Qatar Goodwood Festival (Glorious Goodwood)
Glorious Goodwood from Royal Berkshire
A chauffeured day at Glorious Goodwood, starting from Royal Berkshire. Guests at Royal Berkshire, Ascot, are collected from the hotel entrance. It stands on London Road, SL5 0PP. Sunningdale station is 5 minutes away by car. Expect about an hour and 26 minutes on the road via the A331, A3 and A286, a distance of 49.3 miles. Compared with a Mayfair start, it is 23 minutes less in the car. Glorious Goodwood returns 27–31 July 2027. Goodwood Aerodrome nearby accepts both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft for racegoers arriving by air.
How the day runs
Your car is at the door of Royal Berkshire before you come down. Choose a luxury people-carrier for a larger party. Leaving Royal Berkshire, the car picks up the A331 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. Home to Royal Berkshire is about an hour and 26 minutes once clear of the venue traffic.
- Royal Berkshire to Goodwood Racecourse1 hr 26 min, 49.3 miles, in clear traffic
- Goodwood Racecourse to Royal Berkshire1 hr 26 min, 47.9 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Goodwood Aerodrome nearby accepts both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft for racegoers arriving by air.
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.comRoyal Berkshire is on London Road, SL5 0PP.
Source: openstreetmap.orgRoyal Berkshire is in Ascot, Berkshire.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Royal Berkshire by road is Sunningdale (SNG), about 5 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.org
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Questions
How long is the drive from Royal Berkshire to Glorious Goodwood?
About an hour and 26 minutes and 49.3 miles in clear traffic, via the A331, A3 and A286; allow longer on the day.
When is Glorious Goodwood in 2027?
27–31 July 2027.
Is there a dress code at Glorious Goodwood?
Smart 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.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
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- 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.