Hatfield House
Hatfield House from Hertford
Out of Hertford for the day, to Hatfield House. The drive is 13 minutes (7.8 miles) via the B158, A414 and A1000. Hatfield House lies south-west of Hertford. The road runs straight out of Hertford with no other town on the way. 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. With about 29,000 residents, Hertford is a town of 20,000 to 50,000 people. Hertford is the county town of Hertfordshire. Balls Park, 0.5 miles from Hertford's centre, holds a Grade I listing.
How the day runs
Collection is from your home in Hertford. Opening: house and gardens seasonal (currently closed for the season); park and woodland walks open weekends and bank holidays off-season. You walk straight in at the visitor entrance; the car is close by for later. Pair it with Shaw's Corner, 20 minutes by road. Going home, allow 13 minutes to Hertford. Ravensley works from Oxford, 1 hour 17 minutes from Hertford via the M40, M25 and A414.
- Hertford to Hatfield House13 min, 7.8 miles, in clear traffic
- Hatfield House to Hertford13 min, 8 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.orgHertford had about 29,000 residents in 2021.
Source: wikidata.orgHertford is the county town of Hertfordshire.
Source: wikidata.orgBalls Park, 0.5 miles out from central Hertford, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukHouse 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
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Hertford to Hatfield House?
13 minutes (7.8 miles) via the B158, A414 and A1000 in clear traffic; the return is 13 minutes.
Is the train an alternative?
The house's own nearest station is Hatfield, 3 minutes away by road; a car goes door to door.
Where can we eat or stay nearby?
Offley Place Country House Hotel, 28 minutes away 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.