Guards Polo Club season and Cartier Queen's Cup
Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn from Ascot
Bound for Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn, starting in Ascot. Clear-road time from Ascot: 15 minutes for the 3.4 miles. Expect it from April to mid-September, with the Cartier Queen's Cup between late May and mid-June. It describes itself as Europe's largest polo club by membership and number of grounds, with about 1,000 social and 160 playing members. The club hosts the Inter Regimental, described as the oldest continually played polo trophy in the world. Ascot's nearest station by road is Ascot (ACT), 3 minutes away. Ascot sits in Berkshire. Ascot's population was put at about 12,000.
How the day runs
A Ascot pick-up, at whatever hour the gates suggest. On arrival, the chauffeur follows the event's own drop-off signs. While you are at Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn, the car is parked up close by. Home to Ascot is 15 minutes once the event traffic clears. From the Oxford base, Ascot is 48.7 miles and 1 hour 5 minutes via the M40 and A404.
- Ascot to Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park15 min, 3.4 miles, in clear traffic
- Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park to Ascot15 min, 3.3 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
It describes itself as Europe's largest polo club by membership and number of grounds, with about 1,000 social and 160 playing members.
Source: guardspoloclub.comThe club hosts the Inter Regimental, described as the oldest continually played polo trophy in the world.
Source: guardspoloclub.comThe closest National Rail station to Ascot by road is Ascot (ACT), about 3 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgAscot is in Berkshire.
Source: wikidata.orgAscot has a population of about 12,000.
Source: wikidata.orgSmart casual in all areas. Royal Box: men in collared shirt and tie, lounge suit or jacket/blazer; women in dresses, skirts or tailored trousers. No beachwear or rubber flip-flops.
Source: guardspoloclub.comThe nearest station named by the organisers is Virginia Water or Sunningdale (also Egham) (About 10 minutes by car from Virginia Water or Sunningdale, 15 from Egham; trains on the Waterloo-Reading line).
Source: guardspoloclub.comBy road, the closest National Rail station is Egham (EGH), about 14 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Ascot for Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn?
15 minutes and 3.4 miles in clear traffic via the A329; allow more on the day.
Is there a dress code at Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn?
Smart casual in all areas. Royal Box: men in collared shirt and tie, lounge suit or jacket/blazer; women in dresses, skirts or tailored trousers. No beachwear or rubber flip-flops.
Where does the car come from?
Oxford, 48.7 miles from Ascot; it is in place before your collection time.
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