Wrest Park & Gardens
On the map, Wrest Park & Gardens is 800 m east of Silsoe. English Heritage looks after it. A short trip away is Wrest Park, 400 m off, the first of 30 within 15 km.
Garden near Silsoe
Just outside Silsoe
Wrest Park & Gardens is 800 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 ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
When to go
In Silsoe, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–23°C.
Wrest Park & Gardens
It is run by English Heritage.
- Type
- Garden
- Run by
- English Heritage
- Town
- 800 m east of Silsoe
- Official site
- english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/wrest-park
Where Wrest Park & Gardens is
Wrest Park & Gardens is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that count Wrest Park & Gardens
Silsoe is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (3,419 people). Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.
Silsoe
Upper Gravenhurst
Clophill
Pulloxhill
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Wrest Park & Gardens is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silsoe | 800 m west of it | 3,419 | 4 |
| Upper Gravenhurst | 1.8 km east of it | 564 | 6 |
| Clophill | 2.4 km north of it | 2,515 | 6 |
| Pulloxhill | 2.7 km southwest of it | 596 | 2 |
| Flitton | 2.8 km west of it | 1,531 | 3 |
| Shillington | 2.9 km east of it | 1,629 | 6 |
| Apsley End | 3.1 km southeast of it | 448 | 3 |
| Maulden | 3.2 km northwest of it | 2,486 | 4 |
Also within reach
Also close at hand are 3 historic houses, 3 museums and a wildlife park, among 30 within 15 km.
Historic house · English HeritageWrest Park400 m away2Historic houseHistoric houseWoburn Abbey13 km away3
Historic house · English HeritageHoughton House6.8 km away4
MuseumRAF Henlow7.5 km away5MuseumMuseumThe Shuttleworth Collection11 km away6
Wildlife parkWoburn Safari Park12 km away7Theme parkTheme parkUniversal United Kingdom Resort11 km away8
MuseumWardown Park Museum12 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about Wrest Park & Gardens
Where is Wrest Park & Gardens?
Wrest Park & Gardens is 800 m east of Silsoe, Bedfordshire.
What is Wrest Park & Gardens?
Garden.
Who runs Wrest Park & Gardens?
English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.
When is the best time to visit Wrest Park & Gardens?
May to September are the warmest months in Silsoe, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Wrest Park & Gardens?
Within 15 km: Wrest Park (400 m), Woburn Abbey (13 km), Houghton House (6.8 km) and RAF Henlow (7.5 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 (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
- Woburn Safari Park: Karen Abeyasekere, U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wardown Park Museum: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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