Scotney Castle
Scotney Castle from Oxford
From Oxford to Scotney Castle for the day. Allow around an hour and 55 minutes each way by way of the M40 and M25. Frant is the railway station nearest by road, 5.2 miles off. The interior of the Old Castle is closed, but visitors can walk around it in the grounds.
How the day runs
Collection is from your college, hotel or home in Oxford. An executive saloon suits the day for two or three. At Scotney Castle you are dropped at the visitor entrance, and the car waits nearby. The Spa Hotel is around 20 minutes away for lunch or a night. Add Penshurst Place, around 31 minutes on, if there is time. Back to Oxford takes around an hour and 54 minutes.
- Oxford to Scotney Castle1 hr 55 min, 110.2 miles, in clear traffic
- Scotney Castle to Oxford1 hr 54 min, 109.3 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
The interior of the Old Castle is closed, but visitors can walk around it in the grounds.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukScotney has a ruined medieval castle on its own moated island, set at the centre of Edward Hussey III's Picturesque garden.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukVisitors tour the later mansion house, where room guides are on hand and a video shows the upstairs rooms.
Source: nationaltrust.org.ukScotney Castle is Grade I listed and has a Grade I listed park and garden.
Source: wikidata.orgThe nearest railway station by road is Frant, roughly 14 minutes away by car.
Source: wikidata.orgMeasured by road, the nearest main airport is London Gatwick Airport, around 53 minutes and 44.9 miles away.
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
Oxford to Scotney Castle: how long by car?
Around an hour and 55 minutes (110.2 miles) by way of the M40, M25 and A21 in clear traffic; the return is around an hour and 54 minutes.
Is Oxford where you are based?
Yes. Ravensley works from Oxford, so an Oxford start has no positioning leg.
Could we go by train instead?
The nearest station by road is Frant, 14 minutes from the house; the car goes door to door.
Where could we stay nearby?
The Spa Hotel is around 20 minutes from Scotney Castle.
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
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- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.