Lydiard House
Lydiard House from Tadley
A day out from Tadley to Lydiard House. Allow 55 minutes; the route runs via the A340, A4 and M4. On the way the car passes Chiseldon. Lydiard House is Grade I listed. With about 12,000 residents, Tadley is a town of 10,000 to 20,000 people. Rail reached Midgham station in 1847. For Tadley, the county is Hampshire.
How the day runs
Pick-up is from your own front door in Tadley. 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. Blunsdon House Hotel is 18 minutes away for lunch or tea. The way home to Tadley takes 55 minutes (48.0 miles). The car sets out from Oxford, 38.0 miles from Tadley.
- Tadley to Lydiard House55 min, 48 miles, in clear traffic
- Lydiard House to Tadley55 min, 48 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.ukTadley had about 12,000 residents in 2021.
Source: wikidata.orgMidgham station opened in 1847.
Source: wikidata.orgTadley is in Hampshire.
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 Tadley to Lydiard House?
55 minutes (48.0 miles) via the A340, A4 and M4 in clear traffic; the return is 55 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.