For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation
Sir Stirling Moss was one of the founding patrons of the Festival of Speed, and a regular competitor at the Revival.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
A 20m woodland rue, from Halnaker to Lavant, was planted by our forestry teams & volunteers, featuring native species like oak, beech, & hornbeam
Head Butler David Edney has worked at Buckingham Palace taking part in Dinner Parties for the then Duke of Richmond and the Queen.
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!
"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto
Hound lodge is one of our wonderful lcoations designed by Cindy, whose incredible eye for detail can be seen in every inch.
Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.
FOS Favourite Mad Mike Whiddett can be caught melting tyres in his incredible collection of cars (and trucks) up the hillclimb
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".
Festival of Speed is our longest-standing Motorsport event, starting in 1993 when it opened to 25,00 people. We were expecting 2000!
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
For safety reasons F1 cars can no longer do official timed runs so instead perform stunning demonstrations!
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
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 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 red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
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.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
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.
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.
Goodwood Motor Circuit was officially opened in September 1948 when Freddie March, the 9th Duke and renowned amateur racer, tore around the track in a Bristol 400
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.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
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.
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.
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 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
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
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
Goodwood’s pigs are a mix of two rare breeds (Gloucester Old Spots and Saddlebacks) plus the Large White Boar.
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.
4 doors in the lodge were rescued from salvage and expertly split to ensure they meet modern fire standards before being fitted.
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.
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).
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).
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
The latest news from the Greenkeeper's on the Golf At Goodwood Golf courses
Starting with the greens, this month we have started our winter preparation by applying a granular fertiliser. We applied a 10-1-4, which is a bit more nitrogen than normal, this was to fill in some of the disease scars we had over the summer, so the growth after application was rather rapid. This was checked a few days later by a growth regulator to bring back to our normal level of clipping before we took off a day. This has also helped with our nematode issue.
The 9th green has recovered well, however, we are still seeing signs of nematode damage across all the greens, even though we applied garlic to all the greens a month ago.
Green speeds have been slightly slower this month, averaging 9.1 on the stimp meter. This was mainly due to two reasons, one being the fertiliser applied and the increased growth rate throughout the day until the growth regulator was applied. And two, we had a very hot spell at the beginning of September where temperatures hit over 34 Celsius on the course. They were kept on the slightly wet side, because if the greens had dried out, the nematode damage may have spiked again.
Tees have also been fertilised, this should help with the Dollar Spot disease issue we have had on the tees the last few months, which has hit a few tees rather hard. This will promote recovery, as well as our weekly devoting programme.
We had a major issue with wash down in the bunker on the week beginning of the 18th. We had 40mm in under 24 hours which flooded the course. We had some of the bunker lining displaced and a lot of faces washed down.
This also has caused a major compaction issue, with all the bunkers filling up to the top edges with water. Please be patient as we bring the bunkers back into play, as this is going to take a lot of hours of labour to get them looking and playing correctly again.
You will be pleased to know we will start cutting and collecting the long natural rough the week commencing 2 October. There has been a slight delay as we only have one machine for both courses and The Park course will be cutting theirs first before we start on The Downs course. This is a long process and normally takes between 2-3 weeks per course.
See you on the course soon,
Rob Dyer, Head Greenkeeper
Well, what a productive couple of weeks in September. The boys have been hard at it this month with vital maintenance on tees, Aprons, rough and of course greens.
Let’s start with the greens. I’m really pleased with how they are visually and also from an agronomy level. With good grass coverage and disease-free, going into the disease-pressure months this is an excellent place to be. But we must keep on our toes.
Aeration work continues with a small tine of 10mm going to a depth of 4”. This will relieve any compaction and give the roots channels to develop. We have continued with our sand dressing the target is 150 tonne a year and we have already put down 110 tonnes, the benefits of this is huge to the health and performance of the greens. Our feeds stay consistent with both feeding the leaf and the roots.
It is also vital that the greens are strong enough to withstand our maintenance which is happening tomorrow as I type this. It will be the same as last year. A deep scarify and Verti–Drain.
More on that next month.
We have sprayed our aprons and green surrounds to enhance these areas and thicken the grass sward while giving them great colour. This has given us some great definitions.
The Tees have been deep scarified, ripping unwanted lateral growth and dead stems to improve the playing surface.
We have since sprayed a foliar on them to aid recovery and during our maintenance this month we will be aerating them with a large tine. Towards the end of September, we will fertilise them with a granular fertiliser to keep them in good health through the autumn.
As part of our ongoing conservation/habitat management plan all the long natural rough areas around the course, we have started to cut and collected. Although the course will look a little bare, the benefits of carrying out this task are:
• Thins out and removes unwanted weeds and course grasses
• Allows the natural fescue grasses a chance to grow by not being overpowered by courser species
• Gives the course definition whilst still maintaining its playability
• Carried out this time of year it doesn’t affect nesting birds or wildlife.
See you on the course,
Simon Berry Head Greenkeeper