Qatar Goodwood Festival (Glorious Goodwood)
Glorious Goodwood from Walton-on-Thames
From Walton-on-Thames to Glorious Goodwood, door to drop-off. The car comes to your door in Walton-on-Thames (Surrey). Walton-on-Thames is a place of roughly 23,000 people. Walton-on-Thames station is 5 minutes away by car. On the map the run is 45.6 miles and about an hour and 20 minutes in clear traffic, by way of the B365, A3 and A286. Compared with a Mayfair start, it is 29 minutes less in the car. Glorious Goodwood returns 27–31 July 2027. Three enclosures operate: Richmond, Gordon and Lennox. During the festival the Richmond Enclosure is for Members and their guests only.
How the day runs
The car comes to your home in Walton-on-Thames. Choose a luxury people-carrier for a larger party. Leaving Walton-on-Thames, the car picks up the B365 and keeps to the main roads. Drop-off at Goodwood Racecourse follows the organisers' published arrangements for the day. While you are inside, the chauffeur waits nearby and is ready when you are. Back at Walton-on-Thames about an hour and 20 minutes after leaving the gates, give or take the exit queue.
- Walton-on-Thames to Goodwood Racecourse1 hr 20 min, 45.6 miles, in clear traffic
- Goodwood Racecourse to Walton-on-Thames1 hr 20 min, 43.8 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Three enclosures operate: Richmond, Gordon and Lennox. During the festival the Richmond Enclosure is for Members and their guests only.
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 22,834.
Source: openstreetmap.orgWalton-on-Thames is in Surrey.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Walton-on-Thames by road is Walton-on-Thames (WAL), about 5 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgOwn 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.com
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Questions
How long is the drive from Walton-on-Thames to Glorious Goodwood?
About an hour and 20 minutes and 45.6 miles in clear traffic, via the B365, A3 and A286; 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 7 minutes from Walton-on-Thames; 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.