The Cheltenham Festival
The Cheltenham Festival from Grand Hotel
The Cheltenham Festival from Grand Hotel. Guests at Grand Hotel, Birmingham, are collected from the hotel entrance. It is a 177-room hotel. It stands on Church Street, B3 2FE. Grand Hotel is Grade II* listed. The nearest station by road is Birmingham Snow Hill, about 1 minute away. The drive is about an hour (54.5 miles), mostly on the A457, M5 and A4019. Compared with a Mayfair start, it is 69 minutes less in the car. The Cheltenham Festival returns 16–19 March 2027. Public enclosures are Club, Tattersalls and Best Mate; Club ticket holders can also use Tattersalls areas.
How the day runs
At Grand Hotel the concierge will know the car is outside. Choose an executive saloon for two or three of you. From there it is the A457, M5 and A4019 to Cheltenham Racecourse. You are set down at the permitted drop-off for your enclosure or ticket. Through the afternoon the car is parked close by, not sent away. Back at Grand Hotel about an hour after leaving the gates, give or take the exit queue.
- Grand Hotel to Cheltenham Racecourse1 hr 3 min, 54.5 miles, in clear traffic
- Cheltenham Racecourse to Grand Hotel1 hr 4 min, 61.3 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Public enclosures are Club, Tattersalls and Best Mate; Club ticket holders can also use Tattersalls areas.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.ukDrivers 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.ukGrand Hotel has 177 rooms.
Source: openstreetmap.orgGrand Hotel is on Church Street, B3 2FE.
Source: openstreetmap.orgArchitects associated with Grand Hotel include Martin & Chamberlain and Thomson Plevins.
Source: wikidata.orgGrand Hotel is built in the French Renaissance style.
Source: wikidata.orgGrand Hotel is Grade II* listed.
Source: historicengland.org.uk
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Questions
How long is the drive from Grand Hotel to the Cheltenham Festival?
About an hour and 54.5 miles in clear traffic, via the A457, M5 and A4019; allow longer on the day.
Can guests fly in for the day?
Birmingham Airport is about an hour and 9 minutes from Cheltenham Racecourse by road; an airport collection can be added.
Where does the car come from?
Ravensley is based in Oxford, about an hour and 21 minutes from Grand Hotel; the car is positioned before your collection time.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
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- Nothing
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- 24 hrs
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- In full
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