The Betfred Derby Festival
The Derby at Epsom from Portsmouth
A chauffeured day at the Derby at Epsom, starting from Portsmouth. For households in and around Portsmouth, the pick-up is at home. Portsmouth is a place of roughly 198,000 people. Portsmouth and Southsea station is 1 minute away by car. Expect about an hour and 23 minutes on the road via the A3, A3(M) and M25, a distance of 64.3 miles. That is 34 minutes longer than the same trip from Mayfair. The 2027 dates are 4–5 June. Cash is not accepted on the racecourse except for betting with bookmakers.
How the day runs
The car comes to your address in Portsmouth. Choose an executive saloon for two or three of you. Leaving Portsmouth, the car picks up the A3 and keeps to the main roads. 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 Portsmouth about an hour and 23 minutes after leaving the gates, give or take the exit queue.
- Portsmouth to Epsom Downs Racecourse1 hr 23 min, 64.3 miles, in clear traffic
- Epsom Downs Racecourse to Portsmouth1 hr 23 min, 64.4 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Cash is not accepted on the racecourse except for betting with bookmakers.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.ukAnyone being dropped off at The Derby should go to Car Park 8, which is also the pick-up and drop-off point. For 2027 all parking is free, with pre-booking recommended.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.ukA dress code applies in the Queen Elizabeth II Stand on Derby Day; other enclosures are relaxed.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.ukOpenStreetMap records a population of about 197,700.
Source: openstreetmap.orgPortsmouth is in Hampshire.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Portsmouth by road is Portsmouth and Southsea (PMS), about 1 minute' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgThe Group 1 Coolmore Coronation Cup is also run on Derby Day.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.ukAdmission to The Hill is free; picnics are allowed on The Hill, DerbyFest and Upper Tattenham but not in other enclosures.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.uk
Price this journey
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Questions
How far is the Derby at Epsom from Portsmouth?
About an hour and 23 minutes and 64.3 miles in clear traffic, via the A3, A3(M) and M25; allow longer on the day.
Can guests fly in for the day?
London Gatwick Airport is about 31 minutes from Epsom Downs Racecourse by road; an airport collection can be added.
Where does the car come from?
Ravensley is based in Oxford, about an hour and 44 minutes from Portsmouth; 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.