Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Market Harborough
A day out from Market Harborough to Holdenby House. Allow 30 minutes; the route runs via the A508 and A5199. It is a direct run with no town of note in between. Holdenby House lies south of Market Harborough, in Northamptonshire. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Among Market Harborough's listed buildings is The Three Swans Hotel (Grade II*). Rail reached Market Harborough station in 1850. Market Harborough (MHR) is the station, a couple of minutes from the middle of Market Harborough.
How the day runs
Your chauffeur calls for you in Market Harborough at the agreed hour. Opening: gardens and falconry centre open seasonally; currently closed for winter until 2027. You walk straight in at the visitor entrance; the car is close by for later. For lunch or tea, The Carlton is 33 minutes away. The way home to Market Harborough takes 31 minutes (15.6 miles). Positioning from Oxford to Market Harborough is 1 hour 32 minutes, built into the booking.
- Market Harborough to Holdenby House30 min, 17.3 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Market Harborough31 min, 15.6 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 Three Swans Hotel, in central Market Harborough, carries a Grade II* listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukMarket Harborough station opened in 1850.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Market Harborough by road is Market Harborough (MHR), within a couple of 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 Market Harborough?
17.3 miles via the A508 and A5199, 30 minutes in clear traffic; 31 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
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