Sussex’s Goodwood Festival of Speed

On 26^th -29^th June the Goodwood Festival of Speed was held in the beautiful grounds of Goodwood House, located in the heart of the South Downs outside Chichester in West Sussex. This world-famous event includes the annual hill climb race which features a range of classic cars.

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This year the festival saw its most impressive turnout to date with over 200,000 people flocking to West Sussex to watch the exhilarating races that spanned three fun filled days.

What’s on at Goodwood Festival of Speed?

Every year at Goodwood Festival of Speed there are some great races to watch. As we said, the main attraction is the 1.16 mile race uphill through the leafy lanes of the Sussex Goodwood Estate. Every day of the festival, around 300 of the world’s best drivers attempt to win the nerve-wracking race driving a variety of classic and modern cars – quite the spectacle to watch!

And then there's the Sunday Times Supercar Run, an exciting race with big names such as Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche all taking part. Each year the Festival of Speed encompasses a theme and this year’s event celebrated the centenary of one of the most exciting sports car names, Maserati, with static displays as well as plenty of working classics on show.

There was also lots for all the family to do and see,  and the kids loved the life size replicas of cars from the popular children’s cartoon, Wacky Races. The famous air shows are not to be missed either. RAF Tornado and The Red Arrows fly over the Sussex countryside performing incredible stunts for the crowds and the 2004 and 2005 events even featured a low flying Boeing 747!

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The next event for the Goodwood Festival of Speed is set to take place in June/July of 2015. If you’re thinking of heading down to Sussex for next year’s event, there are plenty of places to stay with a range of Sussex hotels nearby.

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The Goodwood Hotel is set in the heart of the Goodwood Estate and is one of Sussex’s most luxury hotels. Check out the Brighton business directory Call us First to find out the whole range of out of things to do on your visit to Goodwood. If cars are your thing then the Sussex Goodwood Festival of Speed is definitely for you and with so much to do and see around West Sussex, the Goodwood races are fun for all the family.