Hatfield House
Hatfield House from Kempston
From Kempston to Hatfield House and home again. Allow 50 minutes; the route runs via the A421, M1 and A414. On the way the car passes Marston Moretaine, Redbourn and Chiswell Green. Hatfield House lies south-east of Kempston, 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. For Kempston, the county is Bedfordshire. Bedford St Johns station dates from 1984. For rail, Bedford St Johns (BSJ) is the nearest stop, about 4 minutes' drive.
How the day runs
Collection is from your home in Kempston. 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. Pair it with Shaw's Corner, 20 minutes by road. The way home to Kempston takes 50 minutes (41.6 miles). Positioning from Oxford to Kempston is 1 hour 20 minutes, built into the booking.
- Kempston to Hatfield House50 min, 41.2 miles, in clear traffic
- Hatfield House to Kempston50 min, 41.6 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.orgKempston is in Bedfordshire.
Source: wikidata.orgBedford St Johns station opened in 1984.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Kempston by road is Bedford St Johns (BSJ), about 4 minutes' drive.
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
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Kempston to Hatfield House?
50 minutes (41.2 miles) via the A421, M1 and A414 in clear traffic; the return is 50 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.