Historic house · near Ampthill · Bedfordshire

Houghton House

Houghton House is a grade I listed English country house. You will find it 1 km north of Ampthill. The site is kept up by English Heritage.

Photo: Houghton House, APB-CMX at English Wikipedia (Public domain)

Where

1 km

north of Ampthill

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 13%

#1,081 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Historic house near Ampthill

Just outside Ampthill

Houghton House is 1 km north of Ampthill. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Ampthill has 122 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

The climate through the year

In Ampthill the warm season is June to September, with highs of 19–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°57 mm

Feb8° / 1°44 mm

Mar11° / 3°37 mm

Apr14° / 4°46 mm

May17° / 7°49 mm

Jun20° / 10°50 mm

Jul22° / 12°48 mm

Aug22° / 12°59 mm

Sep19° / 10°58 mm

Oct15° / 7°67 mm

Nov10° / 4°59 mm

Dec8° / 2°56 mm

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

About

Houghton House

Its story is told in 5 languages on Wikipedia. Nearby, Woburn Abbey (10 km) heads a list of 25 within 15 km.

Ampthill’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: 1 km north of Ampthill
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/houghton-house

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

The map

Around Houghton House, mapped

Find Houghton House in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Where people come from

The largest of the 8 towns is Flitwick, with 13,668 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · 1 km south of it

Ampthill

8,825 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 1.4 km southeast of it

Maulden

2,486 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km north of it

Houghton Conquest

1,867 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 2.8 km northwest of it

Stewartby

2,546 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Houghton House is	People	Places to visit
Ampthill	1 km south of it	8,825	2
Maulden	1.4 km southeast of it	2,486	4
Houghton Conquest	1.7 km north of it	1,867	4
Stewartby	2.8 km northwest of it	2,546	3
Flitwick	3.3 km south of it	13,668	4
Clophill	3.5 km east of it	2,515	6
Wixams	3.8 km north of it	6,044	9
Flitton	3.9 km southeast of it	1,531	3

Make a day of it

Pair Houghton House with these

Within 15 km are 25 places, among them 3 museums, 2 historic houses and a theme park.

1Historic houseHistoric houseWoburn Abbey10 km away 2

Historic house · English HeritageWrest Park6.5 km away 3Theme parkTheme parkUniversal United Kingdom Resort5.2 km away 4

CastleBedford Castle10 km away 5

Wildlife parkWoburn Safari Park8.6 km away 6MuseumMuseumThe Shuttleworth Collection12 km away 7

MuseumRAF Henlow13 km away 8

MuseumThe Higgins10 km away

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

Asked about Houghton House

Where is Houghton House?

Houghton House is 1 km north of Ampthill, Bedfordshire.

What is Houghton House?

Grade I listed English country house in Central Bedfordshire, England, UK.

Who runs Houghton House?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Houghton House?

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

Is Houghton House a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Houghton House?

Within 15 km: Woburn Abbey (10 km), Wrest Park (6.5 km), Universal United Kingdom Resort (5.2 km) and Bedford Castle (10 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 (6)

Houghton House: APB-CMX at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Wrest Park: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bedford Castle: Matthew Paris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Woburn Safari Park: Karen Abeyasekere, U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
RAF Henlow: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Higgins: Simon Speed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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