Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Leicester
Visiting Holdenby House? The car starts in Leicester. Allow 47 minutes; the route runs via the A5460, M1 and A428. Expect to pass Lutterworth en route. Holdenby House lies south of Leicester, in Northamptonshire. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Among Leicester's listed buildings is The City Rooms (Grade I). The station at Leicester opened in 1840. Leicester is the closest railway station to Leicester, 6 minutes by car.
How the day runs
Collection is from your home in Leicester. 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. Return to Leicester: 32.1 miles. Ravensley is based in Oxford; reaching Leicester takes 1 hour 37 minutes.
- Leicester to Holdenby House47 min, 32 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Leicester48 min, 32.1 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 City Rooms, in central Leicester, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukLeicester station opened in 1840.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Leicester by road is Leicester (LEI), about 6 minutes' drive.
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 Leicester?
32.0 miles via the A5460, M1 and A428, 47 minutes in clear traffic; 48 minutes back.
Which way does the car go from Leicester?
Via the A5460, M1 and A428, passing Lutterworth; 32.0 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.
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