Goodwood Chauffeur Hire in West Sussex

Above Chichester, the Goodwood estate puts on several distinct occasions across a single summer. July sees the Festival of Speed turn the parkland drive into a hillclimb course. Horse racing high on the Downs carries through the warm months. Come September, the Revival hands the motor circuit over to period cars, period aircraft and a crowd dressed with real commitment. Each one has a character of its own, and each one involves several miles of walking on grass and gravel.

Here a chauffeur earns his keep at the two edges of the day. Estate parking sits in fields, sometimes a considerable distance from the entrance, and those tracks turn quickly once the weather comes in wet. Get set down at the gate and collected from an agreed lane and period shoes stay clean, cameras stay dry, and nobody has to recall which field the car went into once the light goes.

Given a clear run down the A3, Chichester is roughly two hours from London. What catches people out is the last few miles through the Downs villages: narrow, steep in places, easily blocked. Build in a generous margin. September evenings on the circuit turn cold long before you expect, and the estate is exposed to it. Admission and enclosure access are arranged through the estate itself; Luxury Chauffeurs is independent and provides the road journey alone.

For estate lanes and uncertain surfaces, a Cullinan or a Range Rover Autobiography is the sensible pick, and the raised seating helps on the approach. At the Revival, a Rolls-Royce Phantom suits the day rather well. Six people with hampers and coats go in a V-Class, and where the party splits between the circuit and the racecourse we will gladly run two vehicles.