Lydiard House
Lydiard House from Bristol
Visiting Lydiard House? The car starts in Bristol. The drive is 40 minutes (38.1 miles) via the M32, M4 and B4534. Lydiard House lies east of Bristol, in Wiltshire. Lydiard House is Grade I listed. For rail, Clifton Down (CFN) is the nearest stop, about 6 minutes' drive. Bristol counts as a city. Clifton Down station dates from 1874.
How the day runs
Pick-up is from your own front door in Bristol. Opening: park open daily 7.30am to dusk year-round; walled garden daily; house museum on selected days and guided tours. Drop-off is at the visitor entrance, and the car stays while you look round. Blunsdon House Hotel is 18 minutes away for lunch or tea. Back to Bristol is 40 minutes. Positioning from Oxford to Bristol is 1 hour 28 minutes, built into the booking.
- Bristol to Lydiard House40 min, 38.1 miles, in clear traffic
- Lydiard House to Bristol40 min, 38.1 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Lydiard House is Grade I listed.
Source: historicengland.org.ukThe closest National Rail station to Bristol by road is Clifton Down (CFN), about 6 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgBristol is classed as a city.
Source: wikidata.orgClifton Down station opened in 1874.
Source: wikidata.orgPark open daily 7.30am to dusk year-round; walled garden daily; house museum on selected days and guided tours
Source: lydiardpark.org.ukGrade 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.uk
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Bristol to Lydiard House?
40 minutes (38.1 miles) via the M32, M4 and B4534 in clear traffic; the return is 40 minutes.
Is the train an alternative?
The house's own nearest station is Swindon, 12 minutes away by road; a car goes door to door.
Where can we eat or stay nearby?
Blunsdon House Hotel, 18 minutes away from Lydiard House.
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.