Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Dunstable
From Dunstable to Holdenby House and home again. Allow 55 minutes; the route runs via the A505, M1 and A428. The road runs straight out of Dunstable with no other town on the way. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. With about 41,000 residents, Dunstable is a town of 20,000 to 50,000 people. Leagrave station dates from 1868. Bedfordshire is Dunstable's county.
How the day runs
Pick-up is from your own front door in Dunstable. Drop-off is at the visitor entrance, and the car stays while you look round. The Carlton is 33 minutes away for lunch or tea. Going home, allow 56 minutes to Dunstable. From the Oxford base, Dunstable is 43.1 miles and 1 hour 14 minutes via the A40 and A418.
- Dunstable to Holdenby House55 min, 42.7 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Dunstable56 min, 43.5 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.orgDunstable had about 41,000 residents in 2021.
Source: wikidata.orgLeagrave station opened in 1868.
Source: wikidata.orgDunstable is in Bedfordshire.
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 Dunstable?
42.7 miles via the A505, M1 and A428, 55 minutes in clear traffic; 56 minutes back.
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
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