Your guide to Cheltenham Festival 2023

The Cheltenham Festival is galloping towards us. Our guide features the best Race Week breakfasts and places to wine, dine and party after a day at the races.

Photo highlights, featuring all four days of The Cheltenham Festival 2022. Featuring celebrities and useful inspiration for planning your next race day outfit. 

We’ve called around our local hotels to put together this list of last-minute accommodation. These hotel rooms will not be available for long!

We are on official countdown to the biggest horse racing event of the year! The four-day Cheltenham Festival returns mid-March. Our guide will help you shop for the all-important outfit.

Parking in the Town Centre East council-run car park will be free of charge every afternoon, for customers parking from 2pm until 5pm during Cheltenham race week.

All the details of where you can eat, drink, park & celebrate at the Pittville Pump Room & Heritage Deco café, Prince of Wales Stadium & Sports Bar and Garden Bar Orangery.

Start and end your racing day on good form at The Brewery Quarter. From breakfast through to late night entertainment we've rounded up the highlights you can expect during The Festival, 14 - 17 March.

Stephanie Shaw & Carys Jones, Personal Stylists at John Lewis & Partners Cheltenham, share their top 5 tips for ladies going to The Cheltenham Festival this year.

With Cheltenham Festival mere weeks away, it's time to plan what you are going to wear. Our guide shares six stylish mens stores in Cheltenham, and the surrounding Cotswolds, to stock up on your race attire.

Sarah Davies, menswear specialist at John Lewis & Partners Cheltenham shares menswear racing essentials and advice on what to look out for to elevate your look at Cheltenham Festival. 

The Jockey Club today announces that formal dress codes will no longer be in place at Cheltenham Racecourse as part of a drive to make horseracing more “accessible and inclusive”.

Last year’s Cheltenham Festival was worth an estimated £274 million to the local economy, according to the results of a special report undertaken by the University of Gloucestershire.

Hydrophobic paint, which repels liquids, will be made available to affected residents and businesses for the first time.

Are you travelling or considering travelling to Cheltenham Racecourse by e-scooter? With traffic typically cery busy during Festival week, e-scooters can be the fastest means of getting to the Festival site, while also offering a more sustainable option.