Country houses
Sudeley Castle: a chauffeured day
Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire. Queen Katherine Parr is entombed in the 15th-century St Mary's Chapel in the grounds. Home of Elizabeth, Lady Ashcombe and her family, of the Dent-Brocklehurst line. Tickets bookable online; adventure playground on site. Opening: castle and gardens open daily mid-March to 1 November.
How the day runs
From Mayfair it is about 2 hours and 21 minutes via the M4, M40 and A40; from Heathrow about an hour and 57 minutes; from Oxford about an hour and 26 minutes. For lunch or an overnight stay, Cotswold House Hotel & Spa is about 33 minutes away, and Stanway House is about 12 minutes further on if you want a second house in the day. The chauffeur waits on the estate or nearby while you walk the house and gardens.
- Mayfair, London to Sudeley Castle2 hr 21 min, 104.8 miles, in clear traffic
- Heathrow Airport to Sudeley Castle1 hr 57 min, 91.9 miles, in clear traffic
- Oxford to Sudeley Castle1 hr 26 min, 51.1 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
Queen Katherine Parr is entombed in the 15th-century St Mary's Chapel in the grounds
Source: sudeleycastle.co.ukHome of Elizabeth, Lady Ashcombe and her family, of the Dent-Brocklehurst line
Source: sudeleycastle.co.ukTickets bookable online; adventure playground on site
Source: sudeleycastle.co.ukOpening: Castle and gardens open daily mid-March to 1 November.
Source: sudeleycastle.co.ukSudeley Castle dates to 1443.
Source: wikidata.orgSudeley Castle is Grade I listed.
Source: historicengland.org.ukSudeley Castle lies in Gloucestershire.
Source: wikidata.orgBy road, the closest National Rail station is Cheltenham Spa (CNM), about 24 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.org
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Journeys to and from Sudeley Castle
- London 2 hr 21 min
- Heathrow 1 hr 57 min
- Oxford 1 hr 26 min
- Winchcombe 3 min
- Bishop's Cleeve 16 min
- Cheltenham 20 min
- Tewkesbury 27 min
- Evesham 28 min
- Stow-on-the-Wold 33 min
- Chipping Campden 34 min
- Moreton-in-Marsh 37 min
- Upton-upon-Severn 37 min
- Northleach 38 min
- Alcester 38 min
- Gloucester 38 min
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Questions
Is Sudeley Castle open to visitors?
Opening: castle and gardens open daily mid-March to 1 November.
Can you combine Sudeley Castle with another house?
Stanway House is about 12 minutes away by road.
Which station is nearest?
Cheltenham Spa, about 24 minutes by road.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
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