Qatar Goodwood Festival (Glorious Goodwood)
Glorious Goodwood from Brighton
From Brighton to Glorious Goodwood, door to drop-off. The car comes to your door in Brighton. Its population is put at about 256,000. Brighton station is 4 minutes away by car. The drive is about an hour (32.4 miles), mostly on the A259, A270 and A27. Compared with a Mayfair start, it is 49 minutes less in the car. In 2027 it runs 27–31 July. Free disabled parking is available in Car Park 8 and complimentary general parking in Car Park 9.
How the day runs
Collection is from your door in Brighton. You travel in a luxury people-carrier for families and groups. From there it is the A259, A270 and A27 to Goodwood 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 Brighton about 59 minutes after leaving the gates, give or take the exit queue.
- Brighton to Goodwood Racecourse1 hr, 32.4 miles, in clear traffic
- Goodwood Racecourse to Brighton59 min, 33.6 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Free disabled parking is available in Car Park 8 and complimentary general parking in Car Park 9.
Source: goodwood.comPick-up/drop-off for Gordon and Lennox Enclosure guests is at the East Entrance by the bus terminus off Selhurst Park Road; Richmond Enclosure guests use the West Entrance off Kennel Hill Road. Free and paid car parks serve all enclosures.
Source: goodwood.comSmart summer dressing. In the Richmond Enclosure men 16+ need a suit jacket, long-sleeved collared shirt, tie and full-length trousers; fancy dress and sportswear banned. Gordon Enclosure is more relaxed.
Source: goodwood.comOpenStreetMap records a population of about 256,000.
Source: openstreetmap.orgThe closest National Rail station to Brighton by road is Brighton (BTN), about 4 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgThe nearest station named by the organisers is Chichester (Trains from London Victoria, Brighton and Portsmouth; regular shuttle buses at the station).
Source: goodwood.comBy road, the closest National Rail station is Chichester (CCH), about 16 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgSouthampton Airport is about 50 minutes away by road (38.3 miles).
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
How far is Glorious Goodwood from Brighton?
About an hour and 32.4 miles in clear traffic, via the A259, A270 and A27; allow longer on the day.
Can guests fly in for the day?
Southampton Airport is about 50 minutes from Goodwood Racecourse by road; an airport collection can be added.
Where does the car come from?
Ravensley is based in Oxford, about an hour and 59 minutes from Brighton; 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.