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How to get toWaddesdon Manorcar-free

COVID-19 advice

The gardens are open, but you must pre-book your visit via the website.

Please follow current advice about using public transport. Cyclists welcome – plan your route here.

Step-by-step directions

Please check current advice before travelling

How to get to Waddesdon Manor car-free:

Trains run direct to Aylesbury and Aylesbury Vale Parkway from London Marylebone. You can also take the train from Oxford and Birmingham, changing in Princes Risborough.

In the summer months, there is a free shuttle bus, Wednesday to Sunday, from Aylesbury Vale Parkway station to Waddesdon Manor.

Alternatively (all year round) take the train to Aylesbury.

Train times and tickets

From Aylesbury station, it's a 5-minute walk to the bus station - see map

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Take bus 16 from Stand 9. Buses runs hourly Monday to Friday, every two hours on Saturday, none on Sunday. The journey to Waddesdon village takes 15 minutes (catch the bus back from the Baker Street stop – see map).

  • Bus times from:
    Aylesbury Bus Station (Bay 9)

It's a 20-minute stroll from the bus stop to the Welcome Pavillion - see map

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About Waddesdon Manor

Where else in England can you find a French Renaissance château, built in the 19th century, and filled with royal treasures? Waddesdon is famous for its collection of French 18th-century decorative arts and 17th- and 18th-century paintings.

Further treasures await outside, with the lovingly restored Victorian formal gardens - the topiary and fountains of the Parterre - and the sweeping wooded parkland beyond.

  • County: Buckinghamshire
  • Address: Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury, HP18 0JH
  • Refreshments: Choice of restaurant and cafe on site
  • * Car-free offer: Please contact Waddesdon for details: 01296 820414

Visit website

  • Waddesdon Manor smoking room

Plan your door-to-door journey

Please check current advice before travelling

Reverse Route

About Waddesdon Manor

Where else in England can you find a French Renaissance château, built in the 19th century, and filled with royal treasures? Waddesdon is famous for its collection of French 18th-century decorative arts and 17th- and 18th-century paintings.

Further treasures await outside, with the lovingly restored Victorian formal gardens - the topiary and fountains of the Parterre - and the sweeping wooded parkland beyond.

  • County: Buckinghamshire
  • Address: Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury, HP18 0JH
  • Refreshments: Choice of restaurant and cafe on site
  • * Car-free offer: Please contact Waddesdon for details: 01296 820414

Visit website

  • Waddesdon Manor smoking room
Bike routes

Enjoy a gentle 4-mile cycle from Aylesbury Vale Parkway station on the new Waddesdon Greenway path – here’s the route. There is secure undercover cycle parking at the Welcome Pavilion.

Taxi numbers

There are taxi ranks at Aylesbury and Aylesbury Vale Parkway stations, or call Village Cars 01296 651048, Atlas 01296 339999, Eco 01296 423282, or Alpha 01296 871871.
The fare is about £10.

Handy Tips

 

Member of Historic Houses

Look out for the Good Journey Mark – where car-free visitors are welcome and enjoy a discount

Visit car-free in 2020!