Glyndebourne Festival
The Glyndebourne Festival from Pennyhill Park
Pennyhill Park to Glyndebourne for the Glyndebourne Festival. Guests at Pennyhill Park are collected from the hotel entrance. By rail, the closest stop is Bagshot, 6 minutes' drive. Expect about an hour and 24 minutes on the road via the M25, M23 and A23, a distance of 75.8 miles. Compared with a Mayfair start, it is 20 minutes less in the car. In 2027 it runs 20 May – 29 August. Glyndebourne lies in East Sussex.
How the day runs
Your car is at the door of Pennyhill Park before you come down. Choose an executive saloon for two or three of you. Leaving Pennyhill Park, 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. Home to Pennyhill Park is about an hour and 23 minutes once clear of the venue traffic.
- Pennyhill Park to Glyndebourne1 hr 24 min, 75.8 miles, in clear traffic
- Glyndebourne to Pennyhill Park1 hr 23 min, 75.3 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Glyndebourne lies in East Sussex.
Source: wikidata.orgCars should be pre-booked both ways as local availability is limited; drop-off and collection is at the set-down point shown on the grounds map. A large free audience car park is managed by attendants.
Source: glyndebourne.comBlack tie is traditional during the Festival (May-August); autumn season is smart casual. On-site changing facilities are available.
Source: glyndebourne.comThe closest National Rail station to Pennyhill Park by road is Bagshot (BAG), about 6 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgThe current opera house opened in 1994 and seats 1,250.
Source: glyndebourne.comGlyndebourne is in the Sussex Downs about four miles from Lewes; London Victoria to Lewes is just over an hour by train.
Source: glyndebourne.comAll performances finish in time for audiences to get a train back to London.
Source: glyndebourne.com
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Questions
How long is the drive from Pennyhill Park to the Glyndebourne Festival?
About an hour and 24 minutes and 75.8 miles in clear traffic, via the M25, M23 and A23; allow longer on the day.
Is there a dress code at the Glyndebourne Festival?
Black tie is traditional during the Festival (May-August); autumn season is smart casual. On-site changing facilities are available.
Where does the car drop us?
Cars should be pre-booked both ways as local availability is limited; drop-off and collection is at the set-down point shown on the grounds map. A large free audience car park is managed by attendants.
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