

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


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.




King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.




...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.


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).


A temple-folly guarded by two sphinxes, the beautiful shell house was built in 1748 with collected shells and the floor made from horse teeth.











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






Revel in the history of our hounds with their family trees dating back to some of our earliest documents at Goodwood.


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


For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation


Sir Stirling Moss was one of the founding patrons of the Festival of Speed, and a regular competitor at the Revival.




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.


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


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.










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




Leading women of business, sport, fashion and media, take part in one of the most exciting horseracing events in the world.




The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection


Future Lab is Goodwood's innovation pavilion, inspiring industry enthusiasts and future scientists with dynamic tech


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 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 oldest existing rules for the game were drawn up for a match between the 2nd Duke and a neighbour




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


...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.




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.



The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.


...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?


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.


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!


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




King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.


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.




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 oldest existing rules for the game were drawn up for a match between the 2nd Duke and a neighbour


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.








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


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.
Today it’s the rather unprepossessing home of the Department of Health, but Richmond House was once a grand townhouse between Whitehall and the River Thames, owned by the Dukes of Richmond. James Collard traces its history.
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The Thames and the City of London from Richmond House, 1747, by Canaletto - from the Goodwood Collection
Richmond House overlooked the Thames – which was much wider before the Victorians built the Embankment
Given the topsy-turvy nature of political life right now, the notion that the House of Commons might decamp elsewhere while the Palace of Westminster undergoes its multi-billion pound refurbishment has barely raised a national eyebrow. Two potential options have been floated for when the Mother of Parliaments goes hot-desking: a “pop-up Parliament” to be built by Norman Foster on Horse Guards Parade, or a move into Richmond House, over on the other side of Whitehall.
Today, Richmond House is a 1980s office block housing the Department of Health. But several Richmond Houses have been built on or near this spot – between Whitehall and the Thames – on what was formerly the grounds of Whitehall Palace. And all but today’s office block were the London townhouses of the Dukes of Richmond.
Confusingly, the first was built in the reign of James I by Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox “of the fourth creation” – the last in a line of Scottish grandees who had followed the Scottish king down to his new capital, and no relation to today’s Gordon Lennox family. But when Stewart died without an heir, Charles II awarded his titles to Charles Lennox, the king’s son by Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth – who coincidentally had been Stewart’s next-door-neighbour, as the king’s mistress occupied vast apartments in the corner of Whitehall Palace. Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox (“of the fifth creation”) went on to acquire Goodwood – and build his own Richmond House beside the old one.
Two paintings and a sketch by Canaletto now at Goodwood show the vista from Richmond House’s first floor during the mid-18th century, when it enjoyed views of the City and St Paul’s. The house overlooked the Thames – which was much wider before the Victorians built the Embankment. Also in Goodwood House today are many important pieces of furniture and some chimneypieces from the last Richmond House to be occupied by the family – which was destroyed by fire shortly before Christmas of 1791.
The house was uninsured at the time, and a contemporary report describes an anonymous gentleman appearing on the scene and quickly directing the panicked household staff into throwing books from the library through the windows and saving important works of art, while water was pumped from the river in a vain attempt to save the house. When, to his great distress, the 4th Duke spotted his favourite spaniel trapped at an upstairs window, a workman mounted a ladder to rescue the animal – winning a sizeable tip, worth the equivalent of a year’s wages, for his brave actions.
This article is taken from the Goodwood magazine, Autumn 2017 issue
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