For safety reasons F1 cars can no longer do official timed runs so instead perform stunning demonstrations!
Our replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The first public race meeting took place in 1802 and, through the nineteenth century, ‘Glorious Goodwood,’ as the press named it, became a highlight of the summer season
A 20m woodland rue, from Halnaker to Lavant, was planted by our forestry teams & volunteers, featuring native species like oak, beech, & hornbeam
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.
David Edney, head Butler dons a morning suit "and a smile" every day and has been woking at Goodwood for over 25 years!
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!
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
Each room is named after one of the hounds documented in January 1718, including Dido, Ruby and Drummer.
Easy boy! The charismatic Farnham Flyer loved to celebrate every win with a pint of beer. His Boxer dog, Grogger, did too and had a tendancy to steal sips straight from the glass.
Festival of Speed is our longest-standing Motorsport event, starting in 1993 when it opened to 25,00 people. We were expecting 2000!
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".
Future Lab is Goodwood's innovation pavilion, inspiring industry enthusiasts and future scientists with dynamic tech
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
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
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
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.
Leading women of business, sport, fashion and media, take part in one of the most exciting horseracing events in the world.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
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.
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
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
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
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
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 Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
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.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own 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.
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.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
Easy boy! The charismatic Farnham Flyer loved to celebrate every win with a pint of beer. His Boxer dog, Grogger, did too and had a tendancy to steal sips straight from the glass.
Testament to the 19th-century fascination with ancient Egypt and decorative opulence. The room is richly detailed with gilded cartouches, sphinxes, birds and crocodiles.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
The oldest existing rules for the game were drawn up for a match between the 2nd Duke and a neighbour
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
The annual unveiling of the Festival of Speed sculpture has become a highlight of the Goodwood calendar. Meet Gerry Judah, the polymath artist behind these gravity-defying masterpieces.
Words by Oliver Bennett
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Classic roadsters spin around enormous steel arabesques, F1 cars whoosh around tracks like giant Scalextric sets and hang upside down as if frozen in a moment of torque. These vast, hallucinatory sculptures are a magical and annual part of Goodwood’s Festival of Speed and since 1997 they have encapsulated the sheer dynamism and panache of the event. “It’s sculpture as theatre,” says their creator, artist Gerry Judah. “The front of Goodwood House becomes a stage where we perform feats of sculptural engineering.”
Judah is a loquacious deep-thinker with a continent-hopping past, a refreshing candour and the ultimate portfolio career. After attending art school at Goldsmiths and the Slade, he supplemented his life as a fine artist with work in opera and theatre, making props and painting backdrops, then becoming a model-maker and production designer for advertising photography during its 1980s heyday. “If they needed anything – from an Italian city made of biscuits to props for a Nureyev ballet – I did it.”
If they needed anything – from an Italian city made of biscuits to props for a Nureyev ballet – I did it.
Gerry Judah
Around this time, Judah worked for photographic talents like David Bailey, Adrian Flowers and Charles Settrington. Years later, in the 1990s, the Earl of March, as Settrington had become (he is now the Duke of Richmond), rang Judah to commission a triumphal arch for Ferrari. “He realised the potential of a central feature that would define the Festival of Speed, its sponsors, their history and the spirit of the event itself,” says Judah.
Each year since then, Judah has come up with new variations on the speed theme. In 2016 a series of spikes supported three BMW classics, as if leaving steel vapour trails; in 2014 an arc curved over Goodwood House with a pair of Mercedes-Benz racing cars passing each other; while in 2015 a pair of Mazdas followed a twisting track skywards. Uniting all the sculptures is a lightness of touch – they’re never overcomplicated or inaccessible. “Sometimes it can be quite hard to make something simple,” says Judah.
The front of Goodwood House becomes a stage where we perform feats of sculptural engineering.
Gerry Judah
Each sculpture begins as “a dialogue”. Judah comes up with the design, develops it with the Duke of Richmond and presents it to the client and sponsor. The process then takes a further few months, during which Judah creates sketches and models and refines the designs. “I still work with pencil and paper and bits of card,” he says. “I can’t even draw a line on the computer.”
Then everything has to be tested by engineers, as “these pieces have massive wind loads and need enormous foundations”. This summer’s design – celebrating 70 years of Porsche – is the tallest so far at 52 metres, the same height as Nelson’s Column, yet so fine at the bottom that you’ll be able to put your hands around it. All of this needs help from Judah’s engineers Diales and nearby steel contractors Littlehampton Welding. “These are the real heroes,” says Judah. “They have the right attitude. Nothing fazes them.” The vast sculptures are delivered in sections, then bolted and welded together with the classic cars mounted on-site. “This needs great care,” says Judah. “These cars are priceless. Often they’re back racing as soon as they’re demounted.”
From an ancestral background in Baghdad’s Jewish community, Judah was born and grew up in Kolkata and moved to London when he was ten years old: a journey that has informed many of his pieces, which often have climate change, humanitarian and anti-war messages. He’s currently working on a large sculpture that he says will be “Kolkata’s Eiffel Tower”. The Goodwood pieces are temporary and, for the most part, end up recycled, which seems a shame. But one remains intact, his enormous nose-down Jaguar E-Type, which may yet gain pride of place at Jaguar’s Coventry factory.
Often they’re back racing as soon as they’re demounted.
Gerry Judah
One of the artist’s twin St Paul’s Cathedral installations.
This article is taken from the Goodwood magazine, Summer 2018 issue
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