Guards Polo Club season and Cartier Queen's Cup
Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn from Swindon
Swindon to Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park for Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn. For households in and around Swindon, the pick-up is at home. Its population is put at about 233,000. The nearest station by road is Swindon, about 5 minutes away. On the map the run is 58.6 miles and about an hour and 16 minutes in clear traffic, by way of the M4, A329(M) and A329. Compared with a Mayfair start, it is 29 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. It describes itself as Europe's largest polo club by membership and number of grounds, with about 1,000 social and 160 playing members.
How the day runs
Collection is from your front door in Swindon. Choose a luxury people-carrier for a larger party. From there it is the M4, A329(M) and A329 to Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park. At Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park the car uses the drop-off point the organisers set for your ticket. While you are inside, the chauffeur waits nearby and is ready when you are. The return to Swindon takes about an hour and 15 minutes, plus whatever the car parks need to empty.
- Swindon to Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park1 hr 16 min, 58.6 miles, in clear traffic
- Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park to Swindon1 hr 15 min, 58.4 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.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 233,410.
Source: openstreetmap.orgThe closest National Rail station to Swindon by road is Swindon (SWI), about 5 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgThe club hosts the Inter Regimental, described as the oldest continually played polo trophy in the world.
Source: guardspoloclub.comAll seating is allocated for the Cartier Queen's Cup Final; there is no access to and from the stands during play.
Source: guardspoloclub.comA car park pass includes space behind the car for a picnic; barbecues are banned anywhere on Smith's Lawn.
Source: guardspoloclub.com
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Questions
How far is Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn from Swindon?
About an hour and 16 minutes and 58.6 miles in clear traffic, via the M4, A329(M) and A329; 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 55 minutes from Swindon; the car is positioned before your collection time.
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