Wrest Park, Luton

Name: Wrest Park
Address: Bedford MK45 4, Luton, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1525 860152

#16 among attractions in Luton

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Facts and practical information

Wrest Park is a country estate located in Silsoe, Bedfordshire, England. It comprises Wrest Park, a Grade I listed country house, and Wrest Park Gardens, also Grade I listed, formal gardens surrounding the mansion. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°0'29"N, 0°24'40"W

Address

Bedford MK45 4Luton United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1525 860152

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Luton

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Wrest Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Houghton House, Chicksands Priory, St Mary's Church, Maulden Wood.

4 miNW
Entertainment, Sculpture, Ruins
Houghton House, Ampthill
103 min walk • Houghton House is a ruined mansion house in the parish of Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire. It is a Grade I listed building, positioned above the surrounding countryside, and commands excellent views.
3 miNE
Monastery
Chicksands Priory, Shefford
76 min walk • Chicksands Priory is a former monastic house at Chicksands in Bedfordshire.
2 miN
Ruins
St Mary's Church
52 min walk • The present St Mary's Church is located in the centre of the small village of Clophill, between Bedford and Luton in the South Midlands of England. The new church, built in 1848, replaced the old church by order of the Church Commissioners in 1850.
2.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Maulden Wood
66 min walk • Maulden Wood is a woodland situated in Bedfordshire, England, near the village of Maulden, on the greensand ridge that stretches from Leighton Buzzard to Gamlingay.
2.6 miNW
Memorial
Ailesbury Mausoleum, Maulden
66 min walk • The Ailesbury Mausoleum situated in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Maulden, in Bedfordshire, is a Grade II listed structure built in 1656 by Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, of nearby Houghton House in the parish of Maulden, for the purpose of housing the coffin and...
3.2 miS
Church
Church of St Nicholas, Barton-le-Clay
83 min walk • Church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed church in Barton le Clay, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 3 February 1967.
3.6 miS
Hill
Barton Hills, Chiltern Hills
92 min walk • Barton Hills are situated southeast of the village of Barton-le-Clay in the English county of Bedfordshire. They are part of the Chilterns and hiking routes are marked on maps at the entrance to the hills. From the foot of the hillside, a spring marks the start of a chalk stream river. During the summer, Dartmoor ponies roam the hills.
2 miW
Memorial, Historical place
De Grey Mausoleum
51 min walk • The de Grey Mausoleum in Flitton, Bedfordshire, England, is one of the largest sepulchral chapels in the country. The Mausoleum contains over twenty monuments to the de Grey family who lived in nearby Wrest Park.
1.2 miE
Church
St Mary's Church
31 min walk • St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Lower Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
4.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Pegsdon Hills and Hoo Bit
106 min walk • Pegsdon Hills and Hoo Bit is a 79-hectare nature reserve in Pegsdon in Bedfordshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
3.9 miW
Church
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Flitwick
101 min walk • The Church of St Peter & St Paul is the Church of England parish church in Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England. It became a Grade I listed building on 23 January 1961.

Wrest Park, Luton

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Wrest Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)