How to Attend the Goodwood Festival of Speed?

The short answer: a ticket, or a package

At Goodwood there are no enclosures in the racecourse sense: the ticket opens the whole park, the paddocks, the rally stage and the lawns. What changes from one way of attending to another is where you watch the hill from, and what awaits you between runs: a public grandstand, a private garden, a balcony beside the track, a pavilion of your own.

The table below summarises the routes described by Goodwood.

The ticket and the grandstand pass

The day ticket is digital: it appears in the Goodwood Tickets app after purchase. Goodwood states that tickets resold outside its designated resale platform may be refused entry — one more reason never to buy through an intermediary whose tickets are of unknown origin.

The twelve public grandstands open with the Roving Grandstand Pass, which lets you change viewpoint through the day, from the start line to Molecomb Corner. For families: under-18s come accompanied by an adult holding a ticket, children aged 12 and under need a child ticket ordered in advance, and everyone from the age of 2 needs their own grandstand pass.

The gardens and the club: Library Lawn and The Kennels

The Library Lawn Garden Party takes place in the private gardens of Goodwood House, a few steps from the action: a brunch at the chef's table, afternoon tea, grandstand access, parking on site. Goodwood describes it as an informal reception, designed for small groups; wheelchair access there is very limited, to be checked before booking.

The Kennels Dining Room opens Goodwood's members' clubhouse for the day: a dining room and a terrace, breakfast and lunch from the estate's own farm produce, a shuttle to the festival entrance, grandstand access. It is a calm base, a little removed from the crowds.

The balconies beside the hill: Clark, Surtees, private pavilions

Clark is a contemporary pavilion at Molecomb Corner, one of the hill's more demanding passages, with a balcony beside the track: breakfast, a three-course lunch, afternoon tea. Surtees is the fullest of Goodwood's packages: a private enclosure and a balcony whose view runs from the start line to beyond the house, a table designed by a chef, and a dedicated concierge who plans the day's programme with you.

For hosting, the Trackside Pavilions are private pavilions beside the hill, designed for thirty guests, with dedicated service. We source these packages on request, from Goodwood, origin and conditions confirmed before any commitment. For a couple, a table in a garden or at the club is often enough; for a group or clients, the pavilion is the right answer.

The Goodwood Road Racing Club: what can be done, and what cannot

Founded in 1998, the Goodwood Road Racing Club brings together the regulars of Goodwood's events. The way in is first through the Fellowship, open on registration: it gives a priority window for tickets, access to the Pit Stop enclosures during the festival, and the possibility of joining the members' waiting list. Full membership, for its part, is offered only to Fellows, as places become available; among other things, it opens the Kinrara Pavilion, on the inside of Crossroads Corner, with its private lawn and grandstand.

Let us put it simply: we can neither have you admitted as a member, nor take you into the Kinrara Pavilion, nor shorten the waiting list. If you wish to join the Fellowship, the application is yours to make, with Goodwood; we compose the rest of the stay around it.

Key points

A ticket opens the whole park; the grandstand pass opens the twelve public grandstands; the hospitality packages sold by Goodwood offer a garden, a club, a balcony or a pavilion; the club spaces remain for members. TGZ Conciergerie, an independent house with no affiliation to the Goodwood Estate and no official status whatsoever, resells no tickets: we source tickets and hospitality on request, origin and conditions confirmed before any commitment, and compose the whole stay around them.