Race Day Transfers From Southport

The train from Southport to Aintree takes around an hour with a change at Sandhills, and Merseyrail puts on extra services on race days, but a group of six or eight rarely travels light: picnics, cool bags, folded fancy dress and a spare pair of shoes each. Getting all of that, and everyone, across a platform change is the part nobody misses.

Driving yourself means race-day parking at the course and, on the big days, queuing out of the car parks after the last race with everyone else. A pre-booked minibus drops you at the entrance and picks you up at a time and place agreed when you booked, so nobody is watching the clock from the last fence.

It is booked like the rest of our 8-seater minibus hire in Southport, with your own driver for the day. The same vehicle runs our stag and hen minibus trips (race days are a staple of both) and day trips by minibus all year.

Haydock Park is at Newton-le-Willows, a mile from Junction 23 of the M6 and entered from the A49, about 24 miles and 35 minutes from Southport. Like Aintree, it is a Jockey Club racecourse, with flat meetings through the summer and jumps through the winter, so there is a race day on the calendar most months of the year.

The same booking covers both courses: your group, your pickup time in Southport, and a return time agreed when you book. Ask for a quote on WhatsApp and we will price your day, whichever course you are heading for.