Guards Polo Club season and Cartier Queen's Cup
Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn from Wallingford
Wallingford to Guards Polo at Smith's Lawn: collected at home, set down at the gates. Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park is 1 hour 6 minutes from Wallingford (31.5 miles) via the A4074, A329 and A329(M). The usual timing is from April to mid-September, with the Cartier Queen's Cup between late May and mid-June. Smith's Lawn has the Clubhouse overlooking the Queen's Ground plus five more fields; Flemish Farm adds two grounds with Windsor Castle views. It describes itself as Europe's largest polo club by membership and number of grounds, with about 1,000 social and 160 playing members. Cholsey (CHO) is the station to know: 7 minutes by road. Wallingford Castle, 0.4 miles from Wallingford's centre, holds a Grade I listing. Wallingford belongs to Oxfordshire.
How the day runs
Your chauffeur collects from home in Wallingford. Set-down at Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park is where the organisers direct private cars. Through the day the car stays nearby, ready when you are. Getting back to Wallingford takes 1 hour 7 minutes on clear roads. Ravensley is based in Oxford; reaching Wallingford takes 29 minutes.
- Wallingford to Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park1 hr 6 min, 31.5 miles, in clear traffic
- Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park to Wallingford1 hr 7 min, 31.9 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Smith's Lawn has the Clubhouse overlooking the Queen's Ground plus five more fields; Flemish Farm adds two grounds with Windsor Castle views.
Source: guardspoloclub.comIt 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 closest National Rail station to Wallingford by road is Cholsey (CHO), about 7 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgWallingford Castle, 0.4 miles out from central Wallingford, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukWallingford is in Oxfordshire.
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 club hosts the Inter Regimental, described as the oldest continually played polo trophy in the world.
Source: guardspoloclub.comWallingford had about 8,400 residents in 2021.
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
How many miles is Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn, Windsor Great Park from Wallingford?
31.5 miles via the A4074, A329 and A329(M): 1 hour 6 minutes in clear traffic, longer 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, 12.7 miles from Wallingford; it is in place before your collection time.
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