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Wrest Park Gardens, (EH)

Wrest Park Gardens, (EH)

Silsoe MK45 4HR, England

URPoint Details

Shop within the mansion refreshments: next to the Orangery, up a small slope.
Disabled facilities: parking 100m from entrance on easy paths disabled visitors may park or be set down nearer the entrance toilets not adapted, but accessible to wheelchair users (200m from main entrance). The custodians will give introductory talks to disabled visitors and advice of suitable wheelchair routes, avoiding steep steps and slopes. Access to the House is by way of steps at the entrance, but an alternative entrance is available at Stranger's gate. Unaccompanied wheelchair users should phone in advance to arrange for the gate to be opened. For visitors wishing to see the staterooms inside the mansion. The custodians will usually help to lift wheelchairs up the steps. Grounds and Gardens are accessible for wheelchairs via many gravel paths and smooth grass.

Extensive grounds and gardens built in 1836 for the de Grey family. During the war it housed an insurance company before being taken over by the National Institute of Agricultural Engineering.
The grounds and garden, designed by Capability Brown, are reputed to be one of his best achievements.
The outbuildings and gardens are scheduled

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Parks

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URP status: Available (unclaimed)

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Silsoe MK45 4HR, England