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!
Sir Stirling Moss was one of the founding patrons of the Festival of Speed, and a regular competitor at the Revival.
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.
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).
The oldest existing rules for the game were drawn up for a match between the 2nd Duke and a neighbour
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.
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 replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style
A huge variety of glassware is available for each wine, all labelled by grape type to give the best flavour profile.
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.
Sir Stirling Moss was one of the founding patrons of the Festival of Speed, and a regular competitor at the Revival.
For safety reasons F1 cars can no longer do official timed runs so instead perform stunning demonstrations!
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
Future Lab is Goodwood's innovation pavilion, inspiring industry enthusiasts and future scientists with dynamic tech
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
Leading women of business, sport, fashion and media, take part in one of the most exciting horseracing events in the world.
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”.
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 Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
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 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.
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 iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
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).
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!
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 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 round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
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
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).
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 iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
"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.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
The first ever Ordnance Survey map of Britain was commissioned by the 3rd Duke of Richmond, whose passion for cartography still resonates today
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How long do you think it originally took to map England and Wales at one inch to the mile? Longer. Longer still... it took 85 years. That would have been the life’s work of a lesser man, but was one of many feats achieved by “the Radical Duke”, Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1735-1806).
During his tenure as Master of the Ordnance – a post that gave him responsibility for the country’s fortifications, military defences, small arms, munitions and map-making – the Duke nurtured his love of cartography by commissioning a map of the 72 square miles surrounding his home at Goodwood. A few years later, in 1785, to protect the nation from the threat of a French invasion, the Duke expanded his horizons, commissioning the first survey of the whole of Britain.
Fast-forward to today, and 250 surveyors – with the help of two aircraft – make 10,000 changes to the Ordnance Survey database every day. Consider White Hart Lane, Tottenham Hotspur’s football ground since 1899 – recently demolished, then removed from the OS. It makes sense that the 403 paper maps that cover Great Britain are revised every two to five years – some more than others (the OS app updates automatically). So what of these defunct maps? Using an out-of-date map is risky – landscapes can become unrecognisable in the time between revisions. To encourage people to replace their maps regularly, every few years OS gives people the chance to trade in their old versions for money-off vouchers. OS then sends the obsolete maps to Scout groups and navigation classes for use in teaching, or – if it’s rare – adds it to the archive.
Today...250 surveyors – with the help of two aircraft – make 10,000 changes to the Ordnance Survey database every day."
There’s a characterful beauty to a time-worn old map that collectors and hoarders – the Timeshift documentary A Very British Map: The Ordnance Survey Story spotlighted a fan who owns thousands – can get very excited about. The Map House, London’s oldest specialist antiquarian map seller, stocks iconic maps, ranging from Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctica to Edward VIII’s Western Front. A map of Jerusalem plotted by Captain Charles Wilson for OS in 1865 is currently available for £4,250.
Artists are getting in on the act too. Tony Davis’s series of reimagined OS Landranger maps saw the artist take the map of Unst in the Shetland Isles and digitally retouch it as Treasure Island (it’s widely believed that the island in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel was based on Unst).
Meanwhile, Ordnance Survey’s most popular initiative – perhaps the one that the Radical Duke would have most approved of – is a venture that mixes practicality and personality. OS now creates custom-made maps. Find your centre point, choose your scale, set your boundaries, choose from folded, flat or framed, and let the team do the rest – the perfect gift for an avid ambler or keen cartographer.
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