Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb, Hill Climb

Gurston Down is a speed hill climb on Gurston Farm in the Chalke Valley, near Broad Chalke in Wiltshire, about ten miles south-west of Salisbury. The course was purpose-built for motorsport, unusually among British hill climbs, rather than adapted from an existing estate road, with the layout designed by the hill climb driver and multiple British champion Tony Marsh. It opened in 1967, with a practice meeting that June followed by the first competitive event in July. The course is unusual in starting with a downhill plunge before climbing, letting the fastest cars approach the foot of the hill at well over 100 mph before the sweeping Hollow bend, the steep, tightening Karousel, the brow at Deer's Leap and the hard left at Ashes near the top. The hill climb is run by the South Western Centre of the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC), which holds around eight meetings there each year including two rounds of the British Hill Climb Championship, and the National Hill Climb Association also brings motorcycle events to the venue. The club marked its 400th meeting at Gurston Down in August 2025, and a full event calendar for 2027 - including Experience Days, BARC's own championship rounds and a British Hill Climb Championship weekend - is already published.

Organised by: BARC South West Centre

Also known as: Gurston