Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Irthlingborough
Holdenby House, an easy day from Irthlingborough. The drive is 42 minutes (24.5 miles) via the A45, A43 and A5076. Between Irthlingborough and the house you go through or past Irchester. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Irthlingborough had roughly 9,300 residents at the 2021 count. Among Irthlingborough's listed buildings is Church of St Peter (Grade I). Wellingborough station dates from 1857.
How the day runs
Pick-up is from your own front door in Irthlingborough. Opening: gardens and falconry centre open seasonally; currently closed for winter until 2027. The car brings you to the entrance of Holdenby House and stays close for the return. Pair it with Althorp, 15 minutes by road. Back to Irthlingborough is 41 minutes. Positioning from Oxford to Irthlingborough is 1 hour 25 minutes, built into the booking.
- Irthlingborough to Holdenby House42 min, 24.5 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Irthlingborough41 min, 24 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.orgIrthlingborough had about 9,300 residents in 2021.
Source: wikidata.orgChurch of St Peter, in central Irthlingborough, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukWellingborough station opened in 1857.
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 Irthlingborough to Holdenby House?
42 minutes (24.5 miles) via the A45, A43 and A5076 in clear traffic; the return is 41 minutes.
Can we add a second house?
Althorp is 15 minutes from Holdenby House.
Which way does the car go from Irthlingborough?
Via the A45, A43 and A5076, passing Irchester; 24.5 miles in all.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
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- Nothing
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- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.