Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Birmingham
Holdenby House from Birmingham, by chauffeur. The drive is 57 minutes (48.6 miles) via the M6, M1 and A428. Between Birmingham and the house you go through or past Chelmsley Wood and Exhall. The house is east of Birmingham as the crow flies. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Historic England lists Birmingham's Birmingham School of Art Margaret Street building at Grade I. Birmingham Snow Hill (BSW) is the station, a couple of minutes from the middle of Birmingham. Birmingham is in West Midlands.
How the day runs
Collection is from your home in Birmingham. Opening: gardens and falconry centre open seasonally; currently closed for winter until 2027. At Holdenby House you are set down by the visitor entrance; the chauffeur waits nearby. For lunch or tea, The Carlton is 33 minutes away. The way home to Birmingham takes 56 minutes (48.3 miles). From the Oxford base, Birmingham is 81.2 miles and 1 hour 23 minutes via the A34 and M40.
- Birmingham to Holdenby House57 min, 48.6 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Birmingham56 min, 48.3 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.orgBirmingham School of Art Margaret Street building, in central Birmingham, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukThe closest National Rail station to Birmingham by road is Birmingham Snow Hill (BSW), within a couple of minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgBirmingham is in West Midlands.
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 Birmingham?
48.6 miles via the M6, M1 and A428, 57 minutes in clear traffic; 56 minutes back.
Which way does the car go from Birmingham?
Via the M6, M1 and A428, passing Chelmsley Wood and Exhall; 48.6 miles in all.
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.
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