Guards Polo Club season and Cartier Queen's Cup
Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn from Leighton Buzzard
Bound for Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn, starting in Leighton Buzzard. Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park is 1 hour 4 minutes from Leighton Buzzard (52.7 miles) via the A505, M1 and M25. The season runs 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. Leighton Buzzard is on the West Coast Main Line. Some 37,000 people call Leighton Buzzard home. Leighton Buzzard's nearest station by road is Leighton Buzzard (LBZ), 3 minutes away.
How the day runs
In Leighton Buzzard, the chauffeur arrives early and waits outside. At Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park, the car uses the permitted drop-off for your enclosure. A message brings the car round when you want to leave. The return to Leighton Buzzard is 51.8 miles, 1 hour 3 minutes plus the exit queue. Ravensley works from Oxford, 1 hour 6 minutes from Leighton Buzzard via the A4142, A40 and A418.
- Leighton Buzzard to Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park1 hr 4 min, 52.7 miles, in clear traffic
- Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park to Leighton Buzzard1 hr 3 min, 51.8 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.comLeighton Buzzard station is on the West Coast Main Line.
Source: wikidata.orgLeighton Buzzard had about 37,000 residents in 2011.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Leighton Buzzard by road is Leighton Buzzard (LBZ), about 3 minutes' drive.
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.comOriginally the Household Brigade Polo Club, renamed in 1969, and fully civilian from 2000. King Charles III became President in early 2024.
Source: guardspoloclub.comThe season runs from April to mid-September, with more than 600 matches a year.
Source: guardspoloclub.com
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Questions
How many miles is Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park from Leighton Buzzard?
52.7 miles via the A505, M1 and M25: 1 hour 4 minutes in clear traffic, longer on the day.
Where does the car come from?
Oxford, 37.1 miles from Leighton Buzzard; 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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