Rally Driving Experiences & Events at Drumlanrig Castle, Scotland

What are you here for?

Subaru Impreza rally car on the Forest Experience gravel stage Rally Experience Drive a real rally car on a real Scottish gravel stage. Perfect as a gift or a bucket-list day. View experiences Rally competitor receiving in-car tuition from a Forest Experience instructor Competitor Training One-to-one tuition, seat time and development for drivers and co-drivers who compete. Train with us Drumlanrig Castle, venue for group and weekend experiences Group & Weekend Experiences Weekends away at Drumlanrig with whisky tasting, shooting, castle dining and stays. Plan your event R5 rally car testing on the Drumlanrig forest stage Manufacturer Testing & Car Launches Exclusive private stage and estate hire for testing, filming and vehicle launches. Enquire about hire

“The Best Day Out Ever”

Chief Engineer Paul Monaghan Red Bull F1

The Forest Experience Rally School is unlike any other motorsport experience in the UK - and now it has stepped up a gear . For over a decade, we have offered drivers the opportunity to immerse themselves in rallying exactly as it should be: purpose-built cars, championship-winning instructors, and flowing gravel stages deep within rural forests.

Now, we offer the ultimate evolution of that experience.

Set within one of Scotland’s most remarkable heritage estates, our rally stage sits on the 400-year-old grounds of Drumlanrig Castle. Here, technical, fast-flowing gravel roads meet a setting unrivalled within the motorsport world - a place where history and performance exist side by side.

Our Courses

Ladies Day

Ladies Day

£499 per person

This incredible day is designed just for women and packed with pure rally excitement – with classroom and stage elements to ensure you take lasting skills with you.

Half day Gold rally experience

Gold Rally Driving Experience

£690 per person

2 Drivers and 1 Iconic Car. Pure thrill awaits you on this intense course.

Half day Platinum rally experience

Platinum Rally Driving Experience

£1,350 per person

You, The Instructor and a roaring rally car. You and your instructor formulate the day.

Half day Silver rally experience

Silver Rally Driving Experience

£475 per person

3 Drivers share an iconic rally car and instructor on our authentic gravel stage.

Full day Gold rally experience

Full Day Gold Rallying Experience

£1,360 per person

2 Drivers and 1 Iconic Car. Pure thrill awaits you on this intense course.

Full day Platinum rally experience

Full Day Platinum Rallying Experience

£2,600 per person

You, The Instructor and a roaring rally car. You and your instructor formulate the day.

Christmas Family and Friends Rally Package

Christmas Family and Friends Rally Package

From £675pp

A Christmas rally day for family and friends: rally skills, stage drives and competitions, finished with a champagne podium. Minimum group of 6.

Reviews

What an afternoon, fantastic experience, the way the team looked after Dad and I was brilliant, we both thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, Dad raved about it all the way home.
Cant thank you all enough.

Doug

Thank you again for delivering such a brilliant experience! The location, stage and type of driving was absolutely fantastic and having Garry and Max there to instruct blew everyone’s mind! – to the point I’m still not sure it actually happened. Throughout the day I kept thinking that I’ll wake up in the hotel in Dumfries any minute!
Even my brother enjoyed it and now claims to be a rally convert – I’ll test that at the next opportunity we get to stand in the wind and rain all day.
Yourself and Ross had everything very well set up – two cars and the half day was definitely the best way to go and with passengers runs at the end and all the refreshments laid on too, we couldn’t have asked for more.

Steve H

Just wanted to thank you for arranging our experience on Sunday, I didn’t realise it was going to be your first time running it at that venue! We both had a fantastic morning and everything was run very professionally, everyone was very welcoming and Paul was great to have in the car, being very understanding, patient and giving good instructions throughout. Even the weather played its part! I’d like to thank you for giving me the opportunity of getting in the stage to take some images, much appreciated.
My only disappointment was not having a GoPro for some in car footage, but it gives us an excuse to book a return visit! I particularly enjoyed the pace notes having never used them before!
As for Stuart, he loved every minute of it!
Many thanks again Jade and the team for such an amazing morning, we will return !!

Garry Adams

Just wanted to thank you and the team once again for a brilliant day. It was 1st class from start to finish and thank you for also looking after my dad. It really is a dream come true to be able to drive the cars in that environment. Will be in touch soon to book my next visit.

Paul

I'm still buzzing from the incredible day I got to spend at Forest Rally and have told everyone about it!

Dev

I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thank you — we had an absolutely brilliant day.
From the initial booking right through to today, the communication has been top-notch. Your professional yet relaxed approach really set the tone, and it was very much appreciated.
The experience itself was excellent — the facilities on-site were more than adequate, and the snacks were well received.
Everything felt genuinely authentic, and we felt incredibly well looked after and properly hosted throughout.
We really enjoyed how free we felt in the car, yet always safe — and that’s exactly what we were hoping to get out of it.
We’ll definitely be recommending it to others, and I’ll be in touch again when we can do it again.

Jez

Forest Experience Rally School