The Cheltenham Festival
The Cheltenham Festival from Highbridge
The Cheltenham Festival, with the car from Highbridge. Allow 1 hour 12 minutes via the A38, M5 and A40, before event traffic. It comes round again 16–19 March 2027. Public enclosures are Club, Tattersalls and Best Mate; Club ticket holders can also use Tattersalls areas. The Best Mate Enclosure sits opposite the main grandstand beside the finish line. For Highbridge, the county is Somerset. Highbridge is a market town. Some 6,000 people call Highbridge home.
How the day runs
The car is at your door in Highbridge in good time for the gates. The car leaves you at the drop-off the organisers allow for your ticket. The chauffeur stays for the whole day, not just the drop. Highbridge is 68.3 miles away for the trip home. The car sets out from Oxford, 114.9 miles from Highbridge.
- Highbridge to Cheltenham Racecourse1 hr 12 min, 68.3 miles, in clear traffic
- Cheltenham Racecourse to Highbridge1 hr 12 min, 68.3 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.ukThe Best Mate Enclosure sits opposite the main grandstand beside the finish line.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.ukHighbridge is in Somerset.
Source: wikidata.orgHighbridge is classed as a market town.
Source: wikidata.orgHighbridge had about 6,000 residents in 2001.
Source: wikidata.orgNo formal dress code, though many racegoers choose to dress up for the Festival.
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.uk
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Highbridge for the Cheltenham Festival?
1 hour 12 minutes and 68.3 miles in clear traffic via the A38, M5 and A40; allow more on the day.
Where does the car come from?
Oxford, 114.9 miles from Highbridge; it is in place before your collection time.
When is the Cheltenham Festival in 2027?
16–19 March 2027.
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