Historic house · near Wing · Buckinghamshire

Ascott House

Ascott House is a historic house and National Trust site. Its location is 600 m east of Wing. It is protected as a Grade II* listed building.

Photo: Ascott House, Paul Shreeve (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

600 m

east of Wing

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Historic house near Wing

Just outside Wing

Ascott House is 600 m east of Wing. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Wing has 18 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

Afternoons in Wing reach 19–22°C from June to September.

Jan7° / 1°63 mm

Feb8° / 1°49 mm

Mar10° / 2°43 mm

Apr14° / 4°52 mm

May17° / 7°57 mm

Jun20° / 10°57 mm

Jul22° / 12°53 mm

Aug22° / 12°62 mm

Sep19° / 10°60 mm

Oct14° / 7°77 mm

Nov10° / 4°74 mm

Dec8° / 2°66 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Wing, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Wing. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Wing’s full climate →

About

Ascott House

The site is kept up by the National Trust. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 3 languages. 51 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Bletchley Park (11 km).

Wing’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: 600 m east of Wing
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/ascott

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Around Ascott House, mapped

On this map, Ascott House is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Towns close to Ascott House

The biggest base of the 8 is Leighton Buzzard (42,736 people). All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · 600 m west of it

Wing

2,979 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 2.1 km northeast of it

Leighton Buzzard

42,736 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 3.9 km north of it

Soulbury

306 people · 1 place to visit

4 · 3.9 km southwest of it

Wingrave

1,498 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Ascott House is	People	Places to visit
Wing	600 m west of it	2,979	4
Leighton Buzzard	2.1 km northeast of it	42,736	5
Soulbury	3.9 km north of it	306	1
Wingrave	3.9 km southwest of it	1,498	3
Slapton	4 km southeast of it	308	6
Billington	4.3 km east of it	359	5
Stewkley	4.4 km northwest of it	1,421	1
Cublington	4.6 km west of it	351	1

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Our list has 51 more within 15 km, among them 3 museums, 3 historic houses and a zoo.

MuseumBletchley Park11 km away 2

Historic houseMentmore Towers3.3 km away 3Historic houseHistoric houseWoburn Abbey12 km away 4

MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring12 km away · 134K visitors a year (2022)5

ZooWhipsnade Zoo12 km away 6

Heritage railwayLeighton Buzzard Light Railway3.8 km away 7

MuseumThe National Museum of Computing12 km away 8

Historic houseHalton House13 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Ascott House

Where is Ascott House?

Ascott House is 600 m east of Wing, Buckinghamshire.

What is Ascott House?

Historic house and National Trust site in Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Who runs Ascott House?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Ascott House?

June to September are the warmest months in Wing, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Ascott House a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Ascott House?

Within 15 km: Bletchley Park (11 km), Mentmore Towers (3.3 km), Woburn Abbey (12 km) and Natural History Museum at Tring (12 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Ascott House: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bletchley Park: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mentmore Towers: The original uploader was Swanker at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum at Tring: Rob Farrow. Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Whipsnade Zoo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The National Museum of Computing: Computid, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Halton House: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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