Cheltenham Festival Travel Directions

Cheltenham Racecourse is just a few minutes North from the centre of Cheltenham - a short distance from the M5. If travelling by car follow the AA signs to the car parks. The nearest train station is Cheltenham Spa - for information call 08457 484950 - and on race days bus links from the Station to the Racecourse are available.

Cheltenham Transport Info 2011

When over 65,000 people converge on Cheltenham, as they will on totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup day, they’ll come in every form of transport you can imagine.
Race sponsors (and official airline to The Festival) Ryanair bring a vast throng of racegoers from Ireland, staging many additional flights to their normal schedule from Ireland to Birmingham, Bristol and East Midlands airports.

Train operators Cross Country Trains, First Great Western and Virgin Trains all run additional services throughout the week. On a local level, taxi firms do significantly more business in Festival week than in any other week of the year.
Typically, 30,000 cars, 2,000 coaches and 50 stretch limos bring people to the races and there will be up to 650 helicopter landings at the course during the meeting, making it the busiest temporary airfield
anywhere in the country – and that includes Silverstone on British Grand Prix day.

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