Bowood House
Bowood House from Oxford
An Oxford start for Bowood House. The drive is around an hour and 31 minutes over 70.7 miles by way of the A34, M4 and A4. Chippenham is the railway station nearest by road, 6.8 miles off. Robert Adam added the Diocletian Wing, or Orangery, to the Little House, which survives today as part of Bowood House.
How the day runs
Collection is from your college, hotel or home in Oxford. The luxury people-carrier is matched to the size of the party. The chauffeur brings you to the entrance of Bowood House and stays close. The Manor House is around 35 minutes away for lunch or a night. Add Corsham Court, around 31 minutes on, if there is time. Back to Oxford takes around an hour and 32 minutes.
- Oxford to Bowood House1 hr 31 min, 70.7 miles, in clear traffic
- Bowood House to Oxford1 hr 32 min, 63.7 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Robert Adam added the Diocletian Wing, or Orangery, to the Little House, which survives today as part of Bowood House.
Source: bowood.orgBowood has been the home of the Lansdowne family from 1754, set within a landscape park created by Capability Brown.
Source: bowood.orgCapability Brown was commissioned in the 1760s to create the park, with its sinuous lake, rolling lawns and fine trees.
Source: bowood.orgThe chemist Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen in the laboratory at Bowood on 1 August 1774 while working there as librarian and tutor.
Source: bowood.orgThe Italianate Terrace Gardens, designed by the architect Sir Robert Smirke, were completed in 1818.
Source: bowood.orgBowood House is in Derry Hill & Studley, Wiltshire.
Source: wikidata.orgThe nearest railway station by road is Chippenham, roughly 24 minutes away by car.
Source: wikidata.orgMeasured by road, the nearest main airport is Bristol Airport, around 71 minutes and 43.4 miles away.
Source: wikidata.org
Price this journey
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Questions
Drive time, Oxford to Bowood House?
Around an hour and 31 minutes (70.7 miles) by way of the A34, M4 and A4 in clear traffic; the return is around an hour and 32 minutes.
Is Oxford where you are based?
Yes. Ravensley works from Oxford, so an Oxford start has no positioning leg.
Can we add a second house?
Corsham Court is around 31 minutes from Bowood House.
When is the house open?
Opening: house & Gardens open from Friday 27 March to Sunday 1 November 2026, 10:30am to 5:30pm with last admission at 4:30pm; the house itself has last entry at 4pm.
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.