Welcome to The Exclusive Cup

The Exclusive Cup was founded by Exclusive Ballooning and company director Andrew Holly.

The inaugural event was held at Sudeley Castle in 2008 with sixty balloons and was a huge success.

The event relocated to the hometown of Exclusive Ballooning HQ in South Gloucestershire and became an established competition and grass roots event.

Flying in the local Berkeley area in June of each year, the local community enjoyed seeing the skies filled with balloons for one weekend of the year. In 2013, Gloucestershire based engineering company Renishaw became the title sponsor and now firmly established in the ballooning calendar, the event welcomed more and more pilots.

From 2015 to 2023, The Exclusive Cup was held at the Longleat Estate in Wiltshire. In September 2019, almost 250 hot air balloons from all corners of the world ascended from the estate, making The Exclusive Cup SkySafari® Europe’s largest annual hot air balloon event.

The Exclusive Cup is set to return in 2025, with details to be announced shortly.