The Agria FEI Eventing European Championships is happening within the grounds of the UNESCO World Heritage Web site of Blenheim Palace on 18 to 21 September. The annual CCI4*-S for eight and nine-year-old horses will run alongside the Euros.
This would be the first senior eventing championship to be held in Britain since Blair Fortress in 2015. Britain has beforehand hosted the occasion on 11 events, together with at Blenheim 20 years in the past when Zara Phillips (now Tindall) gained particular person gold and William Fox-Pitt took particular person silver. The British staff gained gold. We hope the climate will probably be kinder than it was on that event.
Blenheim is on the sting of the market city of Woodstock, round 9 miles north-west of Oxford and has held its prestigious autumn CCI4* fixture since 1990, in addition to championships.
Learn how to get to Blenheim
By aircraft: London Luton (58 miles-plus)
By prepare: Oxford, Oxford Parkway and Hanborough, after which you have to take a bus/taxi.
Parking: free in predominant automotive park; you may pay to improve for nearer entry.
The place to remain close to Blenheim
There are many accommodations and B&Bs, from low-budget to luxurious, in close by Woodstock (one mile), Kidlington (2.5 miles) and Oxford (9 miles). Tenting and glamping choices are additionally out there on web site. Take a look at our information to the place to remain close to Blenheim for extra particulars.
Issues to do close by
The palace, which was the birthplace of prime minister Winston Churchill and is the one palace in England not related to the royal household, will probably be open in the course of the occasion. It’s effectively price a go to, with beautiful tapestries in its stately rooms, a 1.8-acre hedge maze and a butterfly home. It’s been used as a location for a lot of movies together with Black Magnificence, Harry Potter and Spectre 007, so see in case you can spot the place the scenes performed out.
Woodstock, lower than a mile away, is residence to the Oxfordshire Museum, which particulars the county’s historical past from the Jurassic interval by means of to the Victorian period. Plus, this Georgian market city is a shocking place to walk round, with impartial retailers, cafes and galleries.
For those who love to buy, be sure you go to the well-known designer outlet centre at Bicester Village, 25 minutes away.
For culture-vultures, Oxford is likely one of the most fascinating cities within the nation, with the Ashmolean Museum of Artwork and Archaeology (Britain’s first public museum), the world-famous Bodleian Library, a 1,000-year-old fortress and former jail, botanic backyard and lined market to get pleasure from.
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