Goodwood Festival of Speed
The Festival of Speed from Crawley
The Festival of Speed from Crawley. Collection is from any address in Crawley, West Sussex. Its population is put at about 112,000. The nearest station by road is Crawley, about 4 minutes away. Expect about an hour on the road via the A264, A24 and A27, a distance of 42.9 miles. That is 49 minutes shorter than the same trip from Mayfair. The Festival of Speed returns 15–18 July 2027. For safety reasons F1 cars no longer make official timed runs up the hill and perform demonstration runs instead.
How the day runs
Collection is from your front door in Crawley. An executive saloon is the usual choice for a pair. Leaving Crawley, the car picks up the A264 and keeps to the main roads. You are set down at the permitted drop-off for your enclosure or ticket. While you are inside, the chauffeur waits nearby and is ready when you are. Home to Crawley is about an hour once clear of the venue traffic.
- Crawley to Goodwood House1 hr 4 min, 42.9 miles, in clear traffic
- Goodwood House to Crawley1 hr 3 min, 42.6 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
For safety reasons F1 cars no longer make official timed runs up the hill and perform demonstration runs instead.
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 112,448.
Source: openstreetmap.orgCrawley is in West Sussex.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Crawley by road is Crawley (CRW), about 4 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgDaily schedule: car parks open 06:30, gates 07:00, hillclimb action from 08:30, bars close 18:30, event ends 19:00.
Source: goodwood.comThe 1.16-mile hillclimb has been the centrepiece since the first festival in 1993.
Source: goodwood.com
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Questions
How far is the Festival of Speed from Crawley?
About an hour and 42.9 miles in clear traffic, via the A264, A24 and A27; allow longer on the day.
Can guests fly in for the day?
Southampton Airport is about 49 minutes from Goodwood House by road; an airport collection can be added.
Where does the car come from?
Ravensley is based in Oxford, about an hour and 29 minutes from Crawley; 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.