The closest pub to Goodwood
Food and music festivals
Our close proximity to West Dean Gardens enhances our events calendar with food and music festivals which start in April and go on till October. The Fox Goes Free is often a popular watering hole for keen ramblers and cyclists enjoying our location at the foot of Levin Down in the beautiful South Downs.
Full event capability
We offer an excellent pre or après social for all the local events and cater for these with a well organised food, drink and accommodation offering. We often enhance these events with barbecues, outside bars all within our beautiful garden over looking the South Downs.
At the Fox Goes Free there is always something going on!
National Burger Day
August 22nd
Glorious Goodwood
Tuesday 30th July
until
Saturday 3rd August
August Racing & Bank Holiday weekend
Racing Fri 23rd
Racing Sat 24th
Racing Sun 25th
Bank Holiday Monday 26th
Clay Shoot
2019 dates
21st September / 12th October
9th November / 14th December
Clay Shoot
2020 dates
18th January / 22nd February
14th March / 18th April
9th May / 13th June
Meat Raffle
Every Friday Night
Come and join the locals for the fun meat raffle on a Friday night.
Tickets on sale from 6.15pm, draw starts at 8pm.
January
Tues 1ST – New years Day (public holiday)
February
18th-22nd Half term
March
Sun 31st Mothers Day
April
6-7th Goodwood members meeting
Fri 19th Good Friday
Sun 21st Easter Sunday
Mon 22nd Easter Monday
8th – 22nd Half term
May
Sat 4th – Racing Goodwood
Mon 6th – BH Monday
Thurs 23rd – Goodwood racing
Fri 24th – Goodwood racing
Sat 25th Goodwood racing
HALF TERM Mon 27th May – 31st May
Mon 27th – BH Monday
June
Fri 7th June – Goodwood race night
Sun 9th June – Family Race Day Goodwood
Fri 14th June – Goodwood race night
Sun 16th June – Fathers Day
Fri 21st Racing
July
Wed 3rd – Build up to FESTIVAL OF SPEED
Thurs 4th – FESTIVAL OF SPEED
Fri 5th – FESTIVAL OF SPEED
Sat 6th – FESTIVAL OF SPEED
Sun 7th – FESTIVAL OF SPEED
Summer holidays start 24th July – 30th Aug
Tuesday 30th – GLORIOUS GOODWOOD
Wednesday 31st – GLORIOUS GOODWOOD
August
Thurs 1st – GLORIOUS GOODWOOD
Fri 2nd – GLORIOUS GOODWOOD
Sat 3rd – GLORIOUS GOODWOOD
Fri 9th – Chilli Fiesta West Dean Gardens
Sat 10th – Chilli Fiesta West Dean Gardens
Sun 11th – Chilli Fiesta West Dean Gardens
Sat 17th – Steam festival weald & Downland
Sun 18th – Steam festival weald & Downland
Fri 23rd– Goodwood racing EVENING
Sat 24th– Goodwood racing
Sun 25th– Goodwood racing
Mon 26th– BANK HOLIDAY
September
Tues 3rd – Goodwood racing
Thurs 12th– PRE-REVIVAL
Fri 13th– REVIVAL
Sat 14th– REVIVAL
Sun 15th– REVIVAL
Wed 25th– Goodwood racing
October
Sun 13th – Goodwood racing
Sun 27th – Clocks go back
Sat 28th – 1st HALF TERM
Thurs 31st–Halloween
November
Tues 5th Nov – Guy Fawkes night
Sun 10th – Remembrance Sunday
Sat 23rd – CHRISTMAS MARKET at weald & Downland
Sun 24th – CHRISTMAS MARKET at weald & Downland
December
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Monday 23rd Dec – Monday 6th Jan 2019
Weds 25th – CHRISTMAS DAY (Public holiday)
Thurs 26th – Boxing Day (Public holiday)
Tues 31st – New Years Eve