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!
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.
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
...plan strategy in an ancient woodland, enjoy award-winning dining then drive around a racetrack?
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
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 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.
For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation
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.
Found on the lawn at FOS is the finest concours d'elegance in the world, where the most beautiful cars are presented
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.
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 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.
FOS Favourite Mad Mike Whiddett can be caught melting tyres in his incredible collection of cars (and trucks) up the hillclimb
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.
Leading women of business, sport, fashion and media, take part in one of the most exciting horseracing events in the world.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
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
From 2005 to present there has been a demonstration area for the rally cars at the top of the hill
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 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.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
...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?
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.
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
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!
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 20m woodland rue, from Halnaker to Lavant, was planted by our forestry teams & volunteers, featuring native species like oak, beech, & hornbeam
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).
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.
Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.
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 famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
Next time you’re heading up to Goodwood, why not catch a ride with the revolutionary new app that's linking would-be passengers with light-aircraft pilots. It’s like Uber with wings
Words by Alex Moore
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We hope to dispel the cliché that private aviation is reserved for an elite
There are few better ways to arrive at Goodwood than by air. Wingly, a new platform that connects pilots of light aircraft with passengers looking for flights, is making flying a more convenient and low-cost option than ever before. Think of it as carpooling for planes.
Wingly began as a way for private (amateur) pilots to make their expensive hobby more affordable. “Once you get your pilot’s licence, you need to fly a certain number of hours each year to keep it,” explains Emeric de Waziers, one of the company’s founders. “As a pilot, you always try to share the cost of flying with friends and family, but it’s hard to keep this going. That’s where the initial idea came from – to help pilots fly for less, and to allow them to share their passion with others. In doing so, we hope to dispel the cliché that private aviation is reserved for an elite.”
Give a loved one their first taste of flying from £135
The Wingly platform launched in France in July 2015 before branching out into Germany and the UK. Pilots can offer three types of flight: the overnight excursion (London to Le Touquet on the north coast of France was 2017’s most popular trip), the A-B (either a one-way flight or a return), and local sightseeing flights. The new flight request function, meanwhile, allows passengers to ask for specific flights and pilots to respond accordingly.
You can fly the Harvard Warbird from right here at Goodwood, home of RAF Westhampnett during the Second World War.
“We have a really simple rule, which states that open regulation pilots are not allowed to make money,” explains de Waziers. “They can’t make a profit from these flights, so for them it’s really a case of sharing the direct costs: fuel, parking, the landing field and, in certain instances, the price of renting the plane.” This means you can fly from London to Liverpool for just £63 each way, or from Goodwood to Alderney in the Channel Islands for £94 each way.
Sadly, flights are limited to 700km, but for good reason. “These are small planes and the inside can be more like a car than an Airbus, which means there are no toilets on board,” says de Waziers. “Secondly, the weather can be a constraint: if conditions are really bad, the flight can be cancelled, and the longer a flight’s duration, the more chance there is of encountering bad weather.”
In 2017, in the UK alone, Wingly went from having 3,000 to 50,000 online members. There are currently around 20,000 flights being offered – some every weekend, others more flexible. Private aviation, it seems, is at last open to everyone.
This article is taken from the Goodwood magazine, Spring 2018 issue
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