Holdenby House
Holdenby House from Wigston
A day out from Wigston to Holdenby House. Allow 45 minutes; the route runs via the A563, M1 and A428. The route goes by Lutterworth. Holdenby House has a Grade I listed park and garden and is Grade II* listed. Among Wigston's listed buildings is Church of All Saints (Grade I). South Wigston station dates from 1986. Wigston lies within Leicestershire.
How the day runs
Your chauffeur calls for you in Wigston at the agreed hour. Drop-off is at the visitor entrance, and the car stays while you look round. Althorp is 15 minutes on, if the day has room for a second house. The way home to Wigston takes 46 minutes (32.3 miles). The car sets out from Oxford, 80.4 miles from Wigston.
- Wigston to Holdenby House45 min, 31.7 miles, in clear traffic
- Holdenby House to Wigston46 min, 32.3 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.orgChurch of All Saints, in central Wigston, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukSouth Wigston station opened in 1986.
Source: wikidata.orgWigston is in Leicestershire.
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 Wigston?
31.7 miles via the A563, M1 and A428, 45 minutes in clear traffic; 46 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
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- 24 hrs
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- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.