Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace from Princes Risborough
Visiting Blenheim Palace? The car starts in Princes Risborough. 52 minutes each way, near enough, over 30.5 miles. Blenheim Palace is built in the English Baroque style. Blenheim Palace is Grade I listed and has a Grade I listed park and garden. The line through Princes Risborough is the Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line. Princes Risborough is a small town of 5,000 to 10,000 people, about 8,500 at the last figure. Rail reached Princes Risborough station in 1862.
How the day runs
In Princes Risborough, the chauffeur collects from wherever you are staying. Opening: park open daily (9am-6pm); palace and gardens open to day visitors, with times varying by date. Drop-off is at the visitor entrance, and the car stays while you look round. For lunch or tea, Remont is 17 minutes away. The way home to Princes Risborough takes 52 minutes (30.4 miles). The car sets out from Oxford, 26.9 miles from Princes Risborough.
- Princes Risborough to Blenheim Palace52 min, 30.5 miles, in clear traffic
- Blenheim Palace to Princes Risborough52 min, 30.4 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Blenheim Palace is built in the English Baroque style.
Source: wikidata.orgBlenheim Palace is Grade I listed and has a Grade I listed park and garden.
Source: wikidata.orgPrinces Risborough station is on the Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line and Chiltern Main Line.
Source: wikidata.orgPrinces Risborough had about 8,500 residents in 2021.
Source: wikidata.orgPrinces Risborough station opened in 1862.
Source: wikidata.orgPark open daily (9am-6pm); palace and gardens open to day visitors, with times varying by date
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.com
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Princes Risborough to Blenheim Palace?
52 minutes (30.5 miles) via the B4009, M40 and A40 in clear traffic; the return is 52 minutes.
Where can we eat or stay nearby?
Remont, 17 minutes away from Blenheim Palace.
Can we add a second house?
Rousham House is 24 minutes from Blenheim Palace.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
is added after the quote unless you ask for more on the day. Airport fees, parking and tolls are in it.
- 24 hrs
before collection, cancel or move the journey at no cost.
- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.