Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Leighton Buzzard
Holdenby House, with collection in Leighton Buzzard. It is 37.6 miles via the A4146, M1 and A428, 55 minutes in clear traffic. Holdenby House lies north-west of Leighton Buzzard, in Northamptonshire. Between Leighton Buzzard and the house you go through or past Fenny Stratford. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Leighton Buzzard station dates from 1859. Among Leighton Buzzard's listed buildings is Library at the Cedars School (Grade II*). Market Cross in Leighton Buzzard is Grade II* listed.
How the day runs
Collection is from your home in Leighton Buzzard. 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. Going home, allow 55 minutes to Leighton Buzzard. The car sets out from Oxford, 37.1 miles from Leighton Buzzard.
- Leighton Buzzard to Holdenby House55 min, 37.6 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Leighton Buzzard55 min, 37.5 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.orgLeighton Buzzard station opened in 1859.
Source: wikidata.orgLibrary at the Cedars School, in central Leighton Buzzard, carries a Grade II* listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukMarket Cross, in central Leighton Buzzard, carries a Grade II* 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
What drive time should we allow from Leighton Buzzard to Holdenby House?
55 minutes (37.6 miles) via the A4146, M1 and A428 in clear traffic; the return is 55 minutes.
Can we add a second house?
Althorp is 15 minutes from Holdenby House.
Which way does the car go from Leighton Buzzard?
Via the A4146, M1 and A428, passing Fenny Stratford; 37.6 miles in all.
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