FOS Favourite Mad Mike Whiddett can be caught melting tyres in his incredible collection of cars (and trucks) up the hillclimb
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.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
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
...plan strategy in an ancient woodland, enjoy award-winning dining then drive around a racetrack?
"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.
Testament to the 19th-century fascination with ancient Egypt and decorative opulence. The room is richly detailed with gilded cartouches, sphinxes, birds and crocodiles.
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).
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.
For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation
Our replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style
For safety reasons F1 cars can no longer do official timed runs so instead perform stunning demonstrations!
FOS Favourite Mad Mike Whiddett can be caught melting tyres in his incredible collection of cars (and trucks) up the hillclimb
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
For safety reasons F1 cars can no longer do official timed runs so instead perform stunning demonstrations!
The Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
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
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.
Festival of Speed is our longest-standing Motorsport event, starting in 1993 when it opened to 25,00 people. We were expecting 2000!
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
The oldest existing rules for the game were drawn up for a match between the 2nd Duke and a neighbour
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?
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.
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 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?
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!
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
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.
Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.
"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
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.
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.
Nick Veasey started his professional life as an advertising photographer, presenting the shiny surface of things. Yet his abiding passion over the last two decades has been for the very opposite – taking X-ray images that reveal what lies beneath. “All of my work is a statement against superficiality,” he says. “I feel we are too obsessed by material issues: what we wear, what we drive, where we live. My work is a metaphor for looking on the inside – for it is what we feel on the inside, rather than what we project superficially, that really matters.”
Veasey’s X-ray art started almost by accident. He was X-raying a soda can for an advertising job, and then thought he’d take a shot of the shoes he was wearing that day. The result, an ordinary pair of sneakers, complete with dirt and grit embedded in the sole, was transformed into something ethereal and beautiful – and Veasey was hooked. His body of work is impressive, ranging from complex large-scale images of aeroplanes, cars and motorbikes to much simpler X-rays of single blooms or leaves. He finds that both have their charm – and their challenges.
One of his most impressive achievements was photographing an entire Boeing 777, which he describes as being akin to doing “a jigsaw puzzle with thousands of pieces. The most amazing fact to me is that I somehow persuaded Boeing to send me a plane in parts from the West Coast of the US to my studio in Kent. How it works is that the X-rays are exposed onto film at 100 per cent life size. The largest film available is 35 x 43cm so if the object is bigger than that, we use more films, all overlapped. Each film is then processed and the drum scanned. Once we have the digital file we start the process of joining up the pieces of the jigsaw. The plane took over a year to complete and consists of over 1,000 separate X-rays. It’s the world’s largest X-ray, by some margin.” Although it’s hugely satisfying to master such technical complexities, Veasey admits that sometimes the smaller natural objects are more rewarding: “The process is faster, and the beauty and intricate details of nature never cease to amaze me.”
“The process is faster, and the beauty and intricate details of nature never cease to amaze me.”
The classic 1960s Arriflex 16BL movie camera.
All of this happens in Veasey’s studio outside Maidstone in the fields of Kent – a kind of shed-cum-bunker, with specially fortified walls and a door that can withstand radiation. This summer he is due to move to a larger studio nearby with an adjacent gallery. He takes particular pleasure in knowing that the images he produces in this unlikeliest of spots are hanging on the walls of galleries and museums all over the world. Modest about his work, Veasey is happy to tread the line between art and commercial projects, citing both Dalí and Warhol as highly respected artists who managed to do both throughout their distinguished careers.
“to capture an innovative internal exploration of the collectors’ pride and joy”
Veasey is always up for a new challenge. A recent collaboration with the V&A saw him invent and build the world’s first mobile X-ray studio, as part of a project to X-ray key pieces from the museum’s fashion collection. He has just started work on a project called The Kit , producing images of the equipment people wear in extreme jobs or environments. He’s also working with X-ray video for the first time and looking at X-raying more iconic classic cars – “to capture an innovative internal exploration of the collectors’ pride and joy”.
One dream, however, keeps him up at night: “I would love to X-ray a submarine. Can you imagine seeing inside that! All the chambers, the mechanical details – that would be special.” Veasey speaks about his work with a poetic, almost philosophical passion. There is something in the transformation that occurs in X-ray that thrills him. Every detail, every nuance, every speck of dirt, is revealed yet somehow elevated. “Radiation is used to detect disease,” he has said, “and I’m using it to reveal beauty.”
A chrysanthemum bloom