Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Houghton Regis
Holdenby House, an easy day from Houghton Regis. The drive is 52 minutes (40.3 miles) via the M1, A5076 and A428. Holdenby House lies north-west of Houghton Regis, in Northamptonshire. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Leagrave station dates from 1868. Houghton Regis sits in Bedfordshire. One Houghton Regis landmark is Church of All Saints, listed Grade I.
How the day runs
The day starts at your Houghton Regis address. Opening: gardens and falconry centre open seasonally; currently closed for winter until 2027. Drop-off is at the visitor entrance, and the car stays while you look round. Althorp is 15 minutes on, if the day has room for a second house. Back to Houghton Regis is 52 minutes. The car sets out from Oxford, 43.9 miles from Houghton Regis.
- Houghton Regis to Holdenby House52 min, 40.3 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Houghton Regis52 min, 40.5 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.orgLeagrave station opened in 1868.
Source: wikidata.orgHoughton Regis is in Bedfordshire.
Source: wikidata.orgChurch of All Saints, in central Houghton Regis, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukGardens 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 Houghton Regis?
40.3 miles via the M1, A5076 and A428, 52 minutes in clear traffic; 52 minutes back.
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
- 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.