

For safety reasons F1 cars can no longer do official timed runs so instead perform stunning demonstrations!


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.


The early Members' Meetings were held for BARC Members, there were 71 between 1949 and 1966.


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.




...plan strategy in an ancient woodland, enjoy award-winning dining then drive around a racetrack?


Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.


Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.




"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto











Easy boy! The charismatic Farnham Flyer loved to celebrate every win with a pint of beer. His Boxer dog, Grogger, did too and had a tendancy to steal sips straight from the glass.






Many items came from Gordon castle in Scotland when it left family ownership, coming out from storage exclusively for Hound Lodge.


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



When the 9th Duke won the Double Twelve at Brooklands in 1931 he never drove without it throughout his successful driving career.




From 2005 to present there has been a demonstration area for the rally cars at the top of the hill


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 Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS


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 ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.


After the first public race meeting in 1902, 'Glorious Goodwood' became a highlight of the summer season.










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 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


After the first public race meeting in 1902, 'Glorious Goodwood' became a highlight of the summer season.




Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.


One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.




The origins of the collection lay in the possessions of Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, and Duchess of Aubigny in France, to whom some of the paintings originally belonged.




The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.


...plan strategy in an ancient woodland, enjoy award-winning dining then drive around a racetrack?


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.



The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.


...plan strategy in an ancient woodland, enjoy award-winning dining then drive around a racetrack?


...plan strategy in an ancient woodland, enjoy award-winning dining then drive around a racetrack?



...plan strategy in an ancient woodland, enjoy award-winning dining then drive around a racetrack?



...plan strategy in an ancient woodland, enjoy award-winning dining then drive around a racetrack?


The replica of the original Axminster carpet is so lavish that the President of Bulgaria came to visit it before its departure!


As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere







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.


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





Goodwood’s pigs are a mix of two rare breeds (Gloucester Old Spots and Saddlebacks) plus the Large White Boar.


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


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!


A 20m woodland rue, from Halnaker to Lavant, was planted by our forestry teams & volunteers, featuring native species like oak, beech, & hornbeam


4 doors in the lodge were rescued from salvage and expertly split to ensure they meet modern fire standards before being fitted.


"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto


The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.


Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
Fifty years have passed since the Beatles released Abbey Road , yet fans still flock to that fabled north London zebra crossing to recreate the album’s cover – which became the focus of a bizarre conspiracy theory
Words by Will Hodgkinson
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It is a cover image so iconic, you can visit the zebra crossing outside Abbey Road Studios in St John’s Wood at any time and you’ll be sure to find four tourists irritating drivers by recreating it. Abbey Road was once just a dull residential street in an upscale part of Northwest London. Now it is forever associated with The Beatles’ penultimate album, recorded after Let It Be but released before it… although it very nearly wasn’t the case.
The original title for Abbey Road was “Everest”, named after sound engineer Geoff Emerick’s brand of cigarettes. There were plans to shoot the band at the foot of Mount Everest, but no one could be bothered to travel to Nepal so Paul McCartney sketched up a concept that involved shooting them outside their regular studio instead. John Kosh, the art director of their record label, Apple, had the idea of featuring The Beatles without album title or band name. By 1969, he said, everyone knew what they looked like. And so, at 11.35am on August 8, photographer Iain Macmillan was given 10 minutes to complete the shoot.
He stood on a stepladder while police held up the traffic.
Perhaps the image would not have been so universally, instantly impactful had it not been fuel for the “Paul Is Dead” conspiracy theory bouncing around American college campuses at the time. McCartney (or rather, his double) holding a cigarette in his right hand when he was left-handed and being barefoot, Lennon dressed in white and therefore leading a funeral procession, and the number plate of a VW Beetle – 28IF – supposedly McCartney’s age if he were alive (even though he was actually 27), were all taken as signs of McCartney’s death.
Paul died in a car crash in 1966, the theory claimed, and the Abbey Road cover featured a lookalike. In fact, McCartney had been out of view because The Beatles were splitting up, he was estranged from his bandmates, and he was trying to recover some semblance of normality with his young family on a farm in Scotland. So fervent was Beatles obsession in 1969, however, that every aspect of Abbey Road ’s cover was mined for symbolism.
Why does it work? Perhaps it’s the juxtaposition of the four most remarkable young men in the world crossing an unremarkable road on a sunny day in London. Most of all though, it’s the simplicity of the photograph, which has been copied by everyone from Booker T. & the M.G.’s to The Red Hot Chili Peppers to an unending stream of tourists. The music’s pretty good too.
This article was taken from the Autumn 2019 edition of the Goodwood Magazine.
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