Burghley House

Burghley House at sunset in November of 2024

Completed in 1587, Burghley House is a grand and beautiful estate built by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I.  You can tour the house for only 20 euro with an advanced-purchase ticket from their website:  Burghley House

You can tour the home at night (from 6-8 pm) with a ticket to "Burghley by Twilight" for 30 euro.  The home is open from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. every day except Friday, from March 15th through November 2nd.  They have a Halloween Trail in the fall, and Christmas concerts at evenings in Christmastime.  They even host a Santa Fun Run every year!  They also host a Christmas Fair every year at the end of November, which is what they were setting up for when we arrived at Burghley House in November of 2024.  The house was not open to visitors at the time, but we were able to park and walk around the grounds behind the gates, admiring the views of the house.

I particularly wanted to see Burghley House because it stood in for Rosings Park in the 2005 production of Pride and Prejudice.  Lady Catherine de Bourgh wasn't anywhere in sight while we were there, thank goodness!  She would have been quite put out that we were snooping about her vast grounds!  The home is also featured in the DaVinci Code as a stand-in for the French Chateau de Villette, and was used in interior scenes as well to stand in for the pope's summer home (Castel Gandolfo) and Sophie's grandfather's home.  It has also been featured in "The Crown" and many other movies or television series.  I would love to tour the inside of it someday!

It is located here:  Google Maps location for Burghley House

The address is Burghley House, Peterborough, Stamford PE9 3JY, United Kingdom

This is an excellent short clip about Pride & Prejudice being filmed at Burghley House:  Burghley House & Pride and Prejudice

Here is a portion of the movie filmed inside Burghley House:  2005 Pride & Prejudice

Me with my daughter in law and daughter at the gates to Burghley House

Burghley House is located close to St. George's Square, which was used for filming the town of Meryton in Pride and Prejudice.