Hatfield House
Hatfield House from Ware
From Ware to Hatfield House and home again. It is 10.5 miles via the A119, A414 and A1000, 20 minutes in clear traffic. On the way the car passes Hertford. Hatfield House dates to 1611. Hatfield House is built in the Jacobean and Tudor style. Scott's Grotto in Ware is Grade I listed. Historic England lists Ware's Church of St Mary at Grade I. Ware had roughly 20,000 residents at the 2021 count.
How the day runs
Collection is from your home in Ware. 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. Shaw's Corner is 20 minutes on, if the day has room for a second house. Return to Ware: 10.5 miles. Ravensley works from Oxford, 1 hour 23 minutes from Ware via the M40, M25 and A414.
- Ware to Hatfield House20 min, 10.5 miles, in clear traffic
- Hatfield House to Ware19 min, 10.5 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Hatfield House dates to 1611.
Source: wikidata.orgHatfield House is built in the Jacobean and Tudor style.
Source: wikidata.orgScott's Grotto, in central Ware, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukChurch of St Mary, in central Ware, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukWare had about 20,000 residents in 2021.
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 Ware to Hatfield House?
20 minutes (10.5 miles) via the A119, A414 and A1000 in clear traffic; the return is 19 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.