Dorney Court
Dorney Court from Baldock
Dorney Court, an easy day from Baldock. The drive is 57 minutes (55.6 miles) via the A1(M), M25 and M4. Between Baldock and the house you go through or past Stevenage, Knebworth and Welwyn. Dorney Court is Grade I listed. Baldock (BDK) is the station, a couple of minutes from the middle of Baldock. Baldock counts as a market town. The line through Baldock is the Cambridge Line.
How the day runs
In Baldock, the chauffeur collects from wherever you are staying. Opening: public open afternoons on selected days in May, every day in June and late August; private group visits by appointment year-round. Drop-off is at the visitor entrance, and the car stays while you look round. Cliveden is 14 minutes on, if the day has room for a second house. Going home, allow 57 minutes to Baldock. Oxford, where Ravensley starts each job, is 1 hour 25 minutes from Baldock.
- Baldock to Dorney Court57 min, 55.6 miles, in clear traffic
- Dorney Court to Baldock57 min, 55 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Dorney Court is Grade I listed.
Source: historicengland.org.ukThe closest National Rail station to Baldock by road is Baldock (BDK), within a couple of minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgBaldock is classed as a market town.
Source: wikidata.orgBaldock station is on the Cambridge Line.
Source: wikidata.orgPublic open afternoons on selected days in May, every day in June and late August; private group visits by appointment year-round
Source: dorneycourt.co.ukEarly Tudor manor of about 1440, Grade I listed, home of the Palmer family for 500 years.
Source: dorneycourt.co.ukHouse visits are guided tours of about an hour; specialist Connoisseurs' Tours also offered.
Source: dorneycourt.co.ukOn-site parking included with admission, entered from Court Lane, Dorney.
Source: dorneycourt.co.uk
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Baldock to Dorney Court?
57 minutes (55.6 miles) via the A1(M), M25 and M4 in clear traffic; the return is 57 minutes.
Can we add a second house?
Cliveden is 14 minutes from Dorney Court.
Which way does the car go from Baldock?
Via the A1(M), M25 and M4, passing Stevenage, Knebworth and Welwyn; 55.6 miles in all.
Our undertaking
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