The Cheltenham Festival
The Cheltenham Festival from Bath
A chauffeured day at the Cheltenham Festival, starting from Bath. For households in and around Bath, the pick-up is at home. Its population is put at about 89,000. By rail, the closest stop is Bath Spa, 7 minutes' drive. On the map the run is 56.5 miles and about an hour and 13 minutes in clear traffic, by way of the A46, M4 and M5. Compared with a Mayfair start, it is 59 minutes less in the car. The 2027 dates are 16–19 March. Cheltenham Racecourse lies in Gloucestershire.
How the day runs
The car comes to your address in Bath. Choose an executive saloon for two or three of you. Leaving Bath, the car picks up the A46 and keeps to the main roads. At Cheltenham Racecourse the car uses the drop-off point the organisers set for your ticket. Through the afternoon the car is parked close by, not sent away. The return to Bath takes about an hour and 12 minutes, plus whatever the car parks need to empty.
- Bath to Cheltenham Racecourse1 hr 13 min, 56.5 miles, in clear traffic
- Cheltenham Racecourse to Bath1 hr 12 min, 56.2 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Cheltenham Racecourse lies in Gloucestershire.
Source: wikidata.orgDrivers follow festival signage to a dedicated Pick up & Drop off car park and are asked not to use local roads or driveways. Hackney carriages use a signed point on the racecourse main drive; private hire follows pick-up/drop-off signs.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.ukNo formal dress code, though many racegoers choose to dress up for the Festival.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.ukOpenStreetMap records a population of about 88,859.
Source: openstreetmap.orgThe closest National Rail station to Bath by road is Bath Spa (BTH), about 7 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgThe Best Mate Enclosure sits opposite the main grandstand beside the finish line.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.ukThe racecourse runs what it calls the UK's busiest temporary airfield, handling around 400 helicopter flights in Festival week.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.ukThe Orchard, an area for Club Enclosure ticket holders, is billed as a first in British racing.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.uk
Price this journey
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Questions
How long is the drive from Bath to the Cheltenham Festival?
About an hour and 13 minutes and 56.5 miles in clear traffic, via the A46, M4 and M5; allow longer on the day.
Where does the car come from?
Ravensley is based in Oxford, about an hour and 35 minutes from Bath; the car is positioned before your collection time.
When is the Cheltenham Festival in 2027?
16–19 March 2027.
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.