Found on the lawn at FOS is the finest concours d'elegance in the world, where the most beautiful cars are presented
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”.
Testament to the 19th-century fascination with ancient Egypt and decorative opulence. The room is richly detailed with gilded cartouches, sphinxes, birds and crocodiles.
Goodwood’s pigs are a mix of two rare breeds (Gloucester Old Spots and Saddlebacks) plus the Large White Boar.
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.
Hound lodge is one of our wonderful lcoations designed by Cindy, whose incredible eye for detail can be seen in every inch.
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
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
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.
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 ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
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
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
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
For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
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 exquisite mirror in the Ballroom of Goodwood House it so big they had to raise the ceiling to get it inside!
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 iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
After a fire in 1791 at Richmond House in Whitehall, London, James Wyatt added two great wings to showcase the saved collection at Goodwood. To give unity to the two new wings, Wyatt added copper-domed turrets framing each façade.
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.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
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!
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto
A 20m woodland rue, from Halnaker to Lavant, was planted by our forestry teams & volunteers, featuring native species like oak, beech, & hornbeam
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.
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
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 always, I will start with the greens. We have finally had some rain. Albeit not a lot at 15mm in the last four weeks. The greens have suffered with dry patch and areas burning out including the greens, tees and aprons month. We have struggled the past six weeks with strong north easterly wind, which was consistent at around 17 knots most days and night, add hot temperatures to that and 5mm of rain in six weeks, makes applying irrigation efficiency to the target area (greens, aprons, tees) very difficult. The sprinklers are unable to reach certain areas they would normally hit; therefore, we have been constantly hand watering greens in the mornings and tees in the afternoon to try and keep areas alive. One of the worst areas is the 1st & 17th tees, this is mainly due to a pipeline failure under the tunnel which is losing a large amount of water on an hourly basis, (which we only turn on in the day) therefore holes 1,17,18 can only run two sprinkler heads efficiency at one time. Unfortunately, the 1st and 17th have four heads per side which are not activating correctly. Now we have the greens coming back to good health, we will allocate more time on tee recovery, with the aid of granulated wetting agent and wetting pellets. The forecast for next week is for the winds to drop in speed and change direction back to our normal south east winds we normally have in the spring / summer. Thank you for your patience with the matter.
We have had some summer diseases and disorders come in during the dry spell, mainly with a patch and superficial fair rings. We have treated this with a fungicide and these will disappear in time. The greens on a whole have been consistent and true, however we have kept the moisture 7% above our KPI. Just as a contingency in case we lose our water resource.
Bunkers have been smooth raked most of the month due to the dryness of the sand. We have been trying to move sand as much as we can, however, this has been testing at times due to the wind blowing it in the corners.
The long natural rough has come up very quickly and is rather thick in places. This was due to the wet conditions in the spring, increasing the coarser grasses rather than the fine grass we want in these areas. Although it is aesthetically pleasing and has an array of wild flowers in them, we will look to trim down some of the high-volume landing zones to help playability. We also will be trimming the pathway edges to stop the grass flipping over and restricting path width.
The bees continue to thrive and these are a massive aid to us in helping with the pollination of all our flowers on the golf course and surrounding areas.
Looking forward we will continue with hand watering playing areas, adjusting bunker levels, raising sprinkler heads for water efficiency, light aeration on the greens and regular sand dustings to keep the greens trueness at the desired level.
Look forward to seeing you on the course!
Rob Dyer, Head Greenkeeper, The Downs Course
As June progressed it was all hands on irrigation for both The Academy and the course. All round monitoring of the irrigation system and hand watering was a must! No rain for five weeks had the course suffering in areas. During the hottest period typically, our irrigation computer went offline for several days to add to our stress. The use of wetting agents to help break up surface tension and seaweed to help with the plant stress were used on greens, tees and aprons.
We were still able to keep our regular maintenance going on the greens to help promote firmer, truer playing surfaces with a sand dressing of eight tonnes and aeration work.
General surfaces are good with fairways being brushed to stand the plant up for a cleaner cut.
I do hear people’s concerns over the long rough areas. After years of shaping, we feel that we have got the balance right with the width of the typical landing areas and think these are more than wide enough. All the parks long rough are cut and removed every year in September to not disturb the nesting wildlife but due to a very wet spring these areas are thicker than usual. We can’t bring the cutting forward due to wild flowers and nesting animals.
Look forward to seeing you on the course!
Simon Berry, Head Greenkeeper, The Park Course