Country houses
Knole House: a chauffeured day
Knole House, with the car waiting while you visit. The Royal Oak Foundation Conservation Studio at Knole is open to visitors from Wednesday to Saturday. Tours of Knole's attic spaces can be booked alongside a visit to the house. A footpath runs from the vehicle entrance on the A225 through the deer park to the house and visitor centre. Days and times vary by season; the house publishes them on its own site. For now: from 2 November some of Knole's showrooms close for winter cleaning and conservation, and all showrooms close from 23 December until mid-February.
The house’s opening arrangements are changing. Check its own website for the dates before you travel.
How the day runs
By road: Mayfair 1 hr 13 min, Heathrow 57 min, Oxford 1 hr 42 min. The Spa Hotel is the nearest hotel on our list, 12.3 miles off. Ightham Mote is around 24 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 Knole House1 hr 13 min, 30.8 miles, in clear traffic
- Heathrow Airport to Knole House57 min, 50.9 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Knole House1 hr 42 min, 93.2 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
The rooms open at Knole include the Great Hall, the Great Stairs, the Ballroom, the Reynolds Room, the Cartoon Gallery and the King's Room.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukThe Royal Oak Foundation Conservation Studio at Knole is open to visitors from Wednesday to Saturday.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukTours of Knole's attic spaces can be booked alongside a visit to the house.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukA footpath runs from the vehicle entrance on the A225 through the deer park to the house and visitor centre.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukWikidata records Thomas Bourchier and Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, among Knole's historic owners.
Source: wikidata.orgKnole is owned by the National Trust.
Source: wikidata.orgKnole House is in Sevenoaks, Kent.
Source: wikidata.orgThe nearest railway station by road is Sevenoaks, roughly 12 minutes away by car.
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
When is Knole House open?
Days and times vary by season; the house publishes them on its own site. For now: from 2 November some of Knole's showrooms close for winter cleaning and conservation, and all showrooms close from 23 December until mid-February.
Can we combine Knole House with another house?
Ightham Mote is around 24 minutes away by road.
Which railway station is handiest?
Sevenoaks, 12 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.