Harvington Hall
Harvington Hall from Smethwick
Visiting Harvington Hall? The car starts in Smethwick. Allow 28 minutes; the route runs via the M5, A456 and A450. Harvington Hall lies south-west of Smethwick, in Worcestershire. Between Smethwick and the house you go through or past Blackheath, Halesowen and Hagley. Harvington Hall is Grade I listed. Historic England lists Summit Bridge, 0.4 miles from Smethwick's centre, at Grade II*. The station at Smethwick Rolfe Street opened in 1852. Galton Bridge, 0.4 miles from Smethwick's centre, holds a Grade I listing.
How the day runs
Your chauffeur calls for you in Smethwick at the agreed hour. Opening: wednesday to Sunday mid-February to 1 November, then weekends to mid-December; daily in school holidays. You walk straight in at the visitor entrance; the car is close by for later. Coughton Court is 32 minutes on, if the day has room for a second house. Return to Smethwick: 17.5 miles. Positioning from Oxford to Smethwick is 1 hour 26 minutes, built into the booking.
- Smethwick to Harvington Hall28 min, 17.4 miles, in clear traffic
- Harvington Hall to Smethwick28 min, 17.5 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Harvington Hall is Grade I listed.
Source: historicengland.org.ukSummit Bridge, 0.4 miles out from central Smethwick, carries a Grade II* listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukSmethwick Rolfe Street station opened in 1852.
Source: wikidata.orgGalton Bridge, 0.4 miles out from central Smethwick, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukWednesday to Sunday mid-February to 1 November, then weekends to mid-December; daily in school holidays
Source: harvingtonhall.co.ukHas seven priest hides, said to be more than any other house in England
Source: harvingtonhall.co.ukRare Elizabethan wall paintings; 13th-century moat and island is a Scheduled Monument
Source: harvingtonhall.co.ukHouse seen mainly by guided tour of about 75 minutes, with a midday self-guided slot
Source: harvingtonhall.co.uk
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Questions
How many miles is Harvington Hall from Smethwick?
17.4 miles via the M5, A456 and A450, 28 minutes in clear traffic; 28 minutes back.
Is the train an alternative?
The house's own nearest station is Kidderminster, 8 minutes away by road; a car goes door to door.
Where can we eat or stay nearby?
The Abbey Hotel, 26 minutes away from Harvington Hall.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
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- Nothing
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- 24 hrs
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- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.