Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Stony Stratford
Out of Stony Stratford for the day, to Holdenby House. The drive is 43 minutes (22.9 miles) via the A508, M1 and A428. Holdenby House lies north of Stony Stratford, in Northamptonshire. 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 7,900 people live in Stony Stratford (2021 figure). Stony Stratford sits in Buckinghamshire. Grade I: Two Barns at the Manor House, 0.8 miles from Stony Stratford's centre.
How the day runs
Your chauffeur calls for you in Stony Stratford at the agreed hour. Drop-off is at the visitor entrance, and the car stays while you look round. Pair it with Althorp, 15 minutes by road. Back to Stony Stratford is 41 minutes. Oxford, where Ravensley starts each job, is roughly 1 hour from Stony Stratford.
- Stony Stratford to Holdenby House43 min, 22.9 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Stony Stratford41 min, 22.6 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.orgStony Stratford had about 7,900 residents in 2021.
Source: wikidata.orgStony Stratford is in Buckinghamshire.
Source: wikidata.orgTwo Barns at the Manor House, 0.8 miles out from central Stony Stratford, 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 Stony Stratford to Holdenby House?
43 minutes (22.9 miles) via the A508, M1 and A428 in clear traffic; the return is 41 minutes.
When is Holdenby House open?
Opening: gardens and falconry centre open seasonally; currently closed for winter until 2027.
Where can we eat or stay nearby?
The Carlton, 33 minutes away from Holdenby House.
Can we add a second house?
Althorp is 15 minutes from Holdenby House.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
is added after the quote unless you ask for more on the day. Airport fees, parking and tolls are in it.
- 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.