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".
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.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
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.
Estate milk was once transformed into ice-creams, bombes, and syllabubs, and the Georgian ice house still stands in the grounds in front of Goodwood House.
Revel in the history of our hounds with their family trees dating back to some of our earliest documents at Goodwood.
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
From 2005 to present there has been a demonstration area for the rally cars at the top of the hill
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 Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS
Our replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style
Goodwood’s pigs are a mix of two rare breeds (Gloucester Old Spots and Saddlebacks) plus the Large White Boar.
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
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 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
Leading women of business, sport, fashion and media, take part in one of the most exciting horseracing events in the world.
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 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 iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
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.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
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.
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
David Edney, head Butler dons a morning suit "and a smile" every day and has been woking at Goodwood for over 25 years!
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 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 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.
Testament to the 19th-century fascination with ancient Egypt and decorative opulence. The room is richly detailed with gilded cartouches, sphinxes, birds and crocodiles.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Testament to the 19th-century fascination with ancient Egypt and decorative opulence. The room is richly detailed with gilded cartouches, sphinxes, birds and crocodiles.
"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto
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 iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
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.
The South Downs National Park is one of only two International Dark Sky Reserves in England, making it a magnet for stargazers.
Words by Alan Franks
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While the South Downs became Britain’s newest National Park in the spring of 2011, newer still is the protected status given to the infinite and incalculably ancient starscape that wheels above it. It was less than three years ago that the park was awarded the status of International Dark Sky Reserve, making it the second such in England (Exmoor is the other) and one of only 13 in the world. Each February its mysteries are celebrated at the park’s annual Dark Skies Festival, a fortnight of family activities, talks and tours.
Man’s hand has of course been a factor in the gradual obscuring of the firmament. Stand high on the Downs on a clear night and your views of the middle distance are bounded by the dulling brightness (light pollution, in effect) of an urbanised England. Recent years, however, have seen a rearguard action. There are roughly 2,700 streetlights in the South Downs National Park, and the region’s local lighting authorities have been diligently replacing these to comply with Dark Sky standards, installing lamps that are angled groundwards, unlike their predecessors, which allowed a significant upward bleeding of light.
Our universe will get more and more complex. It will eventually run out of fuel and fizzle away.
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At the same time, some 25,000 measurements have been taken to map the quality of the night skies across the Downs. As a result of all this work, around 66 per cent of the 600-square-mile park can now claim Bronze-Level Skies, as assessed by the International Dark Sky Association. Its stargazing “hotspots’’ include Winchester Science Centre & Planetarium, Old Winchester Hill, Butser Hill, Iping Common, Devil’s Dyke, Ditchling Beacon and Birling Gap (this photograph, right, was taken in Privett, Hampshire).
Much of the credit for this celestial re-opening goes to Midhurst ranger Dan Oakley. A physicist by training – and self-confessed Trekkie (Star Trek fan) – he has held this post since the park’s creation eight years ago. Oakley waxes existential when he contemplates the outward view from this planet, traversing hundreds of thousands of light years. Stargazing, he says, has been the closest thing he has experienced to mind expansion. If he had a God, it would be entropy, meaning a gradual decline into disorder. “Our universe will get more and more complex,” he declares. “It will eventually run out of fuel and fizzle away.’’
The end of the world? Not exactly. “For me,” he says, “one of the most exhilarating things is the sense that there has to be life out there somewhere. There are two trillion galaxies and innumerable stars, all with planets around them. As to the exact nature of that life, who can say?”
This article was taken from the Spring 2019 edition of the Goodwood Magazine.
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