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Glorious Goodwood from Epsom
Glorious Goodwood from Epsom. The car comes to your door in Epsom (Surrey). Its population is put at about 31,000. By rail, the closest stop is Epsom, 2 minutes' drive. Expect about an hour and 23 minutes on the road via the M25, A3 and A286, a distance of 50.3 miles. That is 26 minutes shorter than the same trip from Mayfair. The 2027 dates are 27–31 July. King Edward VII called Glorious Goodwood a garden party with racing tacked on, and set the linen suit and Panama hat trend.
How the day runs
The car comes to your home in Epsom. You travel in an executive saloon for couples and small parties. Leaving Epsom, the car picks up the M25 and keeps to the main roads. You are set down at the permitted drop-off for your enclosure or ticket. All day the car stays on hand; a message brings it round. The return to Epsom takes about an hour and 23 minutes, plus whatever the car parks need to empty.
- Epsom to Goodwood Racecourse1 hr 23 min, 50.3 miles, in clear traffic
- Goodwood Racecourse to Epsom1 hr 23 min, 48.3 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
King Edward VII called Glorious Goodwood a garden party with racing tacked on, and set the linen suit and Panama hat trend.
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 31,489.
Source: openstreetmap.orgEpsom is in Surrey.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Epsom by road is Epsom (EPS), about 2 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgFree disabled parking is available in Car Park 8 and complimentary general parking in Car Park 9.
Source: goodwood.comGoodwood Racecourse lies in West Sussex.
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
How long is the drive from Epsom to Glorious Goodwood?
About an hour and 23 minutes and 50.3 miles in clear traffic, via the M25, A3 and A286; allow longer on the day.
Would the train be quicker?
The station for Glorious Goodwood is Chichester. From Epsom, a car goes door to door in about an hour and 23 minutes.
Can guests fly in for the day?
Southampton Airport is about 50 minutes from Goodwood Racecourse by road; an airport collection can be added.
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.