Country houses
Ightham Mote: a chauffeured day
A chauffeured day at Ightham Mote. Ightham Mote is built in the vernacular style. It is Grade I listed. The house is a medieval moated manor house hidden in a quiet Kent valley, first built almost 700 years ago. Opening days change through the year; check the house's own calendar before you travel.
How the day runs
By road: Mayfair 1 hr 10 min, Heathrow 1 hr, Oxford 1 hr 45 min. The Spa Hotel is the nearest hotel on our list, 11.7 miles off. Pair it with Penshurst Place, 23 min by road. While you visit, the car waits close by and is waiting when you come out.
- Mayfair, London to Ightham Mote1 hr 10 min, 32.8 miles, in clear traffic
- Heathrow Airport to Ightham Mote1 hr, 54.6 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Ightham Mote1 hr 45 min, 96.9 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Ightham Mote is a medieval moated manor house hidden in a quiet Kent valley, first built almost 700 years ago.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukIt is built of Kentish ragstone and Wealden oak, and its rooms trace how the English country house developed.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukVisitors enter the half-timbered house across a cobbled courtyard.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukThe gardens have spring-fed streams and lakes, an orchard, flower borders and a cutting garden.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukIghtham Mote is a historic moated manor house at Ightham in Kent.
Source: wikidata.orgIghtham Mote is built in the vernacular style.
Source: wikidata.orgIghtham Mote is Grade I listed.
Source: historicengland.org.ukThe nearest railway station by road is Borough Green & Wrotham, roughly 10 minutes away by car.
Source: wikidata.org
Price this journey
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Questions
When is Ightham Mote open?
Opening days change through the year; check the house's own calendar before you travel.
Can we combine Ightham Mote with another house?
Penshurst Place is around 23 minutes away by road.
Which railway station is handiest?
Borough Green & Wrotham, 10 minutes by car.
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.