Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Flitwick
Holdenby House, with collection in Flitwick. Allow 53 minutes; the route runs via the A507, M1 and A428. The road runs straight out of Flitwick with no other town on the way. Holdenby House lies north-west of Flitwick, in Northamptonshire. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Historic England lists Church of St Peter & St Paul, 0.6 miles from Flitwick's centre, at Grade I. For Flitwick, the county is Bedfordshire. Flitwick is a town of 10,000 to 20,000 people, about 14,000 at the last figure.
How the day runs
Collection is from your home in Flitwick. 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. Pair it with Althorp, 15 minutes by road. Return to Flitwick: 38.9 miles. The car sets out from Oxford, 76.5 miles from Flitwick.
- Flitwick to Holdenby House53 min, 36 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Flitwick52 min, 38.9 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.orgChurch of St Peter & St Paul, 0.6 miles out from central Flitwick, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukFlitwick is in Bedfordshire.
Source: wikidata.orgFlitwick had about 14,000 residents in 2021.
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 Flitwick?
36.0 miles via the A507, M1 and A428, 53 minutes in clear traffic; 52 minutes back.
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.
Where can we eat or stay nearby?
The Carlton, 33 minutes away from Holdenby House.
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