Waterloo Hotel, in central Cape Hill, carries a Grade II* listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukThe event spans four days, with an Opening Concert and evening music entertainment.
Source: silverstone.co.ukSilverstone hosted the first Formula 1 World Championship race, the British Grand Prix, on 13 May 1950.
Source: silverstone.co.ukAbout 120,000 spectators, including King George VI, attended that 1950 race at the former air base.
Source: silverstone.co.uk
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Cape Hill for the British Grand Prix?
1 hour 13 minutes and 66.9 miles in clear traffic via the M6, M1 and A43; allow more on the day.
Where does the car come from?
Oxford, 83.1 miles from Cape Hill; it is in place before your collection time.
When is the British Grand Prix in 2027?
1–4 July 2027.
Also worth a look
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- Chauffeur in Cape Hill
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- The British Grand Prix from Egham
- The British Grand Prix from Moreton-in-Marsh
- The British Grand Prix from Welwyn Garden City
- The British Grand Prix from Oldbury
- The British Grand Prix from Smethwick
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Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
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- 24 hrs
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- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.