Country houses
Lullingstone Castle: a chauffeured day
Lullingstone Castle, with the car waiting while you visit. Lullingstone Castle is a Grade II* listed building with a Grade II registered park and garden. The manor house and gatehouse, overlooking a 15-acre lake, were built in 1497 and have remained the home of one family. Tom Hart Dyke, the twentieth generation of his family on the estate, created The World Garden of plants there. Opening: the manor house is open only on bank holiday weekends and for special events until 30 October 2026, 11am to 5pm with no guided tours; The World Garden is open Thursday to Sunday, 2 April to 31 October.
How the day runs
By road: Mayfair 1 hr 5 min, Heathrow 1 hr 1 min, Oxford 1 hr 46 min. For lunch or a night, Canary Riverside Plaza London is around 44 minutes away. Eltham Palace and Gardens is around 29 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 Lullingstone Castle1 hr 5 min, 22.8 miles, in clear traffic
- Heathrow Airport to Lullingstone Castle1 hr 1 min, 56.8 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Lullingstone Castle1 hr 46 min, 99.1 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
The manor house and gatehouse, overlooking a 15-acre lake, were built in 1497 and have remained the home of one family.
Source: lullingstonecastle.co.ukTom Hart Dyke, the twentieth generation of his family on the estate, created The World Garden of plants there.
Source: lullingstonecastle.co.ukThe grounds include a so-called Queen Anne's Bathhouse, an 18th-century ice house and the Norman parish church of St Botolph.
Source: lullingstonecastle.co.ukLullingstone Castle is a Grade II* listed building with a Grade II registered park and garden.
Source: wikidata.orgLullingstone Castle is in Eynsford, Kent.
Source: wikidata.orgThe nearest railway station by road is Eynsford, roughly 10 minutes away by car.
Source: wikidata.orgMeasured by road, the nearest main airport is London Gatwick Airport, around 46 minutes and 35.0 miles away.
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
When is Lullingstone Castle open?
Opening: the manor house is open only on bank holiday weekends and for special events until 30 October 2026, 11am to 5pm with no guided tours; The World Garden is open Thursday to Sunday, 2 April to 31 October.
Can we combine Lullingstone Castle with another house?
Eltham Palace and Gardens is around 29 minutes away by road.
Which railway station is handiest?
Eynsford, 10 minutes by car.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
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refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.