Lydiard House
Lydiard House from Marlborough
From Marlborough to Lydiard House and home again. Allow 25 minutes; the route runs via the A346, M4 and B4534. Between Marlborough and the house you go through or past Chiseldon. Lydiard House lies north-west of Marlborough. Lydiard House is Grade I listed. Grade I: Marlborough College, 0.4 miles from Marlborough's centre. Historic England lists Marlborough's 36 and 37, High Street at Grade II*. Marlborough is a market town.
How the day runs
Collection is from your home in Marlborough. The chauffeur parks up near Lydiard House for as long as the visit takes. Blunsdon House Hotel is 18 minutes away for lunch or tea. Going home, allow 24 minutes to Marlborough. The car sets out from Oxford, 51.0 miles from Marlborough.
- Marlborough to Lydiard House25 min, 15.9 miles, in clear traffic
- Lydiard House to Marlborough24 min, 15.7 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.ukMarlborough College, 0.4 miles out from central Marlborough, carries a Grade I listing.
Source: historicengland.org.uk36 and 37, High Street, in central Marlborough, carries a Grade II* listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukMarlborough is classed as a market town.
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 Marlborough to Lydiard House?
25 minutes (15.9 miles) via the A346, M4 and B4534 in clear traffic; the return is 24 minutes.
When is Lydiard House open?
Opening: park open daily 7.30am to dusk year-round; walled garden daily; house museum on selected days and guided tours.
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
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- 24 hrs
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- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.