Aintree · 25 minutes from the house
The Grand National,
done in style
Three festival days at the world's most famous race, and a luxury house for the whole party just up the coast.
Aintree · 25 minutes from the house
Three festival days at the world's most famous race, and a luxury house for the whole party just up the coast.
The world's most famous race
Warren House is a luxury holiday home for up to fourteen, about 25 minutes from Aintree Racecourse. Bring the whole party to one house instead of scattering across city hotels: race-day breakfasts around a table that seats twelve in comfort, a shared ride or the train to the course, and your own private bar waiting for the winners' debrief. The festival is three days; the house makes it a proper holiday.
The lie of the land
Fourteen miles apart, joined by the coast road and the Merseyrail network. Close enough for an easy race day, far enough that you come home to birdsong, a hot tub and no city-centre surge pricing.
Race day
Around 14 miles via the A565 coast road. Racecourse parking should be pre-booked well ahead for festival days; drop-offs are straightforward.
A private hire car runs about £30 to £40 each way, and a pre-booked minibus takes the whole house in one go, best dressed and unbothered about driving home.
Merseyrail from Ainsdale (five minutes from the house by car or taxi) down the Southport line, one easy change onto the Ormskirk line, and Aintree station is directly opposite the racecourse entrance.
Extra services run on race days; expect them lively on the way home, which is half the fun.
Three race days, one house. Long breakfasts, a different hat each day, and the group back around your own bar by early evening for the replays.
Not racing every day? The beach, Birkdale's links and Liverpool's restaurants fill the gaps beautifully.
Three days in April
Opening Day sets the standard with Grade 1 racing from the first gun. Friday is Ladies Day, Merseyside's most glamorous afternoon out. And then Saturday: forty runners, thirty fences, six hundred million people watching worldwide, and you in the crowd having had a proper night's sleep in a king-size bed twenty-five minutes away. Aintree is unforgettable; getting home afterwards should be effortless.
"Hand on heart Warren House was the most beautiful of all. It was stunning, perfect layout and everything was thought of."
Kathryn, January 2026Between race days
Blow away the previous evening on miles of sand, ten minutes from the door.
Royal Birkdale and a string of championship links for a non-racing day.
The waterfront, the Beatles, two cathedrals and outstanding restaurants, half an hour away.
Verandah-lined boulevard shopping and afternoon tea for the day after Ladies Day.
National Trust woodland, red squirrels and big-sky beach walks.
Hot tub, mini pool table, big screens and a bar with no closing time.
Quick answers
Saturday 10 April 2027, with the festival running Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 April and Ladies Day on the Friday. The big race goes off around 4pm; gates open at 10am.
Not yet. The festival is normally early April; we will update this page (and open our calendar) as soon as Aintree confirms.
About 14 miles: 25 to 30 minutes by car, or around 50 minutes by Merseyrail with one change, arriving directly opposite the racecourse gates.
Up to fourteen, across six bedrooms and nine separate beds. Couples, friends, three generations: the house is built for exactly this kind of week.
Emphatically. The bar is a separate building with a big screen for the replays, a mini pool table and no closing time, so the party carries on without disturbing anyone who is done for the day.
April sorts itself early
Accommodation near Aintree disappears fastest of any week in the north-west calendar. One booking sorts the whole party.