Cheltenham Festival Hospitality 2020 – Silks

Cheltenham Festival Day Guides

The Cheltenham Festival is the pinnacle of National Hunt Racing and takes place across four magnificent days in the shadow of Cleeve Hill. Below we have given you a guide to one of The Festivals most popular days, Ladies’ Day including the big races.

Cheltenham Festival Ladies Day

Ladies’ Day is one of the most popular days for the Cheltenham Festival. Like all days at Cheltenham, Ladies’ day delivers style, glamour and prestige. Don’t be the one to miss out on a day filled with top-quality races.

Throughout Ladies’ Day, you will be treated to a host of races including The Coral Cup and The RSA Chase. One key race is the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle. This Grade One event has been previously won by The New One, Faugheen,  and Simonsig.

The day all centres around the high-status Queen Mother Champion Chase. ABlue Riband steeplechase holds great respect amongst those taking part and spectators alike. This chase has included champions like Sprinter Sacre, Moscow Flyer and Flyingbolt. It is difficult not to want to make it to Ladies’ Day at the Cheltenham Festival.

Cheltenham Races Dress Code

Show up and make a statement, or descend upon Cheltenham Racecourse in subtle style. Are you stuck on what to wear to Cheltenham Festival? Fear not, we’ve got all the fashion and style tips in our dress code blog.

From what to wear in the Club Enclosure, to the dress code for men and fancy dress on St. Patrick’s Thursday – we’ve got it all covered. Take a read of our dress code blog here, maybe we’ll be able to inspire your outfit choice!

By Road

Customers are advised to follow the yellow, temporary signs when entering Cheltenham and the local area and not the brown permanent signs.

Driving from London to Cheltenham takes around 2 hrs and an hour from Birmingham and Bristol.

Directions from the M5 heading north:

Exit the M5 at Junction 11:

Follow the A40 towards Cheltenham. At the first roundabout (Arle Court) take the third exit. At the second roundabout take the first exit following signs to Cheltenham Racecourse (Princess Elizabeth Way). Continue to follow signs for Bishops Cleeve and Park & Ride. At the PC World/McDonalds roundabout, take the second exit towards Bishops Cleeve.

Follow the below directions.

Directions from the M5 heading south:

Exit the M5 at Junction 10.

Follow the A4019 towards Cheltenham.
Sainsbury’s, Homebase, Broughton’s and Cotswold BMW are on your left.
At the McDonalds roundabout, turn left heading towards Bishops Cleeve.
At the double roundabout head straight across.

Follow the below directions

Take the second turning on the right (Swindon Lane) over the level crossing.
Head straight across the next two roundabouts.
At the third roundabout take the second exit to the racecourse.
Follow the access road to the racecourse passing The Centaur on your right.
At the top of the hill turn right into the members car park (reserved spaces). Please park in the members car park and follow signs for the Hall of Fame, report to the conference and events office or the racecourse reception.

Pick up and Drop off

For The Festival, the pick up and drop off area can be found at the bottom of the West Car Park. Please follow the signage. This is about a 5 minute walk from the gates.

By Rail

Trains from London to Cheltenham Spa generally run hourly and take about two hours. Trains from Birmingham generally run every half an hour and take about 35 minutes. From Bristol, trains leave every hour and take about 35 minutes. It is a 10 minute tax ride from the station

By Bus

From Cheltenham

Stagecoach service D runs every 10 minutes during the day and between 10 minutes and every hour on Monday to Saturday evenings. The service runs hourly on Sundays.

Service 527 also provides a regular service from Cheltenham Centre to Bishops Cleeve and Gotherington via the Racecourse Roundabout.

At The Festival and The Open a shuttle bus service will be operating, picking up at Cheltenham Spa Railway Station and outside WH Smith in the centre of town before dropping off at the Racecourse. Return buses pick up from the Racecourse with stops at Pittville Street and then the Station.

• Return from Station – £5
• Single from Station – £3
• Single from Town – £2.50
• Single from Racecourse – £2.50