Glyndebourne Festival
The Glyndebourne Festival from The Goodwood Hotel
A chauffeured day at the Glyndebourne Festival, starting from The Goodwood Hotel. The Goodwood Hotel stands in Chichester. Chichester station is 11 minutes away by car. On the map the run is 40.7 miles and about an hour in clear traffic, by way of the A27. Compared with a Mayfair start, it is 44 minutes less in the car. The Glyndebourne Festival returns 20 May – 29 August 2027. The current opera house opened in 1994 and seats 1,250.
How the day runs
The chauffeur arrives at The Goodwood Hotel ahead of time and waits by the entrance. Choose an executive saloon for two or three of you. Leaving The Goodwood Hotel, the car picks up the A27 and keeps to the main roads. You are set down at the permitted drop-off for your enclosure or ticket. Through the afternoon the car is parked close by, not sent away. After the last of the day, it is about an hour back to The Goodwood Hotel.
- The Goodwood Hotel to Glyndebourne1 hr, 40.7 miles, in clear traffic
- Glyndebourne to The Goodwood Hotel1 hr, 40.8 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
The current opera house opened in 1994 and seats 1,250.
Source: glyndebourne.comCars 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 Goodwood Hotel is in Chichester, West Sussex.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to The Goodwood Hotel by road is Chichester (CCH), about 11 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgGlyndebourne lies in East Sussex.
Source: wikidata.orgThe nearest station named by the organisers is Lewes (Pre-bookable audience coach from Lewes station leaves about 2 hours before Festival performances; return coaches about 20 minutes after the end).
Source: glyndebourne.comBy road, the closest National Rail station is Glynde (GLY), about 4 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
How long is the drive from The Goodwood Hotel to the Glyndebourne Festival?
About an hour and 40.7 miles in clear traffic, via the A27; allow longer on the day.
Can guests fly in for the day?
London Gatwick Airport is about 49 minutes from Glyndebourne by road; an airport collection can be added.
Where does the car come from?
Ravensley is based in Oxford, about 2 hours and 5 minutes from The Goodwood Hotel; 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.