Country houses
Broughton Castle: a chauffeured day
Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire. The castle hires out for feature films, TV dramas and commercials. It is Grade I listed and has a Grade II listed park and garden. By road, the closest National Rail station is Banbury (BAN), about 13 minutes' drive. Opening: open Wednesday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday afternoons, early April to late September.
How the day runs
From Mayfair it is about an hour and 33 minutes via the A4, M4 and M40; from Heathrow about an hour and 10 minutes; from Oxford about 49 minutes. For lunch or an overnight stay, Villiers Hotel is about 39 minutes away, and Upton House is about 21 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 Broughton Castle1 hr 33 min, 82.9 miles, in clear traffic
- Heathrow Airport to Broughton Castle1 hr 10 min, 70 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Broughton Castle49 min, 35.3 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Moated, fortified manor owned by the Fiennes family (Lords Saye and Sele) from 1377.
Source: broughtoncastle.comRooms include the 14th-century Great Hall, Oak Room, portrait Gallery and a chapel consecrated in 1331.
Source: broughtoncastle.comParliamentary opponents of Charles I met here before the Civil War.
Source: broughtoncastle.comNo online booking: tickets are bought at the gatehouse; dogs on leads welcome in park and garden.
Source: broughtoncastle.comThe castle hires out for feature films, TV dramas and commercials.
Source: broughtoncastle.comOpening: Open Wednesday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday afternoons, early April to late September.
Source: broughtoncastle.comBroughton Castle is Grade I listed and has a Grade II listed park and garden.
Source: wikidata.orgBroughton Castle lies in Oxfordshire.
Source: wikidata.org
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Journeys to and from Broughton Castle
- London 1 hr 33 min
- Heathrow 1 hr 10 min
- Oxford 49 min
- Banbury 10 min
- Brackley 27 min
- Chipping Norton 29 min
- Shipston-on-Stour 30 min
- Southam 33 min
- Bicester 34 min
- Warwick 34 min
- Royal Leamington Spa 36 min
- Kidlington 37 min
- Wellesbourne 37 min
- Charlbury 38 min
- Woodstock 39 min
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Questions
Is Broughton Castle open to visitors?
Opening: open Wednesday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday afternoons, early April to late September.
Can you combine Broughton Castle with another house?
Upton House is about 21 minutes away by road.
Which station is nearest?
Banbury, about 13 minutes by road.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
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