Garden · Busbridge · Surrey

Munstead Wood

Munstead Wood is a grade I listed house in Busbridge, Surrey. The site is looked after by the National Trust. Our list has 49 more places within 15 km; first among them is Guildford Cathedral, at 7.3 km.

Where

In Busbridge

inside the built-up area

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Garden in Busbridge

Inside Busbridge

Munstead Wood is inside Busbridge’s built-up area, with 5 more places to visit within 5 km. 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 I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Busbridge 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

The seasons here

Warm weather in Busbridge runs May to September, with highs of 17–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°90 mm

Feb8° / 1°70 mm

Mar11° / 2°60 mm

Apr14° / 4°58 mm

May17° / 7°56 mm

Jun20° / 9°52 mm

Jul22° / 12°52 mm

Aug22° / 11°64 mm

Sep19° / 9°65 mm

Oct15° / 7°86 mm

Nov11° / 4°103 mm

Dec8° / 2°88 mm

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

About

Munstead Wood

3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Busbridge’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Garden
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Busbridge
Official site: munsteadwood.org.uk

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

The map

Munstead Wood on the map

The map centres on Munstead Wood, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Towns around Munstead Wood, by distance

In size, Farncombe comes first of the 8, with 13,247 people. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Busbridge

392 people · 8 places to visit

2 · 600 m northwest of it

Godalming

10,450 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 1.1 km southeast of it

Hascombe

307 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 1.8 km northwest of it

Farncombe

13,247 people · 21 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Munstead Wood is	People	Places to visit
Busbridge	It’s in town	392	8
Godalming	600 m northwest of it	10,450	18
Hascombe	1.1 km southeast of it	307	5
Farncombe	1.8 km northwest of it	13,247	21
Milford and Witley	2.7 km west of it	6,489	6
Bramley and Wonersh	3.1 km northeast of it	4,193	21
Peasmarsh	3.3 km north of it	468	20
Shalford	3.8 km northeast of it	2,508	20

Make a day of it

Next door to Munstead Wood

A visit can add 2 cathedrals, 2 gardens and a museum, from 49 places within 15 km.

CathedralGuildford Cathedral7.3 km away 2

Garden · National TrustNational Trust - Winkworth Arboretum1.7 km away 3

MuseumWatts Gallery5.6 km away 4

CastleGuildford Castle6.8 km away 5

Historic houseLoseley Park4.5 km away 6

Abbey or priory · English HeritageWaverley Abbey12 km away 7

CathedralCathedral of St Michael and St George, Aldershot15 km away 8

Garden · National TrustClandon Park10 km away

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

Know before you visit Munstead Wood

Where is Munstead Wood?

Munstead Wood is in Busbridge, Surrey, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Munstead Wood?

Grade I listed house in Busbridge, Surrey, England, UK.

Who runs Munstead Wood?

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

When is the best time to visit Munstead Wood?

May to September are the warmest months in Busbridge, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Munstead Wood a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Munstead Wood?

Within 15 km: Guildford Cathedral (7.3 km), National Trust - Winkworth Arboretum (1.7 km), Watts Gallery (5.6 km) and Guildford Castle (6.8 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)

Guildford Cathedral: Hassocks5489, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
National Trust - Winkworth Arboretum: BillC, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Guildford Castle: SuzanneKn at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Loseley Park: Andrew Wilkinson from London, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Waverley Abbey: Admiralgary, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral of St Michael and St George, Aldershot: AldershotCathedral.jpg: JohnArmagh derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clandon Park: Murraypaul at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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