Check out how to watch Royal Ascot 2026 at Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire, including TV channel, streaming news, tips, radio coverage and start times across all five days of the meeting.

Royal Ascot is one of the highlights of the sporting summer, with 35 races spread across five days at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire.

The meeting runs from Tuesday 16 June through to Saturday 20 June 2026, with a total prize fund of more than £10 million on offer, including eight Group 1 contests.

Each day follows the same format, with the famous Royal Procession down the Straight Mile at 2pm before the first race gets underway at 2:30pm.

The card runs through to 6:10pm, with seven races scheduled on every day of the meeting. Ed Chamberlin and Francesca Cumani front the ITV coverage, joined by analysis from Jason Weaver and reporting from Matt Chapman, Rishi Persad and Oli Bell.

The feature races include the Queen Anne Stakes on Tuesday, the Prince of Wales’s Stakes on Wednesday, the Gold Cup on Thursday, the Coronation Stakes on Friday and the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes on the final day.

Thursday’s Gold Cup over two miles and four furlongs remains the most prestigious race of the week and typically draws the biggest crowds of the meeting.

You do not need an ITVX subscription to watch the racing live online, just an email address and a valid TV licence. All races will also be available to watch via betting apps for those with a funded account.