Guards Polo Club season and Cartier Queen's Cup
Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn from Chelmsford
From Chelmsford to Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn, door to drop-off. Collection is from any address in Chelmsford, Essex. Its population is put at about 176,000. Chelmsford station is 2 minutes away by car. 73.7 miles separate Chelmsford from Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park: about an hour and 23 minutes on the A12, M25 and A30. Compared with a Mayfair start, it is 36 minutes more in the car. Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn usually runs from April to mid-September, with the Cartier Queen's Cup between late May and mid-June. The season runs from April to mid-September, with more than 600 matches a year.
How the day runs
Collection is from your door in Chelmsford. You travel in an executive saloon for couples and small parties. Leaving Chelmsford, the car picks up the A12 and keeps to the main roads. Drop-off at Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park follows the organisers' published arrangements for the day. While you are inside, the chauffeur waits nearby and is ready when you are. Home to Chelmsford is about an hour and 22 minutes once clear of the venue traffic.
- Chelmsford to Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park1 hr 23 min, 73.7 miles, in clear traffic
- Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park to Chelmsford1 hr 22 min, 73 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
The season runs from April to mid-September, with more than 600 matches a year.
Source: guardspoloclub.comEnter via Blacknest Gate (sat nav SL5 7SA) and drive about a mile through the park. On ticketed event days cars may drop spectators at a designated cars turning point without a car pass, a short walk from the Clubhouse. All parking is unallocated and needs a car pass.
Source: guardspoloclub.comSmart 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.comOpenStreetMap records a population of about 176,194.
Source: openstreetmap.orgChelmsford is in Essex.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Chelmsford by road is Chelmsford (CHM), about 2 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgLondon Heathrow is about 27 minutes away by road (8.9 miles).
Source: wikidata.orgFarnborough Airport is about 41 minutes away by road (15.5 miles).
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
How long is the drive from Chelmsford to Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn?
About an hour and 23 minutes and 73.7 miles in clear traffic, via the A12, M25 and A30; allow longer on the day.
Can guests fly in for the day?
London Heathrow is about 27 minutes from Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park by road; an airport collection can be added.
Where does the car come from?
Ravensley is based in Oxford, about an hour and 44 minutes from Chelmsford; the car is positioned before your collection time.
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