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Jul 2, 2019 · August 31 is the anniversary of the death of Princess Diana. Find out how to visit Althorp, her family's home for more than 500 years.
- Althorp House and Estate History
- Althorp House and Estate Today
- Getting to Althorp House and Estate
Althorp House first became the seat of the Spencer family in 1508, when Sir John Spencer purchased the land with money from his successful sheep-rearing business, building the eminent house in the process. Over the years Althorp has passed through 19 generations of Spencer, welcoming kings from Charles Ito Edward VII through their halls. In the 18t...
Today visitors to Althorp can wander through the grand house and explore the Spencer family’s private apartments, as well as view the fascinating interiors and art collections on display. The Picture Gallery in particular offers a stunning collection of 17th century portraiture, while the Library is home to towers of books once the finest private c...
Althorp House is located in Northamptonshire following minor roads off the A4500, with the entrance to the free visitor carpark at the West Gate. Northampton train station is 5 miles away, from which a taxi or Stagecoach number 96 can take you to the house, whose nearest bus stop is Althorp, East Lodge. There you are required to use the interactive...
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Dec 14, 2023 · Princess Diana's childhood home is Althorp, the 500 year old Spencer family estate, which is currently run by Diana's brother Charles Spencer. Though the house made brief appearances on previous...
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Althorp is the Spencer family home and estate which is open annually in July and August. It is located near Great Brington on a road a short distance from the St. Mary / St. John Church. The grass public car park is on the right across the road from the Althorp Park Gateway entrance.
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- Rugby Rd. off the A428, NN7 4HQ
Althorp is a 19th-century landscape park with traces of an earlier formal layout and 20th-century gardens. The park covers about 225 hectares within a 5600-hectare agricultural estate. Gardens and landscape park with buildings and features of the C16 through to the late C20 associated with a country house.
- The Stables, Althorp, Northampton
- England, Northamptonshire
- Northampton
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Jan 26, 2021 · Features. A history of Althorp House, the family seat of the Spencers. The family seat of Tatler's March cover stars, Lady Eliza and Lady Amelia Spencer, has a fascinating history. By Rebecca Cope. 26 January 2021.
Althorp is the Spencer family home and estate which is open annually in July and August. It is located near Great Brington on a road a short distance from the St. Mary / St. John Church. The grass public car park is on the right across the road from the Althorp Park Gateway entrance.
