Hatfield House
Hatfield House from Bedford
From Bedford to Hatfield House and home again. The drive is 49 minutes (37.0 miles) via the A603, A1 and A1000. On the way the car passes Sandy, Biggleswade and Baldock. Hatfield House lies south-east of Bedford, in Hertfordshire. Hatfield House is built in the Jacobean and Tudor style. Hatfield House is Grade I listed and has a Grade I listed park and garden. Historic England lists Bedford's St Paul's Church at Grade I. Bedford sits by the River Great Ouse. Bedford's population was put at about 92,000 in 2016.
How the day runs
The day starts at your Bedford address. Opening: house and gardens seasonal (currently closed for the season); park and woodland walks open weekends and bank holidays off-season. At Hatfield House you are set down by the visitor entrance; the chauffeur waits nearby. For lunch or tea, Offley Place Country House Hotel is 28 minutes away. The way home to Bedford takes 50 minutes (37.3 miles). Ravensley is based in Oxford; reaching Bedford takes 1 hour 25 minutes.
- Bedford to Hatfield House49 min, 37 miles, in clear traffic
- Hatfield House to Bedford50 min, 37.3 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Hatfield House is built in the Jacobean and Tudor style.
Source: wikidata.orgHatfield House is Grade I listed and has a Grade I listed park and garden.
Source: wikidata.orgSt Paul's Church, in central Bedford, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukBedford lies on or beside the River Great Ouse.
Source: wikidata.orgBedford had about 92,000 residents in 2016.
Source: wikidata.orgHouse and gardens seasonal (currently closed for the season); park and woodland walks open weekends and bank holidays off-season
Source: hatfield-house.co.ukJacobean house with state rooms, paintings, furniture and tapestries
Source: hatfield-house.co.ukSurviving Banqueting Hall of the Tudor Old Palace where Elizabeth I spent her childhood
Source: hatfield-house.co.uk
Price this journey
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Bedford to Hatfield House?
49 minutes (37.0 miles) via the A603, A1 and A1000 in clear traffic; the return is 50 minutes.
Where can we eat or stay nearby?
Offley Place Country House Hotel, 28 minutes away from Hatfield House.
Can we add a second house?
Shaw's Corner is 20 minutes from Hatfield House.
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.