Great Chalfield Manor
Great Chalfield Manor from Oxford
Great Chalfield Manor from Oxford, Ravensley's home city. Allow around an hour and 32 minutes each way by way of the A34 and M4. Melksham is the railway station nearest by road, 3.5 miles off. The gardens have terraces, topiary houses, a gazebo, a lily pond and views over a spring-fed fishpond.
How the day runs
Collection is from your college, hotel or home in Oxford. A luxury people-carrier suits the day for a bigger party or more luggage. The chauffeur brings you to the entrance of Great Chalfield Manor and stays close. Woolley Grange is around 7 minutes away for lunch or a night. Add Corsham Court, around 21 minutes on, if there is time. Back to Oxford takes around an hour and 32 minutes.
- Oxford to Great Chalfield Manor1 hr 32 min, 75.7 miles, in clear traffic
- Great Chalfield Manor to Oxford1 hr 32 min, 75.7 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
The gardens have terraces, topiary houses, a gazebo, a lily pond and views over a spring-fed fishpond.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukGreat Chalfield is a 15th-century manor house near Melksham, restored early in the 20th century, with an Arts and Crafts garden.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukVisitors cross the upper moat past barns, a gatehouse and the parish church to reach the house, whose rooftops carry carved soldiers, griffins and a monkey.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukThe house is lived in by the donor family, who run it for the National Trust, and group visits are taken on Fridays and Mondays.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukThe nearest railway station by road is Melksham, roughly 9 minutes away by car.
Source: wikidata.orgMeasured by road, the nearest main airport is Bristol Airport, around 63 minutes and 38.5 miles away.
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
Oxford to Great Chalfield Manor: how long by car?
Around an hour and 32 minutes (75.7 miles) by way of the A34, M4 and A350 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 21 minutes from Great Chalfield Manor.
When is the house open?
Opening days change through the year; check the house's own calendar before you travel.
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.