Goodwood Festival of Speed
The Festival of Speed from Carshalton
Carshalton to Goodwood House for the Festival of Speed. The car comes to your door in Carshalton. Carshalton is a place of roughly 30,000 people. Carshalton station is 3 minutes away by car. The drive is about an hour and a half (64.3 miles), mostly on the M23, A24 and A27. Compared with a Mayfair start, it is 23 minutes less in the car. The 2027 dates are 15–18 July. Held in the parkland around Goodwood House, billed as motorsport's summer garden party.
How the day runs
The car comes to your home in Carshalton. You travel in a luxury people-carrier for families and groups. Leaving Carshalton, the car picks up the M23 and keeps to the main roads. For drop-off, the organisers' own rules apply. All cars follow event signage to Gate 1, the designated drop-off and pick-up area. Car parks open 06:30 and are free. While you are inside, the chauffeur waits nearby and is ready when you are. The return to Carshalton takes about an hour and 29 minutes, plus whatever the car parks need to empty.
- Carshalton to Goodwood House1 hr 30 min, 64.3 miles, in clear traffic
- Goodwood House to Carshalton1 hr 29 min, 64 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Held in the parkland around Goodwood House, billed as motorsport's summer garden party.
Source: goodwood.comAll cars follow event signage to Gate 1, the designated drop-off and pick-up area. Car parks open 06:30 and are free.
Source: goodwood.comNo formal code: flat comfortable shoes, casual clothes and light rainwear advised for parkland; smart casual required in corporate hospitality pavilions.
Source: goodwood.comOpenStreetMap records a population of about 29,917.
Source: openstreetmap.orgThe closest National Rail station to Carshalton by road is Carshalton (CSH), about 3 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgThe nearest station named by the organisers is Chichester (Shuttle bus runs regularly between the station and the event gate).
Source: goodwood.comBy road, the closest National Rail station is Chichester (CCH), about 14 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgSouthampton Airport is about 49 minutes away by road (36.9 miles).
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
How far is the Festival of Speed from Carshalton?
About an hour and a half and 64.3 miles in clear traffic, via the M23, A24 and A27; allow longer on the day.
When is the Festival of Speed in 2027?
15–18 July 2027.
Is there a dress code at the Festival of Speed?
No formal code: flat comfortable shoes, casual clothes and light rainwear advised for parkland; smart casual required in corporate hospitality pavilions.
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.