Grand National
Grand National takes place Apr 8 - 10, 2027 (Grand National on Sat Apr 10) in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The dress code is No strict code on course enclosures; Ladies Day (Fri) is famously dressy with occasion dresses, heels and hats for women and suits for men. Hospitality suites require smart or formal dress and no fancy dress. Typical cost ranges from 300 to 1800 EUR per person.
The world's most famous steeplechase, roughly four and a quarter miles over 30 uniquely shaped fences including Becher's Brook and the Canal Turn, run on the Saturday afternoon of Aintree's three-day April festival. The distance and the fences make it the one race where any of 30-plus runners genuinely has a chance, which is why the whole country bets on it. Standing at the elbow as the survivors turn for home is one of the great sporting experiences.
- When
- Apr 8 - 10, 2027 (Grand National on Sat Apr 10)
- Where
- Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Dress code
- No strict code on course enclosures; Ladies Day (Fri) is famously dressy with occasion dresses, heels and hats for women and suits for men. Hospitality suites require smart or formal dress and no fancy dress
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 300 to 1800 EUR per person.
- Weather
- 8 - 13C, cool and changeable with a real chance of wind and rain
- When to book
- Tickets release roughly a year ahead with cheapest tiers selling first; book Liverpool hotels and trains 6+ months out
- Getting there
- LPL (Liverpool John Lennon), 30 min to venue
- Where to stay
- Titanic Hotel Liverpool, The Municipal Hotel Liverpool, Hope Street Hotel
- Official site
- https://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/aintree/
How to attend
Buy general admission or grandstand tickets in advance from the Jockey Club Aintree site, where the cheapest early-bird tiers go first. Day tickets typically start around the equivalent of EUR 40 - 60 with hospitality packages running into several hundred per person. Fully open to the public with no ballot. Race-day trains run from Liverpool Central to Aintree station; book city hotels months in advance.
Insider tip
Walk out to the Canal Turn - it is included in general admission, the field comes past twice at close range, and you avoid the crush around the grandstand and the parade ring.
Get inside Grand National
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