Penshurst Place
Penshurst Place from Oxford
From Oxford to Penshurst Place for the day. Allow around an hour and 47 minutes each way by way of the A40 and M40. Penshurst is the railway station nearest by road, 1.8 miles off. Sir John Devereux enclosed the manor with crenellated curtain walls and turrets in 1392, creating a defended manor house.
How the day runs
Collection is from your college, hotel or home in Oxford. A luxury people-carrier suits the day for a bigger party or more luggage. The chauffeur brings you to the entrance of Penshurst Place and stays close. The Spa Hotel is around 16 minutes away for lunch or a night. Add Chartwell, around 22 minutes on, if there is time. Back to Oxford takes around an hour and 47 minutes.
- Oxford to Penshurst Place1 hr 47 min, 100.2 miles, in clear traffic
- Penshurst Place to Oxford1 hr 47 min, 99.6 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Sir John Devereux enclosed the manor with crenellated curtain walls and turrets in 1392, creating a defended manor house.
Source: penshurstplace.comState rooms including the Solar, Queen Elizabeth Room and Long Gallery hold family portraits, antique furniture and tapestries.
Source: penshurstplace.comPenshurst Place is in Penshurst, Kent.
Source: wikidata.orgThe nearest railway station by road is Penshurst, roughly 6 minutes away by car.
Source: wikidata.orgMeasured by road, the nearest main airport is London Gatwick Airport, around 46 minutes and 35.3 miles away.
Source: wikidata.org
Price this journey
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Questions
Oxford to Penshurst Place: how long by car?
Around an hour and 47 minutes (100.2 miles) by way of the A40, M40 and M25 in clear traffic; the return is around an hour and 47 minutes.
Is Oxford where you are based?
Yes. Ravensley works from Oxford, so an Oxford start has no positioning leg.
Can we add a second house?
Chartwell is around 22 minutes from Penshurst Place.
When is the house open?
Opening: the house is open daily from 11:30am to 4pm until 1 November 2026, the last day of the season; the house and gardens then close for the winter.
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.