Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Chelmsley Wood
A day out from Chelmsley Wood to Holdenby House. 50 minutes each way, near enough, over 39.4 miles. Holdenby House lies east of Chelmsley Wood, in Northamptonshire. The route goes by Exhall. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Rail reached Lea Hall station in 1939. Chelmsley Wood is in West Midlands. Chelmsley Wood's nearest station by road is Lea Hall (LEH), 7 minutes away.
How the day runs
Pick-up is from your own front door in Chelmsley Wood. Drop-off is at the visitor entrance, and the car stays while you look round. Pair it with Althorp, 15 minutes by road. The way home to Chelmsley Wood takes 49 minutes (39.5 miles). From the Oxford base, Chelmsley Wood is 71.7 miles and 1 hour 16 minutes via the A34 and M40.
- Chelmsley Wood to Holdenby House50 min, 39.4 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Chelmsley Wood49 min, 39.5 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.orgLea Hall station opened in 1939.
Source: wikidata.orgChelmsley Wood is in West Midlands.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Chelmsley Wood by road is Lea Hall (LEH), about 7 minutes' drive.
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 Chelmsley Wood to Holdenby House?
50 minutes (39.4 miles) via the M6, 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.
Which way does the car go from Chelmsley Wood?
Via the M6, M1 and A428, passing Exhall; 39.4 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.
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.