Future Lab is Goodwood's innovation pavilion, inspiring industry enthusiasts and future scientists with dynamic tech
Sir Stirling Moss was one of the founding patrons of the Festival of Speed, and a regular competitor at the Revival.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The first ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
The Gordon Tartan has been worn by the Dukes and Duchesses over the last 300 years.
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.
Each room is named after one of the hounds documented in January 1718, including Dido, Ruby and Drummer.
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
Legend of Goodwood's golden racing era and Le Mans winner Roy Salvadori once famously said "give me Goodwood on a summer's day and you can forget the rest".
Future Lab is Goodwood's innovation pavilion, inspiring industry enthusiasts and future scientists with dynamic tech
Nick Heidfelds 1999 (41.6s) hillclimb record was beaten after Max Chilton in his McMurtry Spéirling fan car tore it to shreds at 39.08s in 2022!
For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation
FOS Favourite Mad Mike Whiddett can be caught melting tyres in his incredible collection of cars (and trucks) up the hillclimb
One Summer, King Edward VII turned his back on the traditional morning suit, and donned a linen suit and Panama hat. Thus the Glorious Goodwood trend was born.
Whoa Simon! A horse so determined and headstrong, he not only won the 1883 Goodwood Cup by 20 lengths, but couldn't be stopped and carried on running over the top of Trundle hill
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
One Summer, King Edward VII turned his back on the traditional morning suit, and donned a linen suit and Panama hat. Thus the Glorious Goodwood trend was born.
One Summer, King Edward VII turned his back on the traditional morning suit, and donned a linen suit and Panama hat. Thus the Glorious Goodwood trend was born.
One Summer, King Edward VII turned his back on the traditional morning suit, and donned a linen suit and Panama hat. Thus the Glorious Goodwood trend was born.
Legend of Goodwood's golden racing era and Le Mans winner Roy Salvadori once famously said "give me Goodwood on a summer's day and you can forget the rest".
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
We have been host to many incredible film crews using Goodwood as a backdrop for shows like Downton Abbey, Hollywood Blockbusters like Venom: let there be Carnage and the Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
Ensure you take a little time out together to pause and take in the celebration of all the hard work you put in will be a treasured memory.
Ensure you take a little time out together to pause and take in the celebration of all the hard work you put in will be a treasured memory.
Ensure you take a little time out together to pause and take in the celebration of all the hard work you put in will be a treasured memory.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
A 20m woodland rue, from Halnaker to Lavant, was planted by our forestry teams & volunteers, featuring native species like oak, beech, & hornbeam
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
The oldest existing rules for the game were drawn up for a match between the 2nd Duke and a neighbour
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
Testament to the 19th-century fascination with ancient Egypt and decorative opulence. The room is richly detailed with gilded cartouches, sphinxes, birds and crocodiles.
Goodwood House’s treasures include an important collection of antique clocks. Meet the person whose job it is to make sure they’re all in perfect working order.
Words by Gill Morgan
It's not just at the Racecourse and Motor Circuit that timekeeping is taken seriously at Goodwood. The House is home to an impressive collection of 29 English and French clocks, dating from the 17th to the 19th century – and they all need winding.
The woman responsible for looking after this treasure trove is Su Fullwood, a former museum director who began specialising in clocks after taking a job at Goodwood’s neighbour, West Dean College, and sitting in on aspects of its clock conservation course. “I became interested in clocks as a child,” she says. “My father, who was an engineer, had made one as part of his apprenticeship and it always sat by his bedside. It was a skeleton clock, which meant you could see all the movements. I was fascinated by it.” While Fullwood stresses that she is not an horologist, she is the person entrusted with overseeing the timekeeping of all the clocks. She arranges for their cleaning, overhaul and repair, usually carried out by JE Allnutt & Son in Midhurst, or by West Dean's horologists.
The Goodwood collection contains a mix of longcase, table and mantel clocks. Longcase is the correct term for what we think of as a “grandfather clock”, although Fullwood points
out that “the term has only been used since the song Grandfather’s Clock was written in 1876 by Henry Clay Work”. Additional to these are a workman’s timepiece – “a kind of clocking-in clock” – and a clock with an alarm hand by Breguet. Like many of the pieces at Goodwood, the latter has a fascinating story. “It was given by the 2nd Duke of Wellington to Algernon Greville, father of the 6th Duchess of Richmond. Algernonhad been ADC and private secretary to his father, the famous 1st Duke of Wellington.” The collection also includes two regulators made by Pendleton and Shelton – precision clocks by which all the other clocks in the house were set – and a precious mantel clock by star clockmaker Daniel Quare. “Quare was one of the movers and shakers of the Golden Age of clockmaking,” says Fullwood. The Goodwood clock dates from 1715 and is signed by Quare, with beautiful engraving on the back plates.
Ensuring the clocks keep time is quite an undertaking, as Fullwood explains: “All the clocks at Goodwood will run for a week when fully wound. We do it all at the same time, early in the morning before everyone else arrives. The regulation is done slightly differently for each movement so a clockwinder needs to know their clocks inside out. And every five to seven years a mechanical clock will need a complete overhaul, where it’s taken apart, cleaned and oiled by an experienced clockmaker – a rare breed now.”
Many of the clocks keep surprisingly good time. The Vulliamy longcase, for example, only loses a minute a week, despite being over 200 years old. Another Vulliamy piece – a mantel clock – was a gift from King Edward VII to the Duke of Richmond and Gordon in 1904. Asked to name her favourite piece, Fullwood is diplomatic: “I’m attached to them all, as they all have their own personalities and foibles, but if I had to choose one, it would be the clock that sits on the mantel in the Red Hall. It dates from about 1705 and has a beautiful ebonised case. It is signed by Johnson, who was a clockmaker based in Chichester. As I was curator at the museum there for ten years, the connection makes it all the more special to me.”
This article was taken from the Winter 2019/2020 edition of the Goodwood Magazine.