---
type: misc
title: Netherfield Park
description: A leased Hertfordshire estate, about three miles from Longbourn, occupied
  by Charles Bingley.
resource: raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt
tags:
- netherfield
- hertfordshire
- gentry
timestamp: '2026-07-16T18:15:29Z'
citadel_version: 0.3.0
---

Netherfield Park is let to [Charles Bingley](../persons/charles-bingley.md), news that opens the
novel when [Mrs. Bennet](../persons/mrs-bennet.md) reports it to her husband.[^s1] Bingley, not yet
of age two years before, had looked over the house for half an hour on "an accidental
recommendation," found himself pleased with its situation and principal rooms, and took it as a
tenant rather than a purchase.[^s2] It lies about three miles from [Longbourn](../misc/longbourn.md).[^s3]
Bingley hosts a ball there, fixed for a Tuesday, and [Jane Bennet](../persons/jane-bennet.md) is
nursed there through an illness after riding over in the rain.[^s4]

Nearly a year after leaving, Bingley returns to Netherfield to shoot, prompting the housekeeper to
prepare for his arrival.[^s5] After marrying Jane, Bingley and Jane remain at Netherfield only a
twelvemonth before buying an estate in a county neighbouring Derbyshire, judged too near
[Mrs. Bennet](../persons/mrs-bennet.md) and their Meryton relations for comfort.[^s6]

## See also

- [Charles Bingley](../persons/charles-bingley.md)
- [Longbourn](../misc/longbourn.md)
- [Jane Bennet](../persons/jane-bennet.md)
- [Mrs. Bennet](../persons/mrs-bennet.md)

## Sources

[^s1]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 680-683 — Mrs. Bennet's news that Netherfield is let (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s2]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 1197-1201 — Bingley takes Netherfield as a tenant (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s3]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 4339-4340 — Netherfield's distance from Longbourn (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s4]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 3873-3874; 1791-1796 — the Netherfield ball and Jane's illness there (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s5]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 12356-12358 — Bingley's return to Netherfield to shoot (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s6]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 14412-14417 — Bingley and Jane's departure for Derbyshire (ingested 2026-07-16)
