For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation
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 red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
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 Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
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.
Our replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style
The dining room is host to an original painting from the Goodwood collection of the 6th Duke as a child.
Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
Our replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style
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".
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.
Testament to the 19th-century fascination with ancient Egypt and decorative opulence. The room is richly detailed with gilded cartouches, sphinxes, birds and crocodiles.
Festival of Speed is our longest-standing Motorsport event, starting in 1993 when it opened to 25,00 people. We were expecting 2000!
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 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.
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”.
For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
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.
"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
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 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 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 famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
G. Stubbs (1724–1806) created some of the animal portraiture masterpieces at Goodwood House, combining anatomical exactitude with expressive details
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.
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 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
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
"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.
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 Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
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.
For centuries, Goodwood’s mighty sweet chestnut trees have been an invaluable source of timber, fuel and food.
Words by Darren Norris
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Sweet chestnut is thought to have been introduced into Britain by the Romans and has remained a much-loved feature of the landscape since then. Goodwood’s specimens don’t go back quite that far, but there are some very fine and ancient examples on the estate, as well as almost 100 acres of sustainably managed, coppiced trees.
These coppiced trees have two distinct roles at Goodwood. Because the timber is fast-growing and durable, it is ideal for fencing. Festival of Speed requires 6,000 chestnut posts each year, used to hold the bales in place on the Hillclimb. We can’t produce that many ourselves, so we supplement our own posts with some bought locally. The other main use is as biomass fuel for heating and hot water at Hound Lodge – chestnut timber is particularly suitable for this as it has a high calorific value when burned.
In contrast to the coppiced workhorse of the woods, a sweet chestnut, if planted singly with plenty of room, will grow into a magnificent tree, up to 30m tall, with a wide, spreading canopy. Within the park there are five of these ancient chestnuts with broad, gnarly trunks, deeply fissured bark and stag-headed branches. The leaves are shaped like serrated spear-heads and the bright yellow flowers hang on 15-25cm catkins that shed their pollen in late June. These aged stalwarts of the park are thought to be of 16th-century origin, when the planting of sweet chestnut as a parkland tree was very much in vogue.
By far the largest group of these standards can be found in Halnaker Park – also part of Goodwood and formerly a deer park in medieval times – which are the most impressive specimens on the estate. Many of them have died back in the crown from their former glory and now stand with great curved tops of bare wood, bleached almost white by the sun and hard as stone. These are now home to families of jackdaws and rooks, with the occasional owl hiding within their dense lower canopies. My favourite among these great trees is in Redvins Copse. This tree is surrounded by a mixed plantation of ash, oak, hazel and grand fir. It stands proudly showing its scars from the devastation of the 1987 storm, great branches ripped off to jagged stumps and only a hint of what presence the tree once held within this wood. All around it was flattened in the storm and replanted in 1990.
Time is the great healer with such ancient trees and a new lower canopy has grown from the reckage, with new limbs growing up from the base and into the crown. It is scarred but full of life, with blue tits and treecreepers using the broken bark as nesting sites and greater spotted woodpeckers creating nesting holes in the deadwood stumps.
Perhaps the greatest gift from the sweet chestnut is the nut itself. Encased in a spiky cover and nestled in a soft inner lining, these shiny nuts are the best of eating for woodland creatures and humans alike. Boiled or roasted over a fire, the flesh becomes soft and floury, adding sweet depth to any dish. They have the perfect shell for easy storage over the winter months and, for the past 2,000 years, would have played an important role in helping the inhabitants of this corner of the South Downs survive the lean months into spring.
Darren Norris is forestry manager of the Goodwood Estate.
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