Overview
- ⏱️5 hoursApproximate duration
- 🏟️Large sizedVenue capacity is 67,000
🏟️ Address: Cheltenham Racecourse, Evesham Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4SH, United Kingdom Directions in Google Maps
The extensive parking scheme at Cheltenham Racecourse is colour-coded by parking zone and will match your label and ticket:
If you're being dropped off in Hackney Carriage Taxi, the drop-off point is on New Barn Lane and is signed "Taxis". If you're being dropped off in a Private Taxi, head to Swindon Lane, signed "Pick-Up & Drop-Off".
National Express operates special charter coach services from many locations across the UK to Cheltenham Racecourse. These will be made available for bigger events at the racecourse including the Cheltenham Festival. Tickets can be purchased for travel only or you can purchase a package to include travel and racecourse admission.
Cheltenham Racecourse can be reached by train to Cheltenham Spa Train Station, which is served by Great Western Railway and CrossCountry trains with connections to London and Birmingham. The journey to London Paddington takes 2 hours and there are around 27 trains a day. The journey to Birmingham New Street takes about 40 mins and there are around 62 trains a day. From Cheltenham Spa Train Station, it is 3.4 km to the venue.
Cheltenham Racecourse welcomes arrivals on racedays by helicopter and operates the busiest temporary airfield in the UK. The heliport is a temporary, licensed, surface-level heliport located just outside the northeast corner of Cheltenham Racecourse.
Racegoers can arrive at the helifield and can catch a shuttle service down to the racecourse main site. Raceday tickets will need to be shown before alighting. On racedays, Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Service Category H2 is provided at Cheltenham Heliport, as are two fuelling spots.
All visiting aircraft must pre-book landings with the racecourse’s partner. Please contact the racecourse for further advice.
There are 52 secure bicycle parks next to The Centaur and Best Mate Enclosure entrances.
Some racegoers – especially those staying in the town – choose to walk to the racecourse. Cheltenham Racecourse is a 1.4 km (17 min) walk from Cheltenham Town Centre.
Although Cheltenham is considered one of England’s most affluent towns, it offers affordable accommodation options as well as high-end.
The best way to reach Cheltenham as an international traveller, is to fly into England’s main international airport — London Heathrow Airport (LHR) — and…
Visit Victorian England at the Holst Birthplace Museum – see what it was like to live in Cheltenham during the Victorian times at the birthplace of composer Gustav Holst, which is now a fun interactive living museum complete with his original Music Room
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