Two hotels sit in the circuit precinct: Escapade Silverstone, which overlooks the track, and a Hilton Garden Inn. Towcester, Brackley, Buckingham, Milton Keynes, Northampton and Banbury are the nearby towns. For the British Grand Prix weekend rooms across the area go early and many fans camp. For a normal race meeting a day trip from any of those towns works.
Silverstone has more than 30 grandstands at the British Grand Prix, and smaller meetings open only some of them. At the Grand Prix every grandstand ticket is a reserved seat from Friday to Sunday. Covered stands for the 2026 Grand Prix: Luffield, Luffield Corner, Woodcote A and B, the National Pit Straight, Stirling B, Copse A, B and C, Becketts, Club Corner, Hamilton Straight A, Abbey B, Village B and the International Paddock (Box Park).
What each area gives you:
Abbey: Turn 1 and the race start.
Hamilton Straight: the grid and the start, with the podium visible from some seats.
Village: the first major braking zone, with frequent overtaking and the pit exit feeding in.
The Loop: an inside view of the Arena section, from Farm Curve through Aintree to the Wellington Straight.
Luffield: the Wellington Straight, Brooklands and Luffield, with overtakes often starting into Brooklands.
Copse: one of the fastest corners in Formula 1.
Becketts: the Maggotts and Becketts sequence.
Stowe: the end of the Hangar Straight and one of the main overtaking spots. For 2026 the Landostand here was expanded to more than 16,000 seats.
Club: Club Corner, close to the podium celebrations.
Facilities
Food outlets
Toilets
Camping
Accessible viewing
Parking
Museum
Big screens
The Silverstone Museum is on site. The Escapade Silverstone hotel with The Gallery restaurant overlooks the circuit, and a Hilton Garden Inn sits inside the precinct. Kart Silverstone and Box Box Pizza are on site. Disabled parking areas, wheelchair accessible viewing and a Personal Assistance ticket scheme are run by the circuit. At the British Grand Prix, cameras with lenses up to 400 mm are allowed and small flags without poles are allowed in grandstands.
Plan your day
Getting there
Silverstone is off the A43 dual carriageway near Towcester. Silverstone gives 60 minutes from Birmingham via the M1 and A43, and 90 minutes from central London via the M40 and A43. Roadworks on the A43 between Towcester and Silverstone can add time.
The closest train station is Wolverton, about 16 km away, with direct trains to London Euston, Birmingham New Street and Northampton. Banbury, Milton Keynes and Northampton stations are all within about 20 km. Taxis wait at the stations, and return taxis from the circuit are booked in advance. Local buses run to the circuit for key events, paid on board, with the drop off near the entrance. The closest airports are Birmingham (88 km), London Luton (68 km) and Heathrow (108 km), and Turweston airfield is 11 km away.
Car parks open about half an hour before the gates, with prices set per event. For the British Grand Prix the circuit runs Park and Ride and bus transfers, and many car parks are on grass, up to a 30 minute walk from the gates. Inside, the circuit is big enough that crossing from one side to the other is a long walk at the major events.
Public transport
Wolverton station is about 16 km away, with Banbury, Milton Keynes and Northampton under 20 km. Local buses run to the circuit for key events, and the British Grand Prix has Park and Ride and bus transfers. Outside those, the last stretch is by taxi or car.
Nearest airport
Birmingham Airport (BHX), about 88 km away.
Leaving the venue
British Grand Prix and MotoGP: the circuit sits in a rural spot with the A43 as the main road out, and Silverstone itself tells fans to use Park and Ride or bus transfers because the roads to the car parks get extremely busy. Grass car parks up to 30 minutes from the gates add to the walk out. Campers on site skip the drive entirely on the night.
Club meetings, track days and smaller championship rounds: parking is close in and getting out onto the A43 is quick.
Camping
Silverstone runs its own campsites around the circuit for the big events, including Woodcote Fields, The Ridings, Abbey Meadows and camping at Silverstone Golf Club, plus glamping. Which sites open depends on the event: the Grand Prix and MotoGP open the most, while the BRDC Classic, the WEC round and British GT run their own camping offers. Club meetings normally have no camping.
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The track
Silverstone is a permanent circuit built on the perimeter road of RAF Silverstone, a wartime airfield laid in 1942, and the home of the British Grand Prix. It hosted its first proper motor race in 1947 and the first ever Formula 1 World Championship round on 13 May 1950. The Grand Prix layout is 5.891 km and the race runs 52 laps (306.198 km), with a lap record of 1:27.097 (2020). Abbey is Turn 1, followed by Village, the first big braking zone. The Arena section runs from Farm Curve through The Loop and Aintree onto the Wellington Straight, which leads into Brooklands and Luffield. Further round the lap are Copse, the Maggotts and Becketts sequence, the Hangar Straight into Stowe, and Club. The Silverstone Museum sits on site.
