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Prescott Speed Hill Climb
Camping/RVs
Course
Paddock
Viewing
Overall site layout
For course layouts please see ‘Walking the course’ section
Overall site layout
Date of our last visit: July 2024
Location: Cheltenham
Event type: Hill climb
Address: Bugatti Owners Club, Prescott Hill, Gotherington, Worcestershire, GL42 9RD
Telephone: 01242 673 136
Website: www.prescotthillclimb.co.uk
Circuit approach: 2 lane country roads: Of special note for larger vehicles; when approaching Wichcombe from the East, there are some steep, single lane roads. The easier approach is from the A46 to the West, via Gotherington.
Circuit entrance: Wide tarmac area; then paddock to left, camping to the right
Catering facilities: Permanent clubhouse café with seating and a bar at the top of the paddock. Additional catering truck and coffee hut at the bottom of the paddock.
Toilet facilities: Permanent blocks
Getting around – level/types of surfaces: All on hillsides, mix of tarmac lanes, grass verges and some gravel paths
Circuit approach
Circuit entrance
As a competitor
Organising club: Bugatti Owners Club
Club website: www.prescotthillclimb.co.uk
Support vehicle/trailer location: Cannot remain in the paddock. See regs for the specific event arrangements: mostly can be kept in the orchard with RV/camping/ support vehicle but may also have separate area, or may for some events, need to be moved to the field opposite.
Paddock surface: Lower paddock has tarmac lanes with parking on well maintained grass verges. Upper paddocks are all tarmac, but all areas are on a slope
Paddock power: No
Paddock water: Yes
PA announcements: Yes and commentary
Return running type: Return road
Numbered paddock bays: The paddock is divided up firstly into group zones, then with individual numbered bays
Scrutineering: Stay with your car in your paddock space and the scrutineers will come to you
Timing supplier: www.resultsman.co.uk
Competitor notes: Expect to be called from your paddock space in batches and then queue at the bottom of the paddock before moving to the start line. Tyre warming is permitted prior to the start line, which is uphill.
Camping
Camping permitted before an event: Yes
Camping access: On slope
Camping location: on site (small charge); Camping area is detached from the paddock area so it is not convenient to keep moving between them during the day
Camping ground conditions: Rough grass on a slope with gravel lanes
Camping power: No
Camping water: Yes
Camping approach and entrance: As circuit
Camping notes: Need to pre book; for some events there is an additional use of a rough grass field with a farm gate access across the road from the main entrance
As a spectator
Spectator notes: Spectators are encouraged and have PA commentary, multiple viewing platforms with seating and it is possible to walk the complete hill alongside the track. There is a charge for entry.
Accessibility
Spectator accessibility notes: Most of the site is naturally hilly so very little is flat and the parking area is a walk away from the track area; but most of the time you can move around on tarmac or well-kept grass and the seated decking area by the start line is accessible. Note that the cafe is on top of a very steep section and the upper viewing area is up a gravel drive so may be more difficult to get to.
Camping accessibility notes: All areas are on sloping rough grass with gravel tracks.
Our experience at this event
Walking the course
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