Chester Racecourse is located in the heart of the historic city and is easily accessible by the rail network and road and is sign-posted from all major routes. We recommend you allow plenty of time to make your journey and arriving early to take advantage of the full raceday experience.

Chester Racecourse having been working in collaboration with Cheshire Police and Cheshire West and Chester Council to address issues of health and safety around Chester racedays.

Racedays attract thousands each raceday and the safety of the racegoers and members of the public is of utmost importance. In order to protect those visiting the racecourse, it is necessary to impart measures that safeguard against any potential threat to safety.

Having collectively reviewed existing measures, it was felt that additional sanctions should be brought into place for the 2018 season, namely concerning road closures around the racecourse.

Between the hours of 09:30 and 19:00, road closures will be in place on New Crane Street, Watergate Street and Nuns Road. Safety barriers will enforce the closures, providing additional security to members of the public.

Those visiting the racecourse by car should follow the temporary yellow signage in place on approach to the city of Chester to reach the racecourse. Barriers will be removed from 19:00 on the evening of a raceday to allow for normal access.

All traffic heading to the racecourse will travel in via Sealand Road. Please follow the signs in place for the Owners and Trainers Car Park.

Car Parking

At the 5-day entry stage, all owners will be sent a car park label.

If you require assistance with transport, we will happily assist with transfers from local airports and train stations – this should be done in advance of the day by emailing or calling Jeannie Chantler on 07968 963664.

Helicopters

Helicopter landing facilities are available on racedays by prior arrangement. Please contact Helicopter & Aviation Services Ltd. to make the necessary arrangements: 01427 718800 |  info@helipad.co.uk

In the event of any difficulties contacting the above please contact Neil Farmer: 01244 304 679

As British Racing remains Behind Closed Doors, essential personnel only are permitted to the venue.

The following attendance limits for the May Festival will be imposed:

• Media: up to six additional spaces, on top of the usual two spaces covered by the standard raceday protocols (Annex A).
• Photographers: up to two additional media photographers, on top of the usual two media photographers covered by the standard raceday protocols.
• Broadcast & Radio: Minimum number for rightsholders to achieve their broadcast requirements.

All persons attending a raceday under behind closed doors rules are required to pass the BHA’s e-learning module Understanding COVID-19 which is available for free on the Racing2Learn platform. Once complete, the certificate remains valid indefinitely.

In addition, all persons must complete a self-assessment questionnaire regarding their health. This is valid for seven days and must be renewed by the individual as and when required.

The questionnaire will comprise closed questions requiring simple yes/no answers. Questions must be answered correctly for the user to advance to the next stage. The questionnaire will be emailed direct to proposed attendees once notification of their attendance has been received by the BHA.

The Racing Post and Press Association will provide a rota showing which reporter will attend each meeting. These will be supplied to the BHA & RCA to enable the journalist to be informed of any screening/testing procedures they have to go through in advance of a fixture.

Media facilities

For behind closed doors race meetings at Chester, the Press Room will be located in the Ground Floor of the Leverhulme Stand.

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Make sure you follow us on Twitter, Instagram and like our Facebook page to keep up to date with our latest news and ensure you make the most of your visit to Chester.

Contact

For comment or interview requests, please email marketing@chester-races.com

Official Course Photographer

Chester’s Official Racecourse Photographer is Alan Wright – please contact him via phone on 01695 724 504 or via email.

Chester Bookmakers – Bookmaker Badge Purchasing 2021

Bookmakers badges should be purchased in advance online. Click here to purchase your bookmakers badge.

The Box Office will only be able to distribute pre-purchased badges and will not be able to process any purchases on the day.

To purchase your badge:

• Click here to purchase your bookmakers badge and workers badges.
• All pre-purchased badges will available for collection from the Box Office
• The badges will be available for collection from 11.00am
• Searches will be made on each day as part of our general entry policy

For any uncollected badges, a refund will be made to the same card as originally used to purchase the badges, this reimbursement process normally takes 2 or 3 days.

You are able to purchase your badges up to 8pm on the day before racing to ensure that your badges will be available for collection.

This process is aimed streamlining the purchase and distribution of the bookmakers badges, although the Box Office will still be available for the ‘on the day’ purchase of badges as a last resort.  The Box Office is located in the main County Stand and is generally very busy on the morning of a raceday so please expect long queues if you were to follow this method of purchasing your badge.

Your cooperation is appreciated.