FAQs

At Fontwell Park, we offer group discounts on admission tickets for groups of 10 people or more. All you need to do is visit our What’s On page, choose the fixture you’d like to attend and then opt for the 'Admission - Group (10+).' We hope you have a great time!

Online tickets remain open before and during each fixture and you are welcome to purchase tickets on the day of racing. Click here to purchase your tickets to Fontwell Park.

Yes! Buying a ticket to Fontwell Park in advance will save you on average £5 off the gate price.

Yes! Online tickets for Fontwell Park remain open during each fixture and can be used to purchase tickets on the day of racing. You can also buy a ticket at Fontwell Park on the gate itself via card payment only.

All tickets for Fontwell Park are sent out via email, including tickets for any restaurant and hospitality bookings. You will receive your tickets within 7 days your chosen fixture. Please make sure to check your junk folder as emails can sometimes end up there.

Unless at the request of Fontwell Park (for example with carers tickets), it’s not possible to collect tickets on the day. Tickets can only be sent via email.

It’s not necessary to print out your tickets, at Fontwell Park we can scan e-tickets on your mobile devices (phones & tablets). However, if you’d prefer to print them off, you are more than welcome to.

Once tickets have been purchased for Fontwell Park, refunds or transfers on tickets and any other online purchases will only be available in the case of a fixture being abandoned or cancelled, and not for any other reason.

To find out more, please head to our terms and conditions of entry.

If there is space available, you are welcome to upgrade your ticket to another enclosure on the day. Please visit our racecourse office and they’ll be able to facilitate this for you.

At Fontwell Park, we pride ourselves on being a community course, welcoming children and families. Children under the age of 17 go free to the races when accompanied by an adult (please note some exclusions apply for Festival fixtures and Live After Racing events).

Adults should collect tickets for their children from our ticketing office or turnstile on the day of the racing (there is max.3 children per full paying adult.)

To redeem a Gift Voucher for Fontwell Park, visit our website and choose the date you’d like to attend.

Select the tickets you’d like to buy and add them to your basket. At checkout, enter your unique Gift Voucher code for full or part payment in the 'Add Gift Voucher Code' field.

If you’d like to use your Gift Voucher towards a restaurant or hospitality package, please call us on 01243 543335 with your Gift Voucher Number to hand – it can be used as full or part payment over the phone.

Any balance left will be credited to your account to use at a future Fontwell Park event.

Your ticket(s) will be emailed to you - see previous question on ‘when will I receive my tickets’.

Yes, students with a valid ID will receive a £5 discount off on-the-day tickets at Fontwell Park. This discount is only available on Grandstand tickets purchased on the day of racing.

Yes, but tickets from third party sites must be purchased at least two weeks before the fixture you wish to attend.

Yes, Trackside Parking (also known as Centre Course) is now open for parking and tickets can be purchased online. You are welcome to bring a picnic to Centre Course. There is also free of charge parking to the front of the Racecourse.

At Fontwell Park, our gates typically open two hours before our first race. On feature and festival fixtures, they may open earlier. We recommend checking our what’s on page for the most up-to-date race times as these can be subject to change.

Races at Fontwell Park take place at different times and can also change last minute, so we always recommend that you check the fixture you’re attending on our what’s on page for the most up-to-date timings.

Generally, the racecourse, along with bars and food outlets, will close shortly after the last race. That changes for our Live After Racing and themed race nights with live music - the live act will perform for an hour to 90 minutes after the last race and the racecourse will close shortly after the performance.

At Fontwell Park, there is no set dress code - we want all our racegoers to have a comfortable and enjoyable experience. Race meetings are predominantly outdoor events and we advise dressing for the occasion (and weather), especially around our themed events!

Please click here to view our dress code guidance.

Located 5 miles from Chichester and 8 miles from the coast, you can find the full details of how to get to Fontwell Park Racecourse by car, air, train and bus on our Get Here page. Alternatively, you can find the full address on our Contact Us page.

Yes – there is a shuttle bus from Barnham Railway Station to Fontwell Park. It runs from when the gates open up until the time of the first race and recommences from the penultimate race until 30 minutes after the last race (This service is not run on Boxing Day). There is a £4.00 charge for this service which covers the return journey.

Yes, we welcome coach groups at Fontwell Park. On arrival, coaches will be directed to our allocated coach parking.

For the main car park and entrance, please use the car park off Fontwell Avenue, BN18 0SY. For fixtures where Trackside Parking is open and you have a pre-paid parking pass, the postcode is BN18 0SX, it’s just off the A27.

Yes, our main car park is free to use. If you’d like to get closer to the racing action, you can park at Trackside Parking (also known as Centre Course) – tickets for this can be booked in advance for £7, or £10 on the day, payable by card. On larger fixtures, such as our Family Fun Day, Ladies Day and Boxing Day, it is £15 to book in advance, and £20 on the day.

