Country houses
Buscot Park: a chauffeured day
Buscot Park, Oxfordshire. National Trust and Historic Houses members enter free. The house is Grade II* listed and has a Grade II* listed park and garden. By road, the closest National Rail station is Swindon (SWI), about 34 minutes' drive. Opening: on open days the house and grounds open 2pm to 6pm, last house entry 5pm; open days are listed on the calendar. At present: closed for winter, reopening Friday 26 March 2027.
How the day runs
From Mayfair it is about an hour and 47 minutes via the A4, M4 and A420; from Heathrow about an hour and 24 minutes; from Oxford about 43 minutes. For lunch or an overnight stay, The Bay Tree is about 24 minutes away, and Kelmscott Manor is about 15 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 Buscot Park1 hr 47 min, 93.4 miles, in clear traffic
- Heathrow Airport to Buscot Park1 hr 24 min, 80.5 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Buscot Park43 min, 24.7 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Houses the Faringdon Collection of paintings and silverware, held by independent trustees.
Source: buscot-park.comEstate given to the National Trust in the 1940s with a family leaseback; the Faringdon family runs it day to day.
Source: buscot-park.comFree visitor parking; all visitors check in at the Ticket Office on arrival.
Source: buscot-park.comDogs not allowed except on leads in the paddock overflow car park.
Source: buscot-park.comNational Trust and Historic Houses members enter free.
Source: buscot-park.comOpening: On open days the house and grounds open 2pm to 6pm, last house entry 5pm; open days are listed on the calendar.
Source: buscot-park.comBuscot Park is Grade II* listed and has a Grade II* listed park and garden.
Source: wikidata.orgBuscot Park lies in Oxfordshire.
Source: wikidata.org
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Journeys to and from Buscot Park
- London 1 hr 47 min
- Heathrow 1 hr 24 min
- Oxford 43 min
- Lechlade 8 min
- Faringdon 9 min
- Fairford 16 min
- Highworth 17 min
- Carterton 22 min
- Burford 24 min
- Wantage 28 min
- Swindon 32 min
- Cirencester 33 min
- Witney 35 min
- Cricklade 36 min
- Abingdon 37 min
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Questions
Is Buscot Park open to visitors?
Opening: on open days the house and grounds open 2pm to 6pm, last house entry 5pm; open days are listed on the calendar. At present: closed for winter, reopening Friday 26 March 2027.
Can you combine Buscot Park with another house?
Kelmscott Manor is about 15 minutes away by road.
Which station is nearest?
Swindon, about 34 minutes by road.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
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