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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".
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 oldest existing rules for the game were drawn up for a match between the 2nd Duke and a neighbour
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
A temple-folly guarded by two sphinxes, the beautiful shell house was built in 1748 with collected shells and the floor made from horse teeth.
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
The dining room is host to an original painting from the Goodwood collection of the 6th Duke as a child.
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
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.
FOS Favourite Mad Mike Whiddett can be caught melting tyres in his incredible collection of cars (and trucks) up the hillclimb
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!
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).
For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation
Leading women of business, sport, fashion and media, take part in one of the most exciting horseracing events in the world.
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 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.
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
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
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.
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 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.
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?
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 iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
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?
...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.
"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
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.
...plan strategy in an ancient woodland, enjoy award-winning dining then drive around a racetrack?
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
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.
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.
The oldest existing rules for the game were drawn up for a match between the 2nd Duke and a neighbour
Today it’s the rather unprepossessing home of the Department of Health, but Richmond House was once a grand townhouse between Whitehall and the River Thames, owned by the Dukes of Richmond. James Collard traces its history.
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The Thames and the City of London from Richmond House, 1747, by Canaletto - from the Goodwood Collection
Richmond House overlooked the Thames – which was much wider before the Victorians built the Embankment
Given the topsy-turvy nature of political life right now, the notion that the House of Commons might decamp elsewhere while the Palace of Westminster undergoes its multi-billion pound refurbishment has barely raised a national eyebrow. Two potential options have been floated for when the Mother of Parliaments goes hot-desking: a “pop-up Parliament” to be built by Norman Foster on Horse Guards Parade, or a move into Richmond House, over on the other side of Whitehall.
Today, Richmond House is a 1980s office block housing the Department of Health. But several Richmond Houses have been built on or near this spot – between Whitehall and the Thames – on what was formerly the grounds of Whitehall Palace. And all but today’s office block were the London townhouses of the Dukes of Richmond.
Confusingly, the first was built in the reign of James I by Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox “of the fourth creation” – the last in a line of Scottish grandees who had followed the Scottish king down to his new capital, and no relation to today’s Gordon Lennox family. But when Stewart died without an heir, Charles II awarded his titles to Charles Lennox, the king’s son by Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth – who coincidentally had been Stewart’s next-door-neighbour, as the king’s mistress occupied vast apartments in the corner of Whitehall Palace. Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox (“of the fifth creation”) went on to acquire Goodwood – and build his own Richmond House beside the old one.
Two paintings and a sketch by Canaletto now at Goodwood show the vista from Richmond House’s first floor during the mid-18th century, when it enjoyed views of the City and St Paul’s. The house overlooked the Thames – which was much wider before the Victorians built the Embankment. Also in Goodwood House today are many important pieces of furniture and some chimneypieces from the last Richmond House to be occupied by the family – which was destroyed by fire shortly before Christmas of 1791.
The house was uninsured at the time, and a contemporary report describes an anonymous gentleman appearing on the scene and quickly directing the panicked household staff into throwing books from the library through the windows and saving important works of art, while water was pumped from the river in a vain attempt to save the house. When, to his great distress, the 4th Duke spotted his favourite spaniel trapped at an upstairs window, a workman mounted a ladder to rescue the animal – winning a sizeable tip, worth the equivalent of a year’s wages, for his brave actions.
This article is taken from the Goodwood magazine, Autumn 2017 issue
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