Revival Sunday, what time to avoid traffic?

[alistair1234]

Hello

First time attending the circuit. We've got a long drive down in the morning, what time should we aim to arrive to avoid most of the traffic? 8am or would we get away with any later?

Thanks in advance

[RichB]

Sorry but traffic will be a nightmare at any time.

I usually arrive at the track around 8:45 but I stay very local and use back roads.

[tonymor]

The earliest as possible . Silly o clock is never too early .

[Elderly]

RichB said:

....... but I stay very local and use back roads.

I understood that the 'back roads' were closed off for the
MM earlier this year because of disgruntled locals.

I guess we won't know until Friday if they are intending to do
the same for the Revival.

[F1JHerbert]

I live in Chi (Chichester). So I cycle there and back. As the motor circuit is two-and-a-half miles from my house. So IIFF I got a puncture on my bike I would walk there and back.

[WJNB]

Have attended EVERY FoS & Revival but only live 20 miles away.
HOWEVER I arrange to arrive at 6.30am so as to avoid car & people queues. Arriving at Revival so early is a special joy as for the first half hour if quick on your feet you get some quiet dawn moments in the company of Spitfires & some super cars. I leave mid-afternoon having checked out the outside across-the-road site before leaving not before.
If Goodwood was say hundreds of miles aaway I would still want to arrive just before the gates are open, so would get up early & have a breakfast a mile or so from the venue even if it means patronising a McDonalds.
For many years I have holidayed in the Lake District & breakfasted at Shap & have been on Derwentwater by 10am.

[RichB]

WJNB said:

... I leave mid-afternoon having checked out the outside across-the-road site before leaving not before...

I've attended every Revival bar the first and agree on getting there early however because I go for the racing I stay to the end.

[Bluedot]

Elderly said:

I understood that the 'back roads' were closed off for the
MM earlier this year because of disgruntled locals.

I guess we won't know until Friday if they are intending to do
the same for the Revival.

Went to Goodwood a couple of weeks back and there were signs up already at East Lavant stating the through road is shut for event traffic.

[john2443]

Queues are building at 7 and a nightmare at 9.

You can't be too early!

If you have a car full its probably worth the passengers walking in the last part and leaving the designated driver to suffer on their own!


It's probably (about a year) too late to try and book somewhere to stay within 50 miles. But....

Booking.com show Yelf's Hotel, Ryde, (18.2 miles from Chichester) Bargain Double Room In high demand! £90

Only 18 miles away but it fails to mention the bit of water in between!

[Elderly]

Bluedot said:

Elderly said:

I understood that the 'back roads' were closed off for the
MM earlier this year because of disgruntled locals.

I guess we won't know until Friday if they are intending to do
the same for the Revival.

Went to Goodwood a couple of weeks back and there were signs up already at East Lavant stating the through road is shut for event traffic.

I don't know exactly where you are talking about but
IIRC there's been a sign every year directing event traffic left
from the B2178 (where I have always turned right ) but I don't know
if they will then be enforcing the 'No through road for event traffic'
at the next junction.

Hopefully a kind Friday Guinea Pig will post that info here .

[Bluedot]

Elderly said:

I don't know exactly where you are talking about but
IIRC there's been a sign every year directing event traffic left
from the B2178 (where I have always turned right ) but I don't know
if they will then be enforcing the 'No through road for event traffic'
at the next junction.

Hopefully a kind Friday Guinea Pig will post that info here .

Thinking about it and looking on a map, the road through East Lavant (Pook Lane) from the A286 merely takes you further up and away from the circuit itself (maybe its been used though if the road to the circuit is queuing and busy?). There's a nasty bit of single lane through East Lavant that I'd imagine would get snarled up badly if everyone tried using it.
If you turn right into Fordwater Lane (pretty sure this is where traffic would get directed anyway?) then it takes you direct to the circuit.
Enjoy it anyway

[ratboiler]

We leave Guildford at 7am and arrive around 8am and it is getting busy then.

[WJNB]

Arrived just after 6am & within 5 minutes was parked up having encountered no traffic & no long queues. Public car park gate was closed so followed everybody else & found myself in the GRRC/Staff car park (it was dark so absence of the correct parking sticker not noticed - I'm neither GRRC or staff).
By means I will keep to myself I was on site & taking pre-dawn/dawn pictures by 6.30am then a sit down for a coffee. Revival to myself - magic. The public seemed to be drifting in come 7.30am.
Inevitably having gone to every Revival there was little new & by noon a back problem had returned & it was getting very very crowded. Perhaps it's age but the noise seemed worse than previous years yet I LOVE the fact that noise abatement procedures are suspended for the event. Once Friday was the more civilised & quieter day.
Left just after noon, no traffic & only about a dozen cars queuing to get in.
To be honest I enjoyed the Flywheel meet at Bicester much more so perhaps like the FoS I have witnessed the best of Goodwood before being spoilt by too many people & a suspicion that avarice is the master & the car lover the servant.

[dandarez]

WJNB said:

Arrived just after 6am & within 5 minutes was parked up having encountered no traffic & no long queues. Public car park gate was closed so followed everybody else & found myself in the GRRC/Staff car park (it was dark so absence of the correct parking sticker not noticed - I'm neither GRRC or staff).
By means I will keep to myself I was on site & taking pre-dawn/dawn pictures by 6.30am then a sit down for a coffee. Revival to myself - magic. The public seemed to be drifting in come 7.30am.
Inevitably having gone to every Revival there was little new & by noon a back problem had returned & it was getting very very crowded. Perhaps it's age but the noise seemed worse than previous years yet I LOVE the fact that noise abatement procedures are suspended for the event. Once Friday was the more civilised & quieter day.
Left just after noon, no traffic & only about a dozen cars queuing to get in.
To be honest I enjoyed the Flywheel meet at Bicester much more so perhaps like the FoS I have witnessed the best of Goodwood before being spoilt by too many people & a suspicion that avarice is the master & the car lover the servant.

I'd agree with every word of your last paragraph, but I'd delete the bit about there being any suspicion, I would say it was fact!