Lydiard House
Lydiard House from Chipping Sodbury
Lydiard House, with collection in Chipping Sodbury. 35 minutes each way, near enough, over 29.3 miles. The house is east of Chipping Sodbury as the crow flies. It is a direct run with no town of note in between. Lydiard House is Grade I listed. Chipping Sodbury is in Gloucestershire. Yate (YAE) is the station to know: 6 minutes by road. One Chipping Sodbury landmark is 84, Broad Street, listed Grade II*.
How the day runs
The day starts at your Chipping Sodbury address. Opening: park open daily 7.30am to dusk year-round; walled garden daily; house museum on selected days and guided tours. The chauffeur parks up near Lydiard House for as long as the visit takes. For lunch or tea, Blunsdon House Hotel is 18 minutes away. Back to Chipping Sodbury is 36 minutes. Positioning from Oxford to Chipping Sodbury is 1 hour 24 minutes, built into the booking.
- Chipping Sodbury to Lydiard House35 min, 29.3 miles, in clear traffic
- Lydiard House to Chipping Sodbury36 min, 29.7 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.ukChipping Sodbury is in Gloucestershire.
Source: wikidata.orgThe closest National Rail station to Chipping Sodbury by road is Yate (YAE), about 6 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.org84, Broad Street, in central Chipping Sodbury, carries a Grade II* listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukPark 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 Chipping Sodbury to Lydiard House?
35 minutes (29.3 miles) via the A432, A46 and M4 in clear traffic; the return is 36 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.