Guards Polo Club season and Cartier Queen's Cup
Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn from Biggleswade
A chauffeured day at Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn, leaving from Biggleswade. Clear-road time from Biggleswade: 1 hour 10 minutes for the 60.5 miles. Play is usually from April to mid-September, with the Cartier Queen's Cup between late May and mid-June; the 2027 calendar is still to come. 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. For Biggleswade, the county is Bedfordshire. Church of St Andrew, 0.4 miles from Biggleswade's centre, holds a Grade II* listing. Some 23,000 people call Biggleswade home.
How the day runs
The day begins at your front door in Biggleswade. On arrival, the chauffeur follows the event's own drop-off signs. Leave when it suits: one message and the car comes round. Biggleswade is 60.0 miles away for the trip home. Positioning from Oxford to Biggleswade is 1 hour 31 minutes, built into the booking.
- Biggleswade to Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park1 hr 10 min, 60.5 miles, in clear traffic
- Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park to Biggleswade1 hr 9 min, 60 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.comBiggleswade is in Bedfordshire.
Source: wikidata.orgChurch of St Andrew, 0.4 miles out from central Biggleswade, carries a Grade II* listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukBiggleswade had about 23,000 residents in 2021.
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.comFarnborough Airport is about 41 minutes away by road (15.5 miles).
Source: wikidata.orgThe club was founded on 25 January 1955 with Prince Philip as first President, a role he held for 66 years.
Source: guardspoloclub.com
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Biggleswade for Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn?
1 hour 10 minutes and 60.5 miles in clear traffic via the A1, A414 and M25; allow more on the day.
Where does the car come from?
Oxford, 86.8 miles from Biggleswade; it is in place before your collection time.
When is Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn in 2027?
Not yet published; the organisers post the calendar ahead of the season.
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