Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Northampton
Out of Northampton for the day, to Holdenby House. The drive is 22 minutes (8.1 miles) via the A508, A428 and A5199. It is a direct run with no town of note in between. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Around 227,000 people live in Northampton. Historic England lists Northampton's St John's Roman Catholic Church at Grade I. Historic England lists Northampton's Sessions House at Grade I.
How the day runs
Collection is from your home in Northampton. At Holdenby House you are set down by the visitor entrance; the chauffeur waits nearby. For lunch or tea, The Carlton is 33 minutes away. Back to Northampton is 22 minutes. The car sets out from Oxford, 48.3 miles from Northampton.
- Northampton to Holdenby House22 min, 8.1 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Northampton22 min, 7.9 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.orgOpenStreetMap records a population of about 227,000 for Northampton.
Source: openstreetmap.orgSt John's Roman Catholic Church, in central Northampton, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukSessions House, in central Northampton, carries a Grade I 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 Northampton to Holdenby House?
22 minutes (8.1 miles) via the A508, A428 and A5199 in clear traffic; the return is 22 minutes.
When is Holdenby House open?
Opening: gardens and falconry centre open seasonally; currently closed for winter until 2027.
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
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
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- 24 hrs
before collection, cancel or move the journey at no cost.
- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.