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The approach from the M4 and M3
There are two ways into Ascot: off the M4 at junction 6 and through Windsor, or off the M3 at junction 3 and via Bracknell. Each one narrows into the A329 and A332, where temporary signs and cones control the traffic while the meeting is on. It's normal for the final two miles to take longer than the previous thirty.
For us the racecourse is a set time, not a number of miles. From central London we'll usually have you leave two and a half to three hours before you mean to be through the gate; that seems generous right up until you hit the A332 queue at eleven in the morning.
Staying nearby in Windsor, Sunninghill or Virginia Water makes for a short drive, though the last stretch is exactly the same. You save time on the earlier part of the journey, not on the final approach.









