For safety reasons F1 cars can no longer do official timed runs so instead perform stunning demonstrations!
Our replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style
Leading women of business, sport, fashion and media, take part in one of the most exciting horseracing events in the world.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
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!
Future Lab is Goodwood's innovation pavilion, inspiring industry enthusiasts and future scientists with dynamic tech
A bell under each place at the table to signal if butlers can come back in to the dining room, a guests privacy is always paramount.
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.
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!
Sir Stirling Moss was one of the founding patrons of the Festival of Speed, and a regular competitor at the Revival.
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
Festival of Speed is our longest-standing Motorsport event, starting in 1993 when it opened to 25,00 people. We were expecting 2000!
A 20m woodland rue, from Halnaker to Lavant, was planted by our forestry teams & volunteers, featuring native species like oak, beech, & hornbeam
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.
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.
Leading women of business, sport, fashion and media, take part in one of the most exciting horseracing events in the world.
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.
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.
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.
Our replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
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).
"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
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.
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.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
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.
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.
After a fire in 1791 at Richmond House in Whitehall, London, James Wyatt added two great wings to showcase the saved collection at Goodwood. To give unity to the two new wings, Wyatt added copper-domed turrets framing each façade.
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.
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
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
Testament to the 19th-century fascination with ancient Egypt and decorative opulence. The room is richly detailed with gilded cartouches, sphinxes, birds and crocodiles.
Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.
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.
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!
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Without the Charlton Hunt, the earliest recorded major fox hunt in the world, there would be no Goodwood House.
It was because of the hunting kennels at Charlton, a small village three miles north of the house, that the 1st Duke of Richmond came to West Sussex more than three centuries ago. Still, today, fragments of ancient Charlton Forest, where the early hunt followed the chase, survive.
And now, more than a century after hunting came to an end at Goodwood, the Charlton Hunt has returned. On February 6, a one-off meet of the Charlton, restricted to 150 followers, was held to celebrate what was once the grandest hunt in the land.
“Sport has always been integral to life here at Goodwood, as well as sharing that love of sport with others,” said Lord March. “As the 1st Duke of Richmond had bought Goodwood as a base from which to enjoy the fox hunting with his friends, I thought it was time we revived that very first sport for one special weekend. I felt it was also important to celebrate the Charlton Hunt because it was the first major fox hunt in the world and, in its day, was the most famous in the country.”
Excitement started to mount on the Friday of the meet, as the first riders and horses arrived. Travelling from all over the country, many of the horses were kept overnight in Goodwood’s splendid 18th-century stables, designed by Sir William Chambers. By 11am the next morning, the 150 hunt followers, many resplendent in the famous blue Charlton Hunt coats, gathered outside Goodwood House for a warming tipple of port. The thrill of the moment was palpable, as the hounds sniffed the chilly air and wagged their tails, ready for the off. Many hunt members confessed that they felt they were taking part in a piece of history. As one rider, Sophia Money-Coutts of Tatler, remarked,
“I felt like I was in a dream.”
The nine-mile drag hunt took riders across the glorious West Sussex countryside, meeting for a stirrup cup at Fox Hall, Charlton – the epicentre of the old hunt. An exhilarating day culminated with the sumptuous Charlton Hunt Ball, accompanied by dinner in the ballroom at Goodwood. Among the guests who enjoyed drinks in the Front Hall, beneath three paintings by the greatest horse artist of them all, George Stubbs, were Viscount and Viscountess Astor, Lord and Lady Fermoy, Lord and Lady Mancroft, and Harry Meade, one of Britain’s leading event riders.
Mounted hunt followers who really wanted to enter in the spirit of things were allowed to wear a hunting coat and evening tailcoat made by Henry Poole of Savile Row in the traditional Charlton Hunt colours – Garter Blue with yellow trimmings. The colours are a striking alternative to the traditional hunting “pink”, which, with typical British eccentricity, is in fact red. The reason is still lost in the mists of time. Some say it’s because old, scarlet hunting coats fade to pink. Others tell the story of a London tailor in the early 19th century, a Mr Pink, renowned for his dexterity with hunting clothes. Thomas Pink, the Jermyn Street shirtmaker, borrowed the latter legend for its own name.
The idea of the hunt ball is embedded in the Charlton Hunt’s history. From its earliest days, there was an annual hunt dinner. It was at the 1738 Charlton Hunt dinner that the first ever hunt club in the world was formed, with a strict set of 10 rules on membership. Rule number eight declared, “The Duke of Richmond to bring whoever he pleases from Goodwood to Dinner at Charlton.”
One of the Stubbs pictures at Goodwood House, The 3rd Duke of Richmond with the Charlton Hunt, has the duke and his brother, Lord George Lennox, wearing their blue coats with gilt buttons for a hunt meeting in 1759. Also shown in the picture are the Duke’s servants, in their yellow and scarlet livery. Lord March gave all participants in this year’s revived Charlton Hunt traditional gilt hunt buttons for their coats...