Country houses
Lydiard House: a chauffeured day
Lydiard House, Wiltshire. By road, the closest National Rail station is Swindon (SWI), about 12 minutes' drive. Bristol Airport is the nearest of the main airports by road, about 59 minutes' drive (47.1 miles). Grade I Palladian house remodelled in the 1740s; home of the St John family for over 500 years until 1943. Opening: park open daily 7.30am to dusk year-round; walled garden daily; house museum on selected days and guided tours.
How the day runs
From Mayfair it is about an hour and a half via the A4, M4 and B4534; from Heathrow about an hour and 6 minutes; from Oxford about an hour. For lunch or an overnight stay, Blunsdon House Hotel is about 18 minutes away, and Ashdown House is about 37 minutes further on if you want a second house in the day. The chauffeur waits on the estate or nearby while you walk the house and gardens.
- Mayfair, London to Lydiard House1 hr 30 min, 83.8 miles, in clear traffic
- Heathrow Airport to Lydiard House1 hr 6 min, 70.9 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Lydiard House1 hr 2 min, 51.1 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Grade I Palladian house remodelled in the 1740s; home of the St John family for over 500 years until 1943.
Source: lydiardpark.org.ukState Rooms show ornate plasterwork, original family furnishings and St John portraits.
Source: lydiardpark.org.ukSet in 260 acres of parkland run by Swindon Borough Council, alongside St Mary's Church and a walled garden.
Source: lydiardpark.org.ukPaid parking applies in car parks and on verges.
Source: lydiardpark.org.ukOpening: Park open daily 7.30am to dusk year-round; walled garden daily; house museum on selected days and guided tours.
Source: lydiardpark.org.ukLydiard House is Grade I listed.
Source: historicengland.org.ukLydiard House lies in Wiltshire.
Source: wikidata.orgBy road, the closest National Rail station is Swindon (SWI), about 12 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.org
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Journeys to and from Lydiard House
- London 1 hr 30 min
- Heathrow 1 hr 6 min
- Oxford 1 hr 2 min
- Royal Wootton Bassett 12 min
- Swindon 13 min
- Cricklade 21 min
- Highworth 24 min
- Marlborough 25 min
- Chippenham 26 min
- Malmesbury 27 min
- Hungerford 28 min
- Corsham 29 min
- Cirencester 31 min
- Faringdon 32 min
- Calne 32 min
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Questions
Is Lydiard House open to visitors?
Opening: park open daily 7.30am to dusk year-round; walled garden daily; house museum on selected days and guided tours.
Can you combine Lydiard House with another house?
Ashdown House is about 37 minutes away by road.
Which station is nearest?
Swindon, about 12 minutes by road.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
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- 24 hrs
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- In full
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