R5 Executive, Cheltenham Festival chauffeur

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chauffeur, the full week

Four days of racing, with the Gold Cup on Friday. Pre-book a chauffeur from Manchester, Cheshire or the Midlands, with a fixed fare, a drop at the hospitality gate, and a return home the same night or the next morning.

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Cheltenham, March

Cheltenham Festival week.

Cheltenham Festival runs over four days: Tuesday's Champion Day, Wednesday's Queen Mother Chase, St Patrick's Thursday, and Gold Cup Friday. 260,000 people over four days, all trying to reach a racecourse sitting in a narrow Cotswold valley. The M5 is gridlocked from Wednesday onwards, the A40 approach is worse, and local parking is chaotic unless you're in corporate hospitality.

R5 runs Cheltenham from the North West, Manchester, Cheshire, Liverpool, the Midlands. We time the departure from Manchester for a pre-rush arrival, drop you at your specific enclosure pass (Club, Tattersalls, Best Mate, Festival Panel), and hold for a post-last-race pickup at an agreed coaching point off the main race-day egress. Same-day return home, or a pre-booked overnight stay with driver-on-standby for the next morning.

Cheltenham week routes.

Manchester → Cheltenham
2h 15m via M6 → M5 → A40. Plan for 30 min earlier on Wednesday and Friday to beat the M5 build-up.
Hale / Cheshire → Cheltenham
2h via M6 → M42 → M5.
Liverpool → Cheltenham
2h 45m via M6 → M5, a day trip for the Merseyside racing crowd.
Birmingham → Cheltenham
50 minutes via M5. The easiest approach, and handy for overnight stays at Midlands hotels.
Festival panel drop
Hospitality box holders: drop at the Centaur, The Princess Royal, or the designated Festival Panel corporate entrance.
Overnight stay service
Overnight at the Lygon Arms or Ellenborough Park, with the driver on standby for the next day's racing.

Festival-week service.

Multi-day bookings
Where timing allows, the same driver takes you from Tuesday to Friday.
Corporate groups
Mercedes V-Class (up to 7) or VIP Sprinter (up to 8) for syndicate groups.
Pre-race breakfasts
Your driver takes you to breakfast at The Montpellier or Daffodil, then on to the course.
Gold Cup Friday
Your driver waits at a named pickup point away from the main exit route.

Festival dates and venue.

Venue: Cheltenham Racecourse, Prestbury Park, Cheltenham GL50 4SH. Closest M5 exit: junction 10.
Festival dates: Tuesday to Friday, mid-March. Gold Cup run on Friday afternoon.
Overnight options: Ellenborough Park, Lygon Arms, The Queens Hotel, Hotel du Vin.

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