The Stately Homes
Stately homes near you.
Every house within 40 miles of a major UK city, sorted by real distance - not a blogger's rough guess. Cities sorted largest to smallest.
286 stately homes are on this list and 170 of them sit within 40 miles of one of 11 major UK cities. London has the most within that radius at 45, Newcastle the fewest at 7. Pick your nearest city below and every house on that page is sorted by measured straight-line distance from the city centre, with its Google rating and review count. The other 116 houses sit further out than that and are grouped into 18 county and regional guides instead.
Houses near London
45 stately homes sit within 40 miles of London. The closest is Spencer House, about 1 mile out, and the best-known nearby is Chartwell. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.
Houses near Birmingham
31 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Birmingham. The closest is Birmingham Back to Backs, about 1 mile out, and the best-known nearby is Calke Abbey. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.
Houses near Glasgow
10 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Glasgow. The closest is Pollok House, about 4 miles out, and the best-known nearby is Dumfries House. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.
Houses near Leeds
22 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Leeds. The closest is Harewood House, about 7 miles out, and the best-known nearby is Chatsworth House. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.
Houses near Edinburgh
17 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Edinburgh. The closest is Gladstone's Land, about 0 miles out, and the best-known nearby is Scone Palace. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.
Houses near Liverpool
16 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Liverpool. The closest is 20 Forthlin Road, about 5 miles out, and the best-known nearby is Dunham Massey. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.
Houses near Manchester
17 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Manchester. The closest is Dunham Massey, about 9 miles out, and the best-known nearby is Chatsworth House. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.
Houses near Bristol
23 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Bristol. The closest is Tyntesfield, about 5 miles out, and the best-known nearby is Stourhead. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.
Houses near Cardiff
11 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Cardiff. The closest is Dyffryn House, about 6 miles out, and the best-known nearby is Dyrham Park. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.
Houses near Newcastle
7 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Newcastle. The closest is Washington Old Hall, about 7 miles out, and the best-known nearby is Cragside. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.
Houses near Southend-on-Sea
30 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Southend-on-Sea. The closest is Ingatestone Hall, about 16 miles out, and the best-known nearby is Chartwell. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.
Distances are straight-line ("as the crow flies"), not driving or train time - check the operator's own site for real travel options before you go.
Common questions
How do I find a stately home near me?
Start from the city closest to you. The 11 cards above each open a page listing every stately home on this list within 40 miles of that city centre, closest first, with the distance in miles and the house's Google rating and review count against each one. Between them those 11 pages cover 170 of the 286 houses here. If none of the cities is near you, the county index covers all 286.
Which UK city has the most stately homes near it?
London, with 45 of the 286 houses on this list within 40 miles of the city centre. Newcastle has the fewest at 7. That counts the houses this site lists rather than every historic house in the country, so treat it as a guide to what you can plan a day around from each city, not as a national census.
Which stately home is closest to a city centre?
Gladstone's Land, about 0.3 miles from the middle of Edinburgh. A handful of the houses here are city houses rather than country estates, so they sit inside the built-up area rather than an hour out. Most sit well outside it: of the 170 houses within reach of a city, only 35 are within 10 miles of one.
What if I don't live near one of these cities?
You can still reach plenty of them. A total of 116 of the 286 houses here sit more than 40 miles from all 11 cities, and several of the best-known are in that group. The most reviewed of them is Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, rated 4.6 from 18,960 Google reviews, followed by Sandringham House, Osborne and Hardwick Hall. All of them are listed in the county index, which sorts every one of the 286 houses into 18 county and regional guides.
How is the distance to each house measured?
As a straight line from the city centre, the way a map measures it, capped at 40 miles. The figure is calculated from each house's own coordinates rather than estimated, so the ordering is reliable. Journey time is a separate question: traffic, rivers and single-track lanes can make a house 25 miles out a longer trip than one 35 miles out. Check the operator's own site for travel options before you set off.