Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Syston
Holdenby House, an easy day from Syston. The drive is 50 minutes (39.1 miles) via the A46, M1 and A428. The route goes by Glenfield and Lutterworth. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Syston is in Leicestershire. Rail reached Syston station in 1840. Around 14,000 people live in Syston (2021 figure).
How the day runs
The day starts at your Syston address. At Holdenby House you are set down by the visitor entrance; the chauffeur waits nearby. Althorp is 15 minutes on, if the day has room for a second house. The way home to Syston takes 50 minutes (39.2 miles). Positioning from Oxford to Syston is 1 hour 40 minutes, built into the booking.
- Syston to Holdenby House50 min, 39.1 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Syston50 min, 39.2 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.orgSyston is in Leicestershire.
Source: wikidata.orgSyston station opened in 1840.
Source: wikidata.orgSyston had about 14,000 residents in 2021.
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 Syston?
39.1 miles via the A46, M1 and A428, 50 minutes in clear traffic; 50 minutes back.
When is Holdenby House open?
Opening: gardens and falconry centre open seasonally; currently closed for winter until 2027.
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.
Where can we eat or stay nearby?
The Carlton, 33 minutes away 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.