Lydiard House
Lydiard House from Nailsea
Lydiard House, with collection in Nailsea. The drive is 59 minutes (49.5 miles) via the B3130, M5 and M4. The house is east of Nailsea as the crow flies. Between Nailsea and the house you go through or past Patchway, Almondsbury and Bradley Stoke. Lydiard House is Grade I listed. Trains call at Nailsea and Backwell, 5 minutes from Nailsea by road. Nailsea is a Somerset town. Rail reached Nailsea and Backwell station in 1841.
How the day runs
The day starts at your Nailsea address. Opening: park open daily 7.30am to dusk year-round; walled garden daily; house museum on selected days and guided tours. The car brings you to the entrance of Lydiard House and stays close for the return. Ashdown House is 37 minutes on, if the day has room for a second house. Back to Nailsea is 59 minutes. Oxford, where Ravensley starts each job, is 1 hour 47 minutes from Nailsea.
- Nailsea to Lydiard House59 min, 49.5 miles, in clear traffic
- Lydiard House to Nailsea59 min, 49.5 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.ukThe closest National Rail station to Nailsea by road is Nailsea and Backwell (NLS), about 5 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgNailsea is in Somerset.
Source: wikidata.orgNailsea and Backwell station opened in 1841.
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
Price this journey
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Nailsea to Lydiard House?
59 minutes (49.5 miles) via the B3130, M5 and M4 in clear traffic; the return is 59 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.