Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Ampthill
Holdenby House, with collection in Ampthill. It is 34.4 miles via the A507, M1 and A428, 49 minutes in clear traffic. The road runs straight out of Ampthill with no other town on the way. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Ampthill lies within Bedfordshire. Among Ampthill's listed buildings is Avenue House (Grade II*). Ampthill is a market town.
How the day runs
Collection is from your home in Ampthill. Drop-off is at the visitor entrance, and the car stays while you look round. Althorp is 15 minutes on, if the day has room for a second house. The way home to Ampthill takes 49 minutes (34.2 miles). The car sets out from Oxford, 55.7 miles from Ampthill.
- Ampthill to Holdenby House49 min, 34.4 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Ampthill49 min, 34.2 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed.
Source: wikidata.orgAmpthill is in Bedfordshire.
Source: wikidata.orgAvenue House, in central Ampthill, carries a Grade II* listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukAmpthill is classed as a market town.
Source: wikidata.orgGardens and falconry centre open seasonally; currently closed for winter until 2027
Source: holdenby.comEstate 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.com
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Ampthill to Holdenby House?
49 minutes (34.4 miles) via the A507, M1 and A428 in clear traffic; the return is 49 minutes.
When is Holdenby House open?
Opening: gardens and falconry centre open seasonally; currently closed for winter until 2027.
Can we add a second house?
Althorp is 15 minutes from Holdenby House.
Is the train an alternative?
The house's own nearest station is Long Buckby, 14 minutes away by road; a car goes door to door.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
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- 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.