Lydiard House
Lydiard House from Dursley
From Dursley to Lydiard House and home again. Allow 56 minutes; the route runs via the A4135, A429 and M4. The route goes by Tetbury and Malmesbury. Lydiard House is Grade I listed. Rail reached Cam and Dursley station in 1994. Historic England lists Dursley's Town Hall at Grade II*. Dursley's population was put at about 7,500 in 2021.
How the day runs
The day starts at your Dursley address. Opening: park open daily 7.30am to dusk year-round; walled garden daily; house museum on selected days and guided tours. You walk straight in at the visitor entrance; the car is close by for later. Ashdown House is 37 minutes on, if the day has room for a second house. The way home to Dursley takes 57 minutes (35.5 miles). From the Oxford base, Dursley is 64.3 miles and 1 hour 37 minutes via the A420 and A419.
- Dursley to Lydiard House56 min, 35.1 miles, in clear traffic
- Lydiard House to Dursley57 min, 35.5 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.ukCam and Dursley station opened in 1994.
Source: wikidata.orgTown Hall, in central Dursley, carries a Grade II* listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukDursley had about 7,500 residents in 2021.
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
How many miles is Lydiard House from Dursley?
35.1 miles via the A4135, A429 and M4, 56 minutes in clear traffic; 57 minutes back.
Which way does the car go from Dursley?
Via the A4135, A429 and M4, passing Tetbury and Malmesbury; 35.1 miles in all.
Is the train an alternative?
The house's own nearest station is Swindon, 12 minutes away by road; a car goes door to door.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
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refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.