Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Bedford
A day out from Bedford to Holdenby House. It is 39.9 miles via the A421, M1 and A428, 56 minutes in clear traffic. The route goes by Marston Moretaine. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Trains stop right in Bedford, at Bedford St Johns. One Bedford landmark is St Peter's Church, listed Grade I. Bedford St Johns station dates from 1984.
How the day runs
In Bedford, the chauffeur collects from wherever you are staying. Opening: gardens and falconry centre open seasonally; currently closed for winter until 2027. 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. Back to Bedford is 56 minutes. Oxford, where Ravensley starts each job, is 1 hour 25 minutes from Bedford.
- Bedford to Holdenby House56 min, 39.9 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Bedford56 min, 39.7 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.orgThe closest National Rail station to Bedford by road is Bedford St Johns (BSJ), within a couple of minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgSt Peter's Church, in central Bedford, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukBedford St Johns station opened in 1984.
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
How many miles is Holdenby House from Bedford?
39.9 miles via the A421, M1 and A428, 56 minutes in clear traffic; 56 minutes back.
Can we add a second house?
Althorp is 15 minutes from Holdenby House.
Which way does the car go from Bedford?
Via the A421, M1 and A428, passing Marston Moretaine; 39.9 miles in all.
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.