For the main car park, the postcode is BN18 0SY, just off Fontwell Avenue. For fixtures where Trackside Parking is open and you have a pre-paid parking pass, the postcode is BN18 0SX, it’s just off the A27.

With the likes of The Bake House, Figure of Eight Bar and Comedy of Errors Bar on site, you’ll always be able to grab a drink and bite to eat when you come to Fontwell Park. Different bars and food outlets will be available depending on how busy the fixture is likely to be.

No, no alcohol can be brought into Fontwell Park racecourse. We have a range of bars on site offering a fantastic variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.

No, barbecues are not allowed to be brought in and used at Fontwell Park.

Picnics are permitted in the Trackside Parking (also known as Centre Course) but nowhere else. Please note that no drinks (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) may be brought into any area of Fontwell Park. We provide free drinking water at all our bars across the site.

We do all we can to ensure our visitors enjoy their experience at Fontwell Park. This includes making our venue an easily accessible place and adding in extra features to make guests comfortable wherever possible. Click here to see the full details regarding accessibility on site.

Personal Assistants/Carers will receive free admission to Fontwell Park when accompanying a paying guest with accessibility needs.

Personal Assistant Tickets will be available to collect from the entrance on arrival – please bring proof of accessible needs/supporting documentation with you, e.g. Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Attendance Allowance (AA) or Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP).

Please email info@fontwellpark.co.uk at least 48 hours in advance with your name, reservation number of already purchased ticket and details of the fixture you wish to attend to arrange these tickets.

Yes, we have two wheelchair viewing platforms at Fontwell Park – one is in the Paddock Enclosure and the other is in the Premier Enclosure. Please ask one of our team on arrival and they will happily show you the way.

Betting at the horse racing is a time-honoured tradition. If you wish to place a bet at Fontwell Park, there are number options across the racecourse where you do so – either with the tote, which is a pool betting option (similar to the lottery) or with the on-course bookmakers.

Find out more about betting at Fontwell Park.

No – there are no cash machines on site at Fontwell Park.

All our bars, restaurants and food outlets at Fontwell Park are cashless and will only accept debit card, credit card and contactless payments. However, the bookmakers and the tote will still accept cash payments. As there are no cash machines on the racecourse, please bring cash with you if this is your preferred payment method with bookmakers.

Yes – bookmakers at Fontwell Park will still accept cash and some will also accept debit cards. Please be aware that there are no cash machines on the racecourse so if cash is your preferred method then make sure to bring some with you.

You can view and download our free, digital racecard on the morning of the race you’re attending here. Printed racecards are also available to purchase at Fontwell Park.

Yes, you can view and download a map of the racecourse here.

Unless you have booked a ticket which includes a reserved seat, a restaurant package or hospitality option, there is only limited seating available across the racecourse and the majority will be outside.

During weekend fixtures at Fontwell Park, chairs cannot be brought into the racecourse, unless for medical reasons. For all other fixtures, we take a pragmatic approach and allow chairs as and when crowd size allows. This is always at the discretion of the safety officer on the day.

Smoking is permitted in the allocated smoking rings across Fontwell Park. It is not permitted in the grandstands.

There are numerous hotels and bed & breakfasts close to Fontwell Park that we’d recommend. Visit our ‘Where To Stay’ page for options and availability.

For turf tracks, the amount of rainfall will impact the ‘Going’ at the racecourse. Simply put, this is the condition of the racing surface and how ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ the ground is. Different horses enjoy different ground conditions and therefore the going reports are vital for a horse’s trainer and owner in deciding when and where a horse should run.

The health and safety of all participants and horses is our top priority. If the racing surface is deemed unraceable (this could be due to waterlogging, frozen surfaces or even too hard a surface) or extreme weather conditions are unsafe, a fixture will be abandoned. If this happens, customers will be alerted and the information will be available immediately on our website – there is no need to call.

Full or partial refunds will be automatically provided according to our refund policy, available on our terms and conditions of entry.

Guide Dogs of the Blind and other Assistance Dogs are permitted at Fontwell Park but we do not allow other dogs to enter the racecourse. In the interests of animal welfare, dogs are not allowed to be left in cars and we politely request that all dogs are left at home.

At all meetings we ask that no flash photography takes place near the horses.

Otherwise, you are welcome to take photographs for personal non-commercial use only. During live music and entertainment, the artists' management retain all image rights. Any photographer that is felt to be impeding or contravening these rights without accreditation and prior written consent will be requested to leave the premises.

You cannot take images for commercial purposes without prior permission from Fontwell Park and the provision of press accreditation.

Note

Professional filming and photography takes place at Fontwell Park for various publications and broadcasting and race goers (including families) consent to being filmed, photographed and otherwise recorded by the Racecourse or any authorised third-party. By entering the racecourse, you accept our terms and conditions of entry, which authorised by the Racecourse the right to broadcast, publish, licence and use any photographs, film, recordings or images of you without payment or other compensation in any promotional literature produced by Arena Racing Company. Full copies of our Terms & Conditions are available here.