Stoneleigh Abbey
Stoneleigh Abbey from Smethwick
Visiting Stoneleigh Abbey? The car starts in Smethwick. It is 33.7 miles via the M5, M6 and A45, 50 minutes in clear traffic. On the way the car passes Chelmsley Wood. Stoneleigh Abbey dates to 1101. Stoneleigh Abbey is Grade I listed and has a Grade II* listed park and garden. Smethwick Rolfe Street station dates from 1852. Summit Bridge, 0.4 miles from Smethwick's centre, holds a Grade II* listing. Smethwick Rolfe Street (SMR) is the station, a couple of minutes from the middle of Smethwick.
How the day runs
Pick-up is from your own front door in Smethwick. Opening: grounds open Sunday to Thursday; closed Fridays and Saturdays for private events; house by guided tour. The car brings you to the entrance of Stoneleigh Abbey and stays close for the return. Charlecote Park is 31 minutes on, if the day has room for a second house. Back to Smethwick is 49 minutes. Oxford, where Ravensley starts each job, is 1 hour 26 minutes from Smethwick.
- Smethwick to Stoneleigh Abbey50 min, 33.7 miles, in clear traffic
- Stoneleigh Abbey to Smethwick49 min, 33.5 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Stoneleigh Abbey dates to 1101.
Source: wikidata.orgStoneleigh Abbey is Grade I listed and has a Grade II* listed park and garden.
Source: wikidata.orgSmethwick Rolfe Street station opened in 1852.
Source: wikidata.orgSummit Bridge, 0.4 miles out from central Smethwick, carries a Grade II* listing.
Source: historicengland.org.ukThe closest National Rail station to Smethwick by road is Smethwick Rolfe Street (SMR), within a couple of minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgGrounds open Sunday to Thursday; closed Fridays and Saturdays for private events; house by guided tour
Source: stoneleighabbey.ukFounded as a Cistercian abbey in 1154 and seat of the Leigh family for over 400 years
Source: stoneleighabbey.ukPast guests include Jane Austen, Charles I and Queen Victoria
Source: stoneleighabbey.uk
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Questions
What drive time should we allow from Smethwick to Stoneleigh Abbey?
50 minutes (33.7 miles) via the M5, M6 and A45 in clear traffic; the return is 49 minutes.
Where can we eat or stay nearby?
Honiley Court Hotel, 28 minutes away from Stoneleigh Abbey.
Can we add a second house?
Charlecote Park is 31 minutes from Stoneleigh Abbey.
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.