Lydiard House
Lydiard House from Malmesbury
A day out from Malmesbury to Lydiard House. It is 20.1 miles via the A429, M4 and B4534, 27 minutes in clear traffic. It is a direct run with no town of note in between. The house is east of Malmesbury as the crow flies. Lydiard House is Grade I listed. Malmesbury Market Cross in Malmesbury is Grade I listed. Malmesbury Abbey in Malmesbury is Grade I listed. Wiltshire is Malmesbury's county.
How the day runs
Pick-up is from your own front door in Malmesbury. 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. Pair it with Ashdown House, 37 minutes by road. The way home to Malmesbury takes 28 minutes (20.4 miles). Ravensley works from Oxford, 1 hour 16 minutes from Malmesbury via the A34, M4 and A429.
- Malmesbury to Lydiard House27 min, 20.1 miles, in clear traffic
- Lydiard House to Malmesbury28 min, 20.4 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.ukMalmesbury Market Cross, in central Malmesbury, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukMalmesbury Abbey, in central Malmesbury, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukMalmesbury is in Wiltshire.
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 Malmesbury to Lydiard House?
27 minutes (20.1 miles) via the A429, M4 and B4534 in clear traffic; the return is 28 minutes.
Where can we eat or stay nearby?
Blunsdon House Hotel, 18 minutes away from Lydiard House.
Can we add a second house?
Ashdown House is 37 minutes 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.