Ightham Mote
Ightham Mote from Heathrow
Landing at Heathrow with time for Ightham Mote. Allow around an hour each way by way of the M4 and M25. It is built of Kentish ragstone and Wealden oak, and its rooms trace how the English country house developed. The house is a historic moated manor house at Ightham in Kent.
How the day runs
Your chauffeur waits in arrivals, with the car parked just outside the terminal. An executive saloon suits the day for two or three. At Ightham Mote you are dropped at the visitor entrance, and the car waits nearby. The Spa Hotel is around 31 minutes away for lunch or a night. Add Penshurst Place, around 23 minutes on, if there is time. Back to Heathrow takes around an hour, and the car can drop you at the terminal for an evening flight.
- Heathrow Airport to Ightham Mote1 hr, 54.6 miles, in clear traffic
- Ightham Mote to Heathrow Airport1 hr 3 min, 54.9 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
It is built of Kentish ragstone and Wealden oak, and its rooms trace how the English country house developed.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukIghtham Mote is a historic moated manor house at Ightham in Kent.
Source: wikidata.orgIghtham Mote is a medieval moated manor house hidden in a quiet Kent valley, first built almost 700 years ago.
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 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
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Questions
Drive time, Heathrow to Ightham Mote?
Around an hour (54.6 miles) by way of the M4, M25 and A25 in clear traffic; the return is around an hour.
What if the flight lands late?
The chauffeur tracks the flight and adjusts the meeting time.
When is the house open?
Opening days change through the year; check the house's own calendar before you travel.
Could we go by train instead?
The nearest station by road is Borough Green & Wrotham, 10 minutes from the house; the car goes door to door.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
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refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.