

Festival of Speed is our longest-standing Motorsport event, starting in 1993 when it opened to 25,00 people. We were expecting 2000!


Our replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style




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




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?


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.



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


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.






Many items came from Gordon castle in Scotland when it left family ownership, coming out from storage exclusively for Hound Lodge.


Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.




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 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!


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.


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


The Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS


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












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


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.


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 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 Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS


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 round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.


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 Gordon Tartan has been worn by the Dukes and Duchesses over the last 300 years.




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?


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.






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


Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998



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?



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.


According to Head Butler at Goodwood House David Edney "Class, sophistication and discretion".




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




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 of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.








The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our 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).


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.




Goodwood’s pigs are a mix of two rare breeds (Gloucester Old Spots and Saddlebacks) plus the Large White Boar.


Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.


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


The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.


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.
Fl/Lt David Greville-Heygate DFC would have been very familiar with viewing Goodwood from the air. In the autumn of 1944, desperate to return to squadron life, he arrived at No.83 GSU based at Bognor, Thorney Island and Tangmere. While awaiting an overseas posting, he flew low-level dive-bombing exercises over Sussex in the iconic tank-busting Typhoon.
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Goodwood Aerodrome
WWII

David's love of aircraft was sparked at school when aircraft developed for 1927 Schneider Trophy roared overhead. At Cambridge, David signed up for the Cavalry but when horses replaced tanks he resigned in protest. Just before war was declared, David was called up by the Army, but after a ‘bit of a row’ with his Brigadier he transferred to the RAF as an 'Army Rebel'.
David trained on Tiger Moths, Masters, Hurricanes and Lysanders. In 1942, posted to No.16 Army Co-Operation Squadron, he learnt the skills required of a recce pilot including low-level flying, pinpoint navigation and accurate observation of enemy positions. One of David’s first flying accidents was during an exercise when Home Guard soldiers jumped up in front of him as he attempted to land, quickly pulling up the Lysander's tail-wheel hit a bank. David returned to the airfield with the tail-light in his pocket as a souvenir of a lucky escape.
Although considered less glamorous than the 'Fighter Boys,' when 16 Squadron re-equipped with Mustangs their role expanded and they were soon flying daring low-level photo/recces, over the French coastline in preparation for D-Day. Several pilots were shot down; one rescued after a dramatic four-day search of the Channel. Sent off in terrible weather to take urgently-needed pictures of a radar tower, David lost his No.2 but was able to return with the photos. In 1943, failing decompression tests in preparation for high-level flying, David reluctantly left the squadron and was posted to Hawarden as an instructor.
A year later, David joined No.168 Squadron in Holland but was never entirely happy shooting-up steam trains. After a chance remark while visiting friends he transferred to No.2 Squadron. For the rest of the war David flew Spitfire XIVs behind enemy lines photographing enemy troop movements.
By the time David was demobbed in 1945 he had flown 22 types of aircraft (including an Auster, a Battle, a Harvard and a Magister), landed at 69 airfields, had had 3 crashes and lost over 60 friends and his older brother, a Blenheim pilot. David never flew again and died aged 84.
David's biography 'From Sapper to Spitfire Spy is published by Pen and Sword Books.
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Goodwood Aerodrome
WWII