Qatar Goodwood Festival (Glorious Goodwood)
Glorious Goodwood from Dorking
A chauffeured day at Glorious Goodwood, leaving from Dorking. Allow 1 hour 10 minutes via the A24, A272 and A285, before event traffic. Dates for 2027: 27–31 July 2027. Own picnics are allowed in the Lennox Enclosure, but without alcohol or glass. A Three Furlong Picnic Car Park offers reservable berths on the rails, including Lennox Enclosure entry for four adults. Dorking Deepdene (DPD) is the station, a couple of minutes from the middle of Dorking. The station at Dorking Deepdene opened in 1851. Dorking belongs to Surrey.
How the day runs
Pick-up is from your Dorking address, timed to the day's start. At Goodwood Racecourse, the car uses the permitted drop-off for your enclosure. A message brings the car round when you want to leave. After the day, it is 1 hour 11 minutes back to Dorking. Ravensley works from Oxford, 1 hour 18 minutes from Dorking via the M40, M25 and A24.
- Dorking to Goodwood Racecourse1 hr 10 min, 38.8 miles, in clear traffic
- Goodwood Racecourse to Dorking1 hr 11 min, 38.8 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Own picnics are allowed in the Lennox Enclosure, but without alcohol or glass.
Source: goodwood.comA Three Furlong Picnic Car Park offers reservable berths on the rails, including Lennox Enclosure entry for four adults.
Source: goodwood.comThe closest National Rail station to Dorking by road is Dorking Deepdene (DPD), within a couple of minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgDorking Deepdene station opened in 1851.
Source: wikidata.orgDorking is in Surrey.
Source: wikidata.orgSmart 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.comGoodwood Aerodrome nearby accepts both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft for racegoers arriving by air.
Source: goodwood.comFree disabled parking is available in Car Park 8 and complimentary general parking in Car Park 9.
Source: goodwood.com
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Dorking for Glorious Goodwood?
1 hour 10 minutes and 38.8 miles in clear traffic via the A24, A272 and A285; allow more on the day.
Where does the car come from?
Oxford, 72.5 miles from Dorking; it is in place before your collection time.
When is Glorious Goodwood in 2027?
27–31 July 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.