Country houses
Holdenby House: a chauffeured day
Holdenby House, Northamptonshire. Birmingham Airport is the nearest of the main airports by road, about 58 minutes' drive (42.0 miles). Estate welcomes visitors to its gardens and falconry centre. Once Elizabethan England's greatest house, later a royal palace and prison of King Charles I. Opening: gardens and falconry centre open seasonally; currently closed for winter until 2027.
How the day runs
From Mayfair it is about an hour and 35 minutes via the A41, M1 and A428; from Heathrow about an hour and 21 minutes; from Oxford about an hour and 20 minutes. For lunch or an overnight stay, The Carlton is about 33 minutes away, and Althorp is about 15 minutes further on if you want a second house in the day. The chauffeur waits on the estate or nearby while you walk the house and gardens.
- Mayfair, London to Holdenby House1 hr 35 min, 74.4 miles, in clear traffic
- Heathrow Airport to Holdenby House1 hr 21 min, 76.6 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Holdenby House1 hr 20 min, 52.8 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Estate welcomes visitors to its gardens and falconry centre
Source: holdenby.comOnce Elizabethan England's greatest house, later a royal palace and prison of King Charles I
Source: holdenby.comPrivate house and garden group tours offered; tearoom in the Old Stableyard
Source: holdenby.comEstate is offered as a film and TV location
Source: holdenby.comOpening: Gardens and falconry centre open seasonally; currently closed for winter until 2027.
Source: holdenby.comHoldenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed.
Source: wikidata.orgHoldenby House lies in Northamptonshire.
Source: wikidata.orgBy road, the closest National Rail station is Long Buckby (LBK), about 14 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.org
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Journeys to and from Holdenby House
- London 1 hr 35 min
- Heathrow 1 hr 21 min
- Oxford 1 hr 20 min
- Northampton 22 min
- Daventry 24 min
- Lutterworth 28 min
- Rothwell 30 min
- Market Harborough 30 min
- Towcester 31 min
- Rugby 32 min
- Desborough 32 min
- Wellingborough 38 min
- Burton Latimer 39 min
- Kettering 39 min
- Olney 40 min
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Questions
Is Holdenby House open to visitors?
Opening: gardens and falconry centre open seasonally; currently closed for winter until 2027.
Can you combine Holdenby House with another house?
Althorp is about 15 minutes away by road.
Which station is nearest?
Long Buckby, about 14 minutes by road.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
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- 24 hrs
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- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.