| For the perfect short break, visit the Goodwood | | | | From May to September the Goodwood horse |
| Estate in the heart of the South Downs National | | | | racing course sparks into life for the flat season. |
| Park, Sussex. From cars to spas, there's | | | | Tens of thousands of visitors flock to Glorious |
| something for everything on this historic estate. | | | | Goodwood but a full calendar of meetings gives |
| It's one of a multitude of things to do and see | | | | you the chance to tie your visit to an exciting day |
| during a visit to the Goodwood estate in the | | | | at the races. |
| heart of the South Downs National Park in | | | | Another major event is the Festival of Speed, |
| Sussex. With the Goodwood Hotel providing a | | | | where cars and star drivers past and present |
| luxurious base from which to explore, we found it | | | | come together for the great Hillclimb race. There |
| a fine destination for a weekend break with the | | | | is a rally stage, amusement park and exhibitions |
| attractions of Chichester close by, such as the | | | | of everything from 19th-century steam carriages |
| impressive Norman cathedral, the Festival Theatre | | | | to Formula 1 cars and dragsters. You might even |
| and the modern art of the Pallant House Gallery. | | | | get to rub shoulders with Lewis Hamilton or |
| The Goodwood Aerodrome by the track joins in | | | | Jenson Button. |
| the nostalgia with displays of historic aircraft from | | | | New this year will be Vintage, a celebration of five |
| its own colourful history as an RAF base during | | | | decades of British cool from fashion and food to |
| the Second World War. | | | | music and culture from the Forties to Eighties. |
| An impressive art collection includes three | | | | There will be bands, exhibitions, period clothes and |
| enormous Stubbs, several van Dycks and two | | | | even "glamping". |
| marvellous 18th-century Canalettos painted from | | | | These innovative events make Goodwood a |
| Richmond House overlooking the Thames and | | | | special place to visit. There are no dusty old |
| Whitehall in London. | | | | exhibitions or fusty tours. Heart and soul are put |
| Everywhere you go on the Goodwood Estate | | | | into arranging every activity. |
| there are staff eager to impart fascinating | | | | There is such an infectious energy here, I'm |
| nuggets of history, whether it's about Edward VII | | | | determined to return for all the things I didn't |
| staying at the house with his wife and mistress | | | | have time to do. I might even get to meet the |
| Alice Keppel or the pilots who flew over enemy | | | | real supercar drivers to give them the benefit of |
| lines to drop a new pair of prosthetic legs into | | | | my newly-acquired track. |
| Bader's PoW camp. | | | | |