Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Higham Ferrers
Out of Higham Ferrers for the day, to Holdenby House. Allow 40 minutes; the route runs via the A45, A43 and A5076. On the way the car passes Irchester. Heading west from Higham Ferrers, the house is 22.7 miles away. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Higham Ferrers is a market town. Historic England lists Higham Ferrers's Chantry Chapel of All Souls at Grade I. Higham Ferrers is a small town of 5,000 to 10,000 people, about 8,800 at the last figure.
How the day runs
Collection is from your home in Higham Ferrers. 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. Althorp is 15 minutes on, if the day has room for a second house. The way home to Higham Ferrers takes 39 minutes (22.4 miles). From the Oxford base, Higham Ferrers is 64.0 miles and 1 hour 24 minutes via the A34 and A43.
- Higham Ferrers to Holdenby House40 min, 22.7 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Higham Ferrers39 min, 22.4 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.orgHigham Ferrers is classed as a market town.
Source: wikidata.orgChantry Chapel of All Souls, in central Higham Ferrers, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukHigham Ferrers had about 8,800 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 Higham Ferrers?
22.7 miles via the A45, A43 and A5076, 40 minutes in clear traffic; 39 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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