Country houses
Chavenage House: a chauffeured day
Chavenage House, Gloucestershire. Chavenage House is Grade I listed. By road, the closest National Rail station is Stroud (STD), about 22 minutes' drive. Bristol Airport is the nearest of the main airports by road, about 63 minutes' drive (39.1 miles). Opening: visits by reservation only, subject to availability; tours limited by filming commitments; pre-booked group tours any day of year. At present: individual visits suspended; only pre-booked group or bespoke tours available.
How the day runs
From Mayfair it is about 2 hours via the M4, A429 and B4014; from Heathrow about an hour and 38 minutes; from Oxford about an hour and 26 minutes. For lunch or an overnight stay, Burleigh Court Hotel is about 17 minutes away, and Rodmarton Manor is about 18 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 Chavenage House2 hr 2 min, 108.2 miles, in clear traffic
- Heathrow Airport to Chavenage House1 hr 38 min, 95.3 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Chavenage House1 hr 26 min, 57.4 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
House visits by reservation only, subject to availability and filming commitments
Source: chavenage.comElizabethan manor dating from before 1576, described as virtually unchanged for 400 years
Source: chavenage.comStood in for Trenwith, the Poldark family home, in the BBC drama
Source: chavenage.comRun by Emma and James Lowsley-Williams; 2,000-acre estate in the family for six generations
Source: chavenage.comNo wheelchair access owing to steps and uneven floors
Source: chavenage.comOpening: Visits by reservation only, subject to availability; tours limited by filming commitments; pre-booked group tours any day of year.
Source: chavenage.comChavenage House is Grade I listed.
Source: historicengland.org.ukChavenage House lies in Gloucestershire.
Source: wikidata.org
Price this journey
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Journeys to and from Chavenage House
- London 2 hr 2 min
- Heathrow 1 hr 38 min
- Oxford 1 hr 26 min
- Tetbury 9 min
- Minchinhampton 14 min
- Nailsworth 14 min
- Malmesbury 21 min
- Stroud 22 min
- Cainscross 22 min
- Cirencester 24 min
- Stonehouse 25 min
- Dursley 27 min
- Wotton-under-Edge 28 min
- Painswick 29 min
- Chipping Sodbury 33 min
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Questions
Is Chavenage House open to visitors?
Opening: visits by reservation only, subject to availability; tours limited by filming commitments; pre-booked group tours any day of year. At present: individual visits suspended; only pre-booked group or bespoke tours available.
Can you combine Chavenage House with another house?
Rodmarton Manor is about 18 minutes away by road.
Which station is nearest?
Stroud, about 22 minutes by road.
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.