The Betfred Derby Festival
The Derby at Epsom from Potters Bar
Bound for the Derby at Epsom, starting in Potters Bar. Clear-road time from Potters Bar: roughly 1 hour for the 57.0 miles. The 2027 dates are 4–5 June 2027. The first Derby was run in 1780. Potters Bar sits in Hertfordshire. Potters Bar had roughly 23,000 residents. For rail, Potters Bar (PBR) is the nearest stop, about 3 minutes' drive.
How the day runs
Pick-up is from your Potters Bar address, timed to the day's start. The car leaves you at the drop-off the organisers allow for your ticket. Leave when it suits: one message and the car comes round. Home to Potters Bar is 59 minutes once the event traffic clears. Ravensley works from Oxford, 1 hour 8 minutes from Potters Bar via the A40, M40 and M25.
- Potters Bar to Epsom Downs Racecourse1 hr, 57 miles, in clear traffic
- Epsom Downs Racecourse to Potters Bar59 min, 57 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
The first Derby was run in 1780.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.ukPotters Bar is in Hertfordshire.
Source: wikidata.orgPotters Bar has a population of about 23,000.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Potters Bar by road is Potters Bar (PBR), about 3 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgA dress code applies in the Queen Elizabeth II Stand on Derby Day; other enclosures are relaxed.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.ukOnly Queen Elizabeth II Stand and Grandstand ticket holders can access the Parade Ring.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.ukCash is not accepted on the racecourse except for betting with bookmakers.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.ukThe course is just off junction 9 of the M25, on the B290 Epsom Downs Road.
Source: thejockeyclub.co.uk
Price this journey
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Potters Bar for the Derby at Epsom?
Roughly 1 hour and 57.0 miles in clear traffic via the M25, A243 and B280; allow more on the day.
Where does the car come from?
Oxford, 65.7 miles from Potters Bar; it is in place before your collection time.
When is the Derby at Epsom in 2027?
4–5 June 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.