Historic house · near Silsoe · Bedfordshire

Wrest Park

Wrest Park is a country estate near Silsoe, Bedfordshire. It is protected as a Grade I listed building. Add Woburn Abbey, 13 km away, to a visit; it leads 34 places within 15 km.

Photo: Wrest Park, Nigel Cox (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

600 m

east of Silsoe

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 10%

#792 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Historic house near Silsoe

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#792 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (7 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Silsoe

Wrest Park is 600 m east of Silsoe. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

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

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Silsoe has 30 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

Picking your season

Aim for May to September, when Silsoe reaches 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°54 mm

Feb8° / 2°40 mm

Mar11° / 3°35 mm

Apr14° / 4°44 mm

May17° / 7°47 mm

Jun20° / 10°48 mm

Jul23° / 12°47 mm

Aug22° / 12°57 mm

Sep19° / 10°51 mm

Oct15° / 7°63 mm

Nov10° / 4°57 mm

Dec8° / 2°53 mm

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

About

Wrest Park

The site is kept up by English Heritage. Its story is told in 7 languages on Wikipedia.

Silsoe’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: 600 m east of Silsoe
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/wrest-park

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

The map

Mapping Wrest Park

Spot Wrest Park in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

The most populous of the 8 is Silsoe, at 3,419. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · 600 m west of it

Silsoe

3,419 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km east of it

Upper Gravenhurst

564 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 2 km north of it

Clophill

2,515 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 2.6 km west of it

Flitton

1,531 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Wrest Park is	People	Places to visit
Silsoe	600 m west of it	3,419	4
Upper Gravenhurst	1.8 km east of it	564	6
Clophill	2 km north of it	2,515	6
Flitton	2.6 km west of it	1,531	3
Pulloxhill	2.8 km southwest of it	596	2
Maulden	2.9 km northwest of it	2,486	4
Shillington	3.1 km east of it	1,629	6
Apsley End	3.4 km southeast of it	448	3

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Wrest Park

There are 34 within 15 km, 2 historic houses, 2 museums and a garden among them.

1Historic houseHistoric houseWoburn Abbey13 km away 2

Historic house · English HeritageHoughton House6.5 km away 3

MuseumRAF Henlow7.5 km away 4GardenGarden · English HeritageWrest Park & Gardens400 m away 5MuseumMuseumThe Shuttleworth Collection11 km away 6

CastleBedford Castle15 km away 7

Wildlife parkWoburn Safari Park12 km away 8Theme parkTheme parkUniversal United Kingdom Resort11 km away

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

What people ask about Wrest Park

Where is Wrest Park?

Wrest Park is 600 m east of Silsoe, Bedfordshire.

What is Wrest Park?

Country estate near Silsoe, Bedfordshire, England, UK.

Who runs Wrest Park?

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

When is the best time to visit Wrest Park?

May to September are the warmest months in Silsoe, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Wrest Park a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Wrest Park?

Within 15 km: Woburn Abbey (13 km), Houghton House (6.5 km), RAF Henlow (7.5 km) and Wrest Park & Gardens (400 m).

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 (5)

Wrest Park: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Houghton House: APB-CMX at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
RAF Henlow: M J Richardson, 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

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