Ightham Mote
Ightham Mote from London
Ightham Mote as a day trip from town. The drive is around an hour and 10 minutes over 32.8 miles by way of the A20, M20 and A227. The house is in Kent. Ightham Mote is a medieval moated manor house hidden in a quiet Kent valley, first built almost 700 years ago. The gardens have spring-fed streams and lakes, an orchard, flower borders and a cutting garden. It is Grade I listed.
How the day runs
Pick-up is from your own front door in London. The executive saloon is matched to the size of the party. 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 Mayfair takes around an hour and 10 minutes.
- Mayfair, London to Ightham Mote1 hr 10 min, 32.8 miles, in clear traffic
- Ightham Mote to Mayfair, London1 hr 10 min, 32.8 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.ukThe gardens have spring-fed streams and lakes, an orchard, flower borders and a cutting garden.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukIghtham Mote is Grade I listed.
Source: historicengland.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.ukIghtham Mote is a historic moated manor house at Ightham in Kent.
Source: wikidata.orgIghtham Mote is built in the vernacular style.
Source: wikidata.orgThe nearest railway station by road is Borough Green & Wrotham, roughly 10 minutes away by car.
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
London to Ightham Mote: how long by car?
Around an hour and 10 minutes (32.8 miles) by way of the A20, M20 and A227 in clear traffic; the return is around an hour and 10 minutes.
Can you collect from a London hotel?
Yes: any London address. Mayfair to Ightham Mote is around an hour and 10 minutes.
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.
Where could we stay nearby?
The Spa Hotel is around 31 minutes from Ightham Mote.
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.