Country houses
Blenheim Palace: a chauffeured day
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. Advance online booking is recommended; tickets can be booked online up to the day of the visit. The house dates to 1705. It is built in the English Baroque style. Opening: park open daily (9am-6pm); palace and gardens open to day visitors, with times varying by date.
How the day runs
From Mayfair it is about an hour and 25 minutes via the M4, M40 and A40; from Heathrow about an hour; from Oxford about 28 minutes. For lunch or an overnight stay, Remont is about 17 minutes away, and Rousham House is about 24 minutes further on if you want a second house in the day. The chauffeur waits on the estate or nearby while you walk the house and gardens.
- Mayfair, London to Blenheim Palace1 hr 25 min, 65.4 miles, in clear traffic
- Heathrow Airport to Blenheim Palace1 hr 1 min, 52.5 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Blenheim Palace28 min, 13.2 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Home of the Dukes of Marlborough from 1705 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Source: blenheimpalace.comOver 2,000 acres of 'Capability' Brown landscaped parkland, plus the Marlborough Maze, Walled Garden, Water Terraces and Italian Garden.
Source: blenheimpalace.comState Rooms, Great Hall painted ceiling, the Long Library of 10,000 books, and Churchill's birth room with an exhibition.
Source: blenheimpalace.comFree on-site parking with Blue Badge spaces at the main car park and a free shuttle bus to the palace.
Source: blenheimpalace.comAdvance online booking is recommended; tickets can be booked online up to the day of the visit.
Source: blenheimpalace.comOpening: Park open daily (9am-6pm); palace and gardens open to day visitors, with times varying by date.
Source: blenheimpalace.comBlenheim Palace dates to 1705.
Source: wikidata.orgBlenheim Palace is built in the English Baroque style.
Source: wikidata.org
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Journeys to and from Blenheim Palace
- London 1 hr 25 min
- Heathrow 1 hr 1 min
- Oxford 28 min
- Woodstock 6 min
- Kidlington 14 min
- Charlbury 22 min
- Witney 26 min
- Chipping Norton 26 min
- Bicester 28 min
- Abingdon 29 min
- Brackley 35 min
- Burford 36 min
- Carterton 36 min
- Didcot 39 min
- Thame 40 min
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Questions
Is Blenheim Palace open to visitors?
Opening: park open daily (9am-6pm); palace and gardens open to day visitors, with times varying by date.
Can you combine Blenheim Palace with another house?
Rousham House is about 24 minutes away by road.
Which station is nearest?
Hanborough, about 13 minutes by road.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
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