Race days end when the last race does, and nobody wants to be the one driving home. We drop you as close to the entrance as each course allows and wait for you afterwards.
The courses within reach
| Course | By road from our base | Typical time |
|---|---|---|
| Bangor-on-Dee | 7 miles | 17 min |
| Chester | 24 miles | 34 min |
| Ludlow | 48 miles | 1 hr 7 min |
| Aintree | 56 miles | 1 hr 8 min |
| Wolverhampton (Dunstall Park) | 56 miles | 1 hr 12 min |
| Haydock Park | 59 miles | 1 hr 13 min |
| Uttoxeter | 59 miles | 1 hr 31 min |
| Cheltenham | 97 miles | 2 hr 15 min |
The big days
- Haydock Park: the Betfair Chase, Saturday 21 November 2026.
- Cheltenham: the Festival, Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 March 2027. Gold Cup Day is the Friday.
- Uttoxeter: the Midlands Grand National, Saturday 20 March 2027.
- Aintree: the Grand National Festival, Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 April 2027. The National is on the Saturday.
- Chester: the Boodles May Festival, Wednesday 5 to Friday 7 May 2027.
These dates are from each course’s own pages, read in October 2026.
Where the car can stop
Chester
On race days New Crane Street, Watergate Street and Nuns Road are closed from 09:00 to 21:00. The course asks drivers to come in from Sealand Road, so we plan the drop-off and the meeting point for afterwards before the day.
Aintree
For the Grand National Festival and other race days, Aintree runs a drop-off and pick-up zone outside The Queens Arms on Warbreck Moor.
Cheltenham
Private hire follows the signs to the pick-up and drop-off car park, which is separate from the hackney carriage drop on the main drive. It is a long day: about two and a quarter hours each way from our base.
Bangor-on-Dee
Our nearest course, 17 minutes from our base.
Football, golf and the rest
Match days at Wrexham’s Racecourse Ground, Anfield, Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium and both Old Traffords; golf at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake and Royal Birkdale; awards ceremonies and concerts. Tell us the event and the time it finishes, and the car waits.