Spectate from the chicane at the Revival to see plenty of classic cars going sideways as they exit this infamous point of our Motor Circuit.
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.
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
A 20m woodland rue, from Halnaker to Lavant, was planted by our forestry teams & volunteers, featuring native species like oak, beech, & hornbeam
The exquisite mirror in the Ballroom of Goodwood House it so big they had to raise the ceiling to get it inside!
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!
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!
A huge variety of glassware is available for each wine, all labelled by grape type to give the best flavour profile.
Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.
The Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS
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".
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
The bricks lining the Festival of Speed startline are 100 years old and a gift from the Indianapolis Speedway "Brickyard" in 2011 to mark their centenary event!
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
The first public race meeting took place in 1802 and, through the nineteenth century, ‘Glorious Goodwood,’ as the press named it, became a highlight of the summer season
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 first public race meeting took place in 1802 and, through the nineteenth century, ‘Glorious Goodwood,’ as the press named it, became a highlight of the summer season
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
The first public race meeting took place in 1802 and, through the nineteenth century, ‘Glorious Goodwood,’ as the press named it, became a highlight of the summer season
Our replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style
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.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
Goodwood Motor Circuit was officially opened in September 1948 when Freddie March, the 9th Duke and renowned amateur racer, tore around the track in a Bristol 400
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
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.
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.
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
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.
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.
Just beyond Goodwood House along the Hillclimb, the 2nd Dukes banqueting house was also known as "one of the finest rooms in England" (George Vertue 1747).
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
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.
The first public race meeting took place in 1802 and, through the nineteenth century, ‘Glorious Goodwood,’ as the press named it, became a highlight of the summer season
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
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.
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.
Goodwood’s pigs are a mix of two rare breeds (Gloucester Old Spots and Saddlebacks) plus the Large White Boar.
For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
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’s pigs are a mix of two rare breeds (Gloucester Old Spots and Saddlebacks) plus the Large White Boar.
For Suffolk-based painter Jelly Green, the countryside in all its manifestations, from cows and trees to mysterious landscapes, provides an abundant source of inspiration.
Words by Gill Morgan
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While most artists of her generation talk – and work – in a language of video, found objects and spatial practice, Jelly Green chooses to quote Constable when explaining her inspiration to paint: “Still, Nature is the fountain’s head, the source from whence all originally must spring – and should an artist continue his practice without referring to nature he must soon form a manner.”
She is only 26, but a consummately assured painter of the old school. And just like her renowned 19th century antecedent, her roots lie in deepest rural Suffolk and her subject matter is the natural world. Green was just 15 when she won a painting prize judged by the acclaimed British artist Maggi Hambling CBE. “Are you serious about painting?” Hambling asked her, and suggested Jelly attended her weekly painting class at Morley College in London, to which people travel from all over the country. A decade on, Green still studies with Hambling (she also had a stint at the Royal Drawing School), and when we speak,she does so from the class’s annual painting trip to the Isle of Wight. “Maggi has a unique way of teaching,” she says. “It’s about training your eyes and your hands.”
It was Green’s engaging portraits of dairy cows (like the Sussex Charolais overleaf) that first caught the art world’s eye. The owner of the Rowley Gallery in Kensington was on holiday in Suffolk and saw one of Green’s cow paintings in a shop window for £50. He asked for her phone number and took her on when she was just 18. Why cows? “Well, my granddad is a dairy farmer. And I like the fact that they’re so curious and characterful, the way they pop their heads up and stare.” The cow paintings have the lush brush strokes and bold, direct gaze of much contemporary human portraiture, which Green has also done quite a bit of. “It’s a very special process,” she says. “Nerve-wracking beforehand, but then you spend all these hours together and you find people really talk and open up.” A little more chatty than the cows, perhaps.
Well, my granddad is a dairy farmer. And I like the fact that they’re so curious and characterful, the way they pop their heads up and stare.
It is landscape, however, to which she returns again and again. Her lightbulb moment came after periods of living in Brighton and London, and feeling estranged from her real source of inspiration – hence the importance to her of that Constable quote. She knew she had to get back to Suffolk and spend time immersed in nature, really absorbing what she saw and felt and translating it into paint. Woodlands are a particular passion and she has recently been painting in Puzzlewood in the Forest of Dean, where JRR Tolkien found his inspiration for Middle-earth in Lord of the Rings. “I love the way the light changes and the mysteriousness. In the summer, the light and richness and in the winter, these big, quiet skeletons.”
She has also spent some time recently in the jungles of Borneo, painting some of the biggest, most ancient trees imaginable, creating artworks that will be shown early next year at an exhibition at Blenheim Palace. But it is to Suffolk and her rural studio there that she always returns. “I’m a country girl,” she says. “I need to be outside with my easel. The light changes, the painting changes. It’s all about looking.”
This article was taken from the Autumn edition of the Goodwood Magazine.
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