Places to visit near Greenfield: Wrest Park & more
With nothing inside Greenfield’s built-up area, the list has 4 places within 5 km of its edge. On the list: 2 historic houses, a garden and a water park, among others. Of these, 3 are looked after by English Heritage. Beyond the town, Woburn Abbey sits 9 km away.
Leading the list near Greenfield
A historic house, a garden and a water park follow Wrest Park.
Historic house · English HeritageWrest Park3.6 km outside town, to the east
Historic house · English HeritageHoughton House4.3 km outside town, to the northGardenGarden · English HeritageWrest Park & Gardens3.7 km outside town, to the eastWater parkWater parkSubtropical Swimming Paradise5 km outside town, to the northwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Finding your way
To the east is where most of the 4 nearby are.
The dashed line is Greenfield’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Sorted by kind
It comes down to 2 historic houses, a garden and a water park.
Green: inside Greenfield. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
3 places are cared for by English Heritage (Wrest Park, Houghton House and Wrest Park & Gardens).
All 4 on the list
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 4 places listed.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
8 listed buildings are on Greenfield’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Greenfield →
A drive away
Start with Woburn Abbey, 9 km off, the best known of 12.
MuseumBletchley Park19 km west
CathedralSt Albans Cathedral29 km south
ZooWhipsnade Zoo18 km south
MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring27 km southwest · 134K visitors a year (2022)
Historic houseHatfield House32 km southeast
Historic house · National TrustWaddesdon Manor37 km southwest
Historic houseChequers36 km southwest
Historic houseMentmore Towers21 km southwest
Wildlife parkWoburn Safari Park8.3 km west
CastleKimbolton Castle33 km north
Historic houseKnebworth House23 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Greenfield (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Seeing Greenfield: your questions
What is there to see near Greenfield?
No attraction is mapped inside Greenfield itself. Within 5 km of it are Wrest Park, Houghton House, Wrest Park & Gardens and Subtropical Swimming Paradise.
Does Greenfield have a museum?
No museum or gallery is mapped in or within 5 km of Greenfield.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Greenfield?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Greenfield, 3 places are cared for by English Heritage (Wrest Park, Houghton House and Wrest Park & Gardens).
What are the best-known days out near Greenfield?
Within 40 km: Woburn Abbey (9 km), Bletchley Park (19 km), St Albans Cathedral (29 km), Whipsnade Zoo (18 km).
Where are Greenfield’s historic buildings listed?
Greenfield has 8 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Greenfield when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (13)
- Wrest Park: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Houghton House: APB-CMX at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bletchley Park: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Albans Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whipsnade Zoo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natural History Museum at Tring: Rob Farrow. Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hatfield House: Allan Engelhardt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Waddesdon Manor: Mattlever, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chequers: Stephen Simpson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mentmore Towers: The original uploader was Swanker at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woburn Safari Park: Karen Abeyasekere, U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kimbolton Castle: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Knebworth House: Heron2 (Heron on en.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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