Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Kempston
From Kempston to Holdenby House and home again. It is 37.8 miles via the A421, M1 and A428, 52 minutes in clear traffic. On the way the car passes Marston Moretaine. Holdenby House lies north-west of Kempston, in Northamptonshire. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Trains call at Bedford St Johns, 4 minutes from Kempston by road. The line through Bedford St Johns is the Marston Vale Line. Kempston lies on or beside the River Great Ouse.
How the day runs
The day starts at your Kempston 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. Pair it with Althorp, 15 minutes by road. The way home to Kempston takes 52 minutes (37.4 miles). From the Oxford base, Kempston is 58.6 miles and 1 hour 20 minutes via the A34 and M40.
- Kempston to Holdenby House52 min, 37.8 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Kempston52 min, 37.4 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.orgThe closest National Rail station to Kempston by road is Bedford St Johns (BSJ), about 4 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgBedford St Johns station is on the Marston Vale Line.
Source: wikidata.orgKempston lies on or beside the River Great Ouse.
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 Kempston to Holdenby House?
52 minutes (37.8 miles) via the A421, M1 and A428 in clear traffic; the return is 52 minutes.
Which way does the car go from Kempston?
Via the A421, M1 and A428, passing Marston Moretaine; 37.8 miles in all.
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
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- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.