Country houses
Ingatestone Hall: a chauffeured day
Ingatestone Hall, with the car waiting while you visit. The hall largely keeps its Tudor form, with mullioned windows, tall chimneys, crow-step gables and oak-panelled rooms. The Petre family has owned the hall through fifteen generations and still lives there today. Opening: open to the public from Easter to the end of September, generally Wednesdays, Sundays and bank holidays from 12 noon to 5pm with last entry at 4pm.
How the day runs
From Mayfair it is around an hour by way of the A12, M11 and M25; from Heathrow around an hour; from Oxford around an hour and 36 minutes. Down Hall Hotel is the nearest hotel on our list, 28.5 miles off. Lullingstone Castle is around 44 minutes on if you want a second house. While you visit, the car waits close by and is waiting when you come out.
- Mayfair, London to Ingatestone Hall1 hr 2 min, 34.4 miles, in clear traffic
- Heathrow Airport to Ingatestone Hall1 hr 1 min, 62.1 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Ingatestone Hall1 hr 36 min, 93.3 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
The Petre family has owned the hall through fifteen generations and still lives there today.
Source: ingatestonehall.comThe hall largely keeps its Tudor form, with mullioned windows, tall chimneys, crow-step gables and oak-panelled rooms.
Source: ingatestonehall.comIngatestone Hall is in Ingatestone, Essex.
Source: wikidata.orgThe nearest railway station by road is Ingatestone, roughly 3 minutes away by car.
Source: wikidata.orgMeasured by road, the nearest main airport is London City Airport, around 43 minutes and 31.4 miles away.
Source: wikidata.org
Price this journey
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Questions
When is Ingatestone Hall open?
Opening: open to the public from Easter to the end of September, generally Wednesdays, Sundays and bank holidays from 12 noon to 5pm with last entry at 4pm.
Can we combine Ingatestone Hall with another house?
Lullingstone Castle is around 44 minutes away by road.
Which railway station is handiest?
Ingatestone, 3 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.