Stansted House
Stansted House from Oxford
An Oxford start for Stansted House. Allow around an hour and 59 minutes each way by way of the A34 and M3. Rowlands Castle is the railway station nearest by road, 3.6 miles off. The house and the Chapel of St Paul are reached through the Walled Garden and Dutch Garden.
The house’s opening arrangements are changing. Check its own website for the dates before you travel.
How the day runs
Pick-up can be anywhere in Oxford. A luxury people-carrier suits the day for a bigger party or more luggage. The chauffeur brings you to the entrance of Stansted House and stays close. A second house, Uppark House, is 6.6 miles away. Back to Oxford takes around an hour and 55 minutes.
- Oxford to Stansted House1 hr 59 min, 90.3 miles, in clear traffic
- Stansted House to Oxford1 hr 55 min, 91.1 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
The house and the Chapel of St Paul are reached through the Walled Garden and Dutch Garden.
Source: stanstedpark.co.ukIn 1983 the 10th Earl of Bessborough handed Stansted Park, with its contents and Arboretum, to the public.
Source: stanstedpark.co.ukVisitors see State Rooms furnished as if the 10th Earl were still at home, then the servants' quarters below stairs.
Source: stanstedpark.co.ukA charitable foundation preserves the estate's Grade I and II* listed buildings and parkland.
Source: stanstedpark.co.ukStansted House is in Rowlands Castle, Hampshire.
Source: wikidata.orgThe nearest railway station by road is Rowlands Castle, roughly 12 minutes away by car.
Source: wikidata.orgMeasured by road, the nearest main airport is Southampton Airport, around 41 minutes and 27.9 miles away.
Source: wikidata.org
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Questions
Oxford to Stansted House: how long by car?
Around an hour and 59 minutes (90.3 miles) by way of the A34, M3 and M27 in clear traffic; the return is around an hour and 55 minutes.
Is Oxford where you are based?
Yes. Ravensley works from Oxford, so an Oxford start has no positioning leg.
When is the house open?
Opening: the house opens on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays from Easter Sunday to the end of September, except days closed for other events. For now: stansted House and the Chapel of St Paul are closed for the season, with Christmas openings on 6, 13, 20, 21 and 22 December.
Could we go by train instead?
The nearest station by road is Rowlands Castle, 12 minutes from the house; the car goes door to door.
